Sheikh Hasina

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Sheikh Hasina
শেখ হাসিনা
Hasina in 2023
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
In office
6 January 2009 – present
PresidentIajuddin Ahmed
Zillur Rahman
Abdul Hamid
Preceded byFakhruddin Ahmed (caretaker government)
In office
23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001
PresidentAbdur Rahman Biswas
Shahabuddin Ahmed
Preceded byMuhammad Habibur Rahman (Acting)
Succeeded byLatifur Rahman (Acting)
Personal details
Born (1947-09-28) 28 September 1947 (age 76)
Tungipara, East Pakistan
(now Bangladesh)
Political partyAwami League
Grand Alliance (2008–present)
Spouse(s)Wazed Miah (1968–2009)
ChildrenSajeeb
Saima
Alma materEden College
University of Dhaka

Sheikh Hasina Wazed (Bengali: শেখ হাসিনা; born September 28, 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician. She is the 10th and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangladesh Awami League, a major political party, since 1981. She is the oldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Sheikh Hasina also held the office, from 1996 to 2001.[1]

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  1. "Sheikh Hasina Wajed". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-06-17.

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