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About Khaleda Zia
Begum Khaleda Zia was a Bangladeshi politician who twice served as prime minister of Bangladesh, from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and the second female prime minister in the Muslim world after Benazir Bhutto. She was the wife of the former president of Bangladesh and army chief, Ziaur Rahman and was first lady from 1977 to 1981. She was the longest serving chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) from 1984 until her death in 2025.
Everything about Khaleda Zia →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- First Lady of Bangladesh, Member of the Parliament of Bangladesh, Leader of the House, Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- Citizenship
- British Raj, Pakistan, Bangladesh
- Born
- August 15, 1945
- Died
- December 30, 2025