Khaleda Zia

About Khaleda Zia

Bangladeshi politician who served as Prime Minister of Bangladesh twice, from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. She was the first woman to be elected Prime Minister in the country's history.

Khaleda Zia is a Bangladeshi politician who served as Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and then from 2001 to 2006. She was the first woman in the country's history and the second of many The majority Muslim country leads a democratic government as prime minister. . She is the wife of former Bangladeshi President Ziaur Rahman. She is the current president and leader of the Bangladesh National Party, founded by Rahman in the late 1970s. After the 1982 military coup, led by Army Commander Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Zia helped lead. leading the democracy movement until Ershad collapsed. 1990. She became Prime Minister after the BNP party won the general election in 1991. She also briefly served in the short-lived government in 1996, when other parties boycotted the election. Firstly. In the next round of the 1996 general election, the Awami League came to power. His party returned to power in 2001 .

Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Other political affiliations	Four Party Alliance, 18 Party Alliance, Jatiya Oikya Front
Father	Iskandar Majumder
Born	Khaleda Khanam Putul, See Birth date discrepancy, Jalpaiguri, Bengal Presidency, British India
Succeeded by	Iajuddin Ahmed
Children	Tarique, Arafat
Mother	Taiyaba Majumder
Relatives	Sayeed Iskander, Khurshid Jahan, Shahrin Islam Tuhin, Saiful Islam Duke
Preceded by	Latifur Rahman
President	Shahabuddin Ahmed, Badruddoza Chowdhury, Iajuddin Ahmed

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Trivia

When she took office in 1991, she became only the second woman in the Muslim world to head a democratic government as prime minister.

Khaleda Zia before fame

Her husband, Bangladesh's President, was slain in a coup in 1981, just as she was starting her own political career.

Achievement of Khaleda Zia

She became only the second woman in the Muslim world to lead a democratic government as prime minister when she entered office in 1991.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Khaleda Zia family life

Tarique and Arafat were her two children with her late spouse, Ziaur Rahman.

Associations of Khaleda Zia

When her husband, Ziaur Rahman, was slain in 1981, she became a widow.

Khaleda Zia Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

Weight	60 kg
Height	170 cm
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Hair Color	Salt & Pepper