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She was the prime minister of Bangladesh after winning a walkover 5 January 2014 election when Khaleda Zia's BNP boycotted the general election. Sheikh Hasina secured a fourth term as prime minister after winning the 2018 general election. Hasina became the longest-serving prime minister of Bangladesh since independence.
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.
Hasina with US President Bill Clinton at the Prime Minister's Office in Dhaka, 2000 Hasina with European Commission President Romano Prodi in Brussels, 2001. The Awami League (AL), with other opposition parties, demanded that the next general elections be held under a neutral caretaker government, and that provision for caretaker governments to manage elections be incorporated in the constitution.
People gather to celebrate the fall of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Aug. 5, 2024. Anik Rahman—Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images
Sheikh Hasina resigned as Bangladesh's prime minister and fled the country on Monday following weeks of dedly protests that began as demonstrations by students against government job quotas but ...
DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday and fled the country, as more people were killed in some of the worst violence since the birth of the South Asian nation ...
Sheikh Hasina [b] (born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , the first president of Bangladesh .
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Ganabhaban, the official residence, in Dhaka on Sept. 6. Credit - Sarker Protick for TIME. S heikh Hasina floats into the reception room of her ...