Former first lady and current Leader of the Opposition in Bangladesh
Rowshan Ershad
রওশন এরশাদ
Ershad in 2016
5th Leader of the Opposition
In office 9 September 2019 – 10 January 2024
Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by
Hussain Mohammad Ershad
Succeeded by
Hussain Mohammad Ershad
In office 9 January 2014 – 3 January 2019
Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by
Khaleda Zia
Succeeded by
Hussain Mohammad Ershad
Member of Parliament
In office 12 January 2014 – 10 January 2024
Preceded by
Motiur Rahman
Succeeded by
Mohit Ur Rahman Shanto
Constituency
Mymensingh-4
In office 23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001
Preceded by
A. K. M. Fazlul Haque
Succeeded by
Delwar Hossain Khan Dulu
Constituency
Mymensingh-4
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
In office 21 November 2013[1][2] – 6 January 2014
Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by
A.F.M Ruhal Haque
Succeeded by
Mohammed Nasim
3rd First Lady of Bangladesh
In office 11 December 1983 – 6 December 1990
President
Hussain Mohammad Ershad
Preceded by
Khaleda Zia
Succeeded by
Anowara Begum (acting)
Chief Patron
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 January 2024
Leader
Rowshan Ershad (disputed with GM Quader since 28 January 2024)
Preceded by
GM Quader
Personal details
Born
(1943-07-19) 19 July 1943 (age 80)
Political party
Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Spouse
Hussain Mohammad Ershad
(m. 1956; died 2019)
Relations
Mamta Wahab (sister)
A. H. G. Mohiuddin (brother)
Children
Saad Ershad (son)
Jebin Ershad (daughter)
Begum Rowshan Ershad (born 19 July 1943)[3] is a Jatiya Party politician froom Bangladesh. She was the former Jatiya Sangsad member from the Mymensingh-4 constituency and the former Leader of the Opposition in the 11th parliament.[4][5][6] She is the Chief Patron of the Jatiya Party (Ershad) and the wife of former Bangladesh president Hussain Muhammad Ershad.
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released with a year and half remaining on his sentence. Ershad's then wife RowshanErshad was fined Ten thousand taka. Shukur Ali Pradhan another accused...
January 2014. Of the remaining uncontested seats, the Jatiya Party led by RowshanErshad won 20, the JSD won three, the Workers Party won two and the Jatiya...
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