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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.
Khaleda Zia was the first female prime minister of the country. She was also the second female head of government in the Muslim realm . Sheikh Hasina was the longest uninterrupted serving prime minister until Non-cooperation movement of 2024 .
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 .
Hasina served her first term as Prime Minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001. She signed the 30-year water-sharing treaty with India governing the Ganges . Her administration repealed the Indemnity Act , which granted immunity from prosecution to the killers of Sheikh Mujib.
The success of Bangladesh’s revolution and the Yunus government that has followed will be judged first and foremost on whether lives for ordinary Bangladeshis get better – but there are still ...
Prime Minister of Pakistan: 2 December 1988 – 6 August 1990 18 October 1993 – 5 November 1996 Khaleda Zia Bangladesh: Prime Minister of Bangladesh: 20 March 1991 – 30 March 1996 10 October 2001 – 29 October 2006 Tansu Çiller Turkey: Prime Minister of Turkey: 25 June 1993 – 6 March 1996 Sheikh Hasina Bangladesh: Prime Minister of ...
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
The modern office of the prime minister was established following the declaration of independence of East Pakistan with the Provisional Government of Bangladesh on 17 April 1971, of which Tajuddin Ahmad became the first prime minister of Bangladesh.