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Rowshan Ershad
রওশন এরশাদ
Ershad in 1986
Leader of the Opposition
Assumed office
9 January 2014
Preceded byKhaleda Zia
First Lady of Bangladesh
In office
11 December 1983 – 6 December 1990
PresidentHussain Mohammad Ershad
Preceded byKhaleda Zia
Succeeded byHosne Ara Rahman
Personal details
Born (1941-07-19) 19 July 1941 (age 82)
Mymensingh, Bengal Presidency, British India
(now in Bangladesh)
Political partyJatiya Party (Ershad)
Spouse
(m. 1956)

Begum Rowshan Ershad (born 19 July 1941) is a Bangladeshi politician who is currently the Leader of the Opposition in the 10th parliament.[1] She is a presidium member of the Jatiya Party (Ershad) and she is the wife of former Bangladesh president Hussain Muhammad Ershad, whom she married in 1956.

Career

As First Lady, Ershad was active in social welfare and in promoting the rights of women and children. She was the "chief patron of the Bangladesh Jatiya Mohila Sangstha".[2]

In 1975, she became the founder-President of the Sena Paribar Kalliyan Samity (Armed Forces Family Welfare Association). She attended the UN Special Convention on Drug Abuse in 1985.[2]

References

  1. ^ Miazee, Manik (6 January 2014). "Rowshan Ershad to be opposition leader". Dhaka Tribune.
  2. ^ a b President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad, First Lady Begum Raushan Ershad - Pamphlet. Padma Printers Bangladesh. pp. 28–31.