Sheikh Hasina

The Honourable Sheikh Hasina MP
শেখ হাসিনা
Hasina in 2023
10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 January 2009
President	Iajuddin Ahmed Zillur Rahman Mohammad Abdul Hamid Mohammed Shahabuddin
Preceded by	Fakhruddin Ahmed (acting)
In office 23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001
President	Abdur Rahman Biswas Shahabuddin Ahmed
Preceded by	Muhammad Habibur Rahman (acting)
Succeeded by	Latifur Rahman (acting)
8th Leader of the House
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 February 1981
General Secretary	Abdur Razzaq Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury Zillur Rahman Abdul Jalil Sayed Ashraful Islam Obaidul Quader
Preceded by	Abdul Malek Ukil
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
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	(1947-09-28) 28 September 1947 (age 76) Tungipara, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Political party	Bangladesh Awami League
Other political affiliations	Grand Alliance (since 2008)
Spouse	M. A. Wazed Miah ​ ​ (m. 1968; died 2009)​
Children	Sajeeb Saima
Parents	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (father) Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib (mother)
Relatives	See Sheikh-Wazed family
Residence(s)	Ganabhaban, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka
Education	Eden Mohila College University of Dhaka
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Sheikh Hasina Wazed (Bengali: শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ; born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again 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 19 years, she is the longest serving prime minister in the history of Bangladesh. As of 20 May 2024, she is the world's longest-serving female head of government.^[1]

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.^[2][3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5][6] In 2021, Reporters Without Borders gave a negative assessment of Hasina's media policy for curbing press freedom in Bangladesh since 2014.^[7] Hasina was among Time's 100 most influential people in the world in 2018,^[8] and among the 100 most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine in 2015,^[9] 2018, and 2022.^[10][11][12]