Rowshan Ershad

Rowshan Ershad
Rowshan Ershad
	রওশন এরশাদ
	Ershad in 1986
Leader of the Opposition
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 January 2014
Preceded by	Khaleda Zia
First Lady of Bangladesh
	In office; 11 December 1983 – 6 December 1990
President	Hussain Mohammad Ershad
Preceded by	Khaleda Zia
Succeeded by	Hosne Ara Rahman
Personal details
Born	19 July 1941; Mymensingh, Bengal Presidency, British India; (now in Bangladesh)
Political party	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Spouse(s)	Hussain Muhammad Ershad (m. 1956)

Begum Rowshan Ershad (born 19 July 1941) is a Bangladeshi politician who is currently the Leader of the Opposition in the 10th parliament.^[1] She is a presidium member of the Jatiya Party (Ershad) and she is the wife of former Bangladesh president Hussain Muhammad Ershad, whom she married in 1956.

Career

As First Lady, Ershad was active in social welfare and in promoting the rights of women and children. She was the "chief patron of the Bangladesh Jatiya Mohila Sangstha".^[2]

In 1975, she became the founder-President of the Sena Paribar Kalliyan Samity (Armed Forces Family Welfare Association). She attended the UN Special Convention on Drug Abuse in 1985.^[2]

References

↑ Miazee, Manik (6 January 2014). "Rowshan Ershad to be opposition leader". Dhaka Tribune.
1 2 President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad, First Lady Begum Raushan Ershad - Pamphlet. Padma Printers Bangladesh. pp. 28–31.

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[1] Miazee, Manik (6 January 2014). "Rowshan Ershad to be opposition leader". Dhaka Tribune.

[pamphlet-2] 1 2 President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad, First Lady Begum Raushan Ershad - Pamphlet. Padma Printers Bangladesh. pp. 28–31.