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Khaleda Zia: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Khaleda Zia ur-Rahman • Khaleda Majumdar
Born August 15, 1945 • Dinajpur
Died December 30, 2025 (aged 80) • Dhaka • Bangladesh
Title / Office prime minister (2001-2006), Bangladesh • prime minister (1991-1996), Bangladesh
Political Affiliation Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Notable Family Members spouse Ziaur Rahman • son Tarique Rahman

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Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Khaleda Zia, wearing an orange headscarf and pearl necklace, speaks into microphones at a press conference in Dhaka.
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Tarique Rahman
Tarique Rahman
prime minister of Bangladesh
Ziaur Rahman, seated at a table with microphones during a press conference, wearing a suit and tie.
Ziaur Rahman
president of Bangladesh
Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, wearing a cream and magenta sari with gold trim, stands in front of a United Nations flag.
Sheikh Hasina Wazed
prime minister of Bangladesh
Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus smiling and wearing a traditional vest, photographed indoors in 2006.
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Iajuddin Ahmed
president of Bangladesh
Mujibur Rahman
Mujibur Rahman
president of Bangladesh
Portrait of Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore with long wavy hair and a full beard, wearing a simple robe and looking directly at the camera.
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet
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Shamsur Rahman
Bengali poet, journalist, and human rights advocate
Taslima Nasrin
Taslima Nasrin
Bangladeshi author