Rumana Monzur, a Bangladeshi women studying in Canada who was blinded by her husband out of jealousy and in an attempt to stop her education.
In 1996, Rumana was appointed to the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders to replace Richard DuHaime, who resigned to devote time to an ultimately unsuccessful campaign for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate.
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Due to the recent conviction of disgraced former Passaic County Chairman Peter Murphy and the resulting "corruption costs you money" campaign of the Democratic Party, Rumana finished fourth behind incumbents Jim Gallagher and Lois Cuccinello and newcomer Sonia Rosado in the 2000 election, losing his seat as the Republicans were left with two seats on the board.