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Sheikh Hasina. 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 ...
Took office. Left office. Time in office. Provisional Government of Bangladesh (1971–1972) 1. Tajuddin Ahmad. (1925– 1975) —. 17 April 1971.
Khaleda Zia. Begum Khaleda Zia ( Bengali pronunciation: [kʰaled̪a dʒija]; born Khaleda Khanam Putul [1] [2] in 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996, and again from June 2001 to October 2006. [3] She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and second female ...
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Ganabhaban, the official residence, in Dhaka on Sept. 6. ... is the world’s longest-serving female head of government and has overseen a period of ...
The system was scrapped in 2011 by 15th amendment of constitution to allow political government to conduct any General Election in future. The current prime minister is Sheikh Hasina, appointed on 6 January 2009 by president Iajuddin Ahmed. She is the longest serving prime minister in the country's history.
The longest-tenured female non-hereditary head of government and longest-serving female leader of a country is Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh. She served as the country's prime minister from 1996 to 2001 and again since January 2009, for a combined total of 20 years.
As the third most populous Muslim-majority country, Bangladesh has been ruled, as of 2023, for the last 32 years by female Prime Ministers by electing Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina as prime ministers. Sheikh Hasina; Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001 and 2009–Present. She is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders.
Benazir Bhutto [a] (21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician and stateswoman who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. She was the first woman elected to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country.