Sheikh Hasina | |
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শেখ হাসিনা | |
10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh | |
Assumed office 6 January 2009 | |
President | |
Preceded by | Fakhruddin Ahmed (acting) |
In office 23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001 | |
President | |
Preceded by | Muhammad Habibur Rahman (acting) |
Succeeded by | Latifur Rahman (acting) |
8th Leader of the House | |
Assumed office 6 January 2009 | |
Preceded by | Khaleda Zia |
In office 23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001 | |
Preceded by | Khaleda Zia |
Succeeded by | Khaleda Zia |
8th President of Awami League | |
Assumed office 16 February 1981 | |
General Secretary | |
Preceded by | Abdul Malek Ukil |
Member of Parliament | |
Assumed office 12 June 1996 | |
Preceded by | Mujibur Rahman Howlader |
Constituency | Gopalganj-3 |
In office 27 February 1991 – 15 February 1996 | |
Preceded by | Kazi Firoz Rashid |
Succeeded by | Mujibur Rahman Howlader |
Constituency | Gopalganj-3 |
2nd Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 10 October 2001 – 29 October 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Khaleda Zia |
Preceded by | Khaleda Zia |
Succeeded by | Khaleda Zia |
In office 20 March 1991 – 30 March 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Khaleda Zia |
Preceded by | Abdur Rab |
Succeeded by | Khaleda Zia |
In office 7 May 1986 – 3 March 1988 | |
President | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
Preceded by | Asaduzzaman Khan |
Succeeded by | Abdur Rab |
Personal details | |
Born | Hasina Sheikh[1] 28 September 1947 Tungipara, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Other political affiliations | Grand Alliance (since 2008) |
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Relatives | See Sheikh-Wazed family |
Residence(s) | Ganabhaban, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka |
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Incumbent First Premiership (1996–2001) Opposition Leader (2001–09) Second Premiership (2009–present)
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Sheikh Hasina Wazed (Bengali: শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, romanized: Śēkha hāsinā ōẏājēda; born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician and the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again serving since January 2009. She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and first president of Bangladesh. Having served for a combined total of over 20 years, she is the longest serving prime minister in the history of Bangladesh. As of 13 July 2024, she is the world's longest-serving female head of government.[2]
As the autocratic regime of Hussain Muhammad Ershad came to an end, Hasina, leader of the Awami League (AL), lost the 1991 election to Khaleda Zia, with whom she had collaborated against Ershad.[3][4] As leader of the opposition, Hasina accused Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of electoral dishonesty and boycotted the parliament, which was followed by violent demonstrations and political turmoil.[5] Zia resigned to a caretaker government, followed by Hasina becoming prime minister after the June 1996 election. While the country began to experience economic growth and a reduction in poverty, it remained in political tumult during her first term, which ended in July 2001 after an electoral defeat from Zia. This was the first full five-year term for a Bangladeshi prime minister since it became an independent country.
During the 2006–2008 political crisis, Hasina was detained on extortion charges. After her release from jail, she won the 2008 election. In 2014, she was re-elected for a third term in an election that was boycotted by the BNP and criticised by international observers. In 2017, after nearly a million Rohingya entered the country, fleeing genocide in Myanmar, Hasina received credit and praise for giving them refuge and assistance. She won her fourth term after the 2018 election, which was marred with violence and widely criticised as being rigged.
Under her tenure as prime minister, Bangladesh has experienced democratic backsliding. Human Rights Watch documented widespread enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings under her government. Many politicians and journalists have been systematically and judicially punished for challenging her views.[6][7] In 2021, Reporters Without Borders gave a negative assessment of Hasina's media policy for curbing press freedom in Bangladesh since 2014.[8] She was ranked as the 59th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine in 2015[9] and , 42nd consecutively in 2018 and 2022 .[10][11][12]including the United Nations' Champions of the Earth award in 2015.[13] She was listed among 100 leading global thinkers in 2019.[14]Sheikh Hasina was among Time's 100 most influential people in the world in 2018.[15]
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