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Begum Khaleda Zia [a] (born August–September 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician, who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. [3] She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and second female prime minister in the Muslim world , after Benazir Bhutto .
Zia made a state visit to Singapore after being invited by Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong. [9] Japan: Tokyo 12-15 July State Visit: Zia visited Japan and held talks with Junichiro Koizumi. [10] [11] China: Beijing 18 August State Visit: Zia held talks at the Great Hall of the People with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. [12] Saudi ...
With Khaleda Zia, Ziaur Rahman had two sons, Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman (d. 2015). Khaleda became the head of the BNP and organised a coalition of political parties opposed to Ershad's regime. [97] In elections held in 1991, she led the BNP to victory and became the first female prime minister of Bangladesh. She lost the 1996 elections to ...
Bangladesh's first female leader Khaleda Zia was freed from house arrest on Tuesday, a day after her nemesis Sheikh Hasina quit as premier and fled, one more twist to the decades-old saga of the ...
He said he was encouraged by a recent statement from Khaleda Zia, chief of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and a Hasina foe, that there should be no revenge or vengeance ...
She also blamed the attack on her arch rival Khaleda Zia, claiming: “She (Khaleda) is the instigator, she is the issuer of order.” [1] Awami League politicians blamed Qamrul Islam BNP, Jamaat and ISI of backing the protests. [1]
In the 1980s, the Jamaat joined the multi-party alliance for the restoration of democracy. It later allied with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat leaders became ministers in the two BNP-led governments of prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia (from 1991 to 1996 and from 2001 to 2006).
Bottom left: Khaleda Zia, the first female prime minister of Bangladesh, became prime minister on 27 February 1991, 15 February 1996, and 1 October 2001. Bottom right: Sheikh Hasina, the longest-serving prime minister of Bangladesh, became prime minister on 12 June 1996, 29 December 2008, 5 January 2014, 30 December 2018, 7 January 2024.