Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Female Leaders of Bangladesh Parties

Also see Bangladesh Ministers

1975- Leader Awami League Sheik Hasina Wajed
1986-96 and 2001- Opposition Leader
Prime Minister 1996-2001

1977-93 Secretary General of the Awami Leauge Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury
Minister of Environment and Forests 1996-98

1983- Leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Begum Khaleda Zia
Prime Minister 1992-96 and from 2001, Opposition Leader 1996-2001.

1991-93 Chairperson of Jatiya Dal Begum Raushan Ershad
1995- Member of the Party Leadership
2001  Acting Chairperson
2001- Parliamentary Leader
Now divorced from former dictator General Hussein Ershad.

Until 2005 Leader of a Faction withiun Jatiya Dal Bidisha Ershad
The estranged wife of Hussein Ershad, she favoured an alliance with the Awami Leauge, but was expelled from the party.

Last update 30.06.05