Rowshan Ershad

Rowshan Ershad
Rowshan Ershad
রওশন এরশাদ
	Ershad in 2016
5th Leader of the Opposition
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 December 2022
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Preceded 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; for Mymensingh-4
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 January 2014
Preceded by	Motiur Rahman
	In office; 1996–2001
Preceded by	A. K. M. Fazlul Haque
Succeeded by	Delwar Hossain Khan Dulu
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
First Lady of Bangladesh
	In office; 11 December 1983 – 6 December 1990
President	Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Preceded by	Khaleda Zia
Succeeded by	Hosne Ara Rahman
Personal details
Born	19 July 1943
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 Raushan Ershad (born 19 July 1943)[3] is a Jatiya Party politician. She is the current Jatiya Sangsad member from the Mymensingh-4 constituency and the incumbent Leader of the Opposition in the 11th parliament.[4][5][6] She is the Chief Patron of the Jatiya Party (Ershad) and the widow of former Bangladesh president Hussain Muhammad Ershad.

Political career

As the First Lady during 1982–1990, 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.[7]

In 1975, Ershad became the founder-president of the Sena Paribar Kalyan Samity (Armed Forces Family Welfare Association). She attended the UN Special Convention on Drug Abuse in 1985.[7]

Rowshan with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 2015 in Dhaka

Personal life

Rowshan married Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1956.[8] Together they had a son, Saad Ershad, and a daughter, Jebin.[8]

References

"Won't stay minister long: Rowshan". bdnews24.com. 2013-11-24. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
"28 ministers out, effectively". Dhaka Tribune. 2013-11-21. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
"Constituency 149_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
"List of 11th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
বিরোধী দলীয় নেতা রওশন, উপনেতা জিএম কাদের. The Daily Star Bangla (in Bengali). 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
Miazee, Manik (6 January 2014). "Rowshan Ershad to be opposition leader". Dhaka Tribune.
President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad, First Lady Begum Raushan Ershad - Pamphlet. Padma Printers Bangladesh. pp. 28–31.
"Ershad passes away". The Daily Star. 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2019-07-14.

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[1] "Won't stay minister long: Rowshan". bdnews24.com. 2013-11-24. Retrieved 2020-04-04.

[2] "28 ministers out, effectively". Dhaka Tribune. 2013-11-21. Retrieved 2020-04-04.

[3] "Constituency 149_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2019-04-15.

[4] "List of 11th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

[5] বিরোধী দলীয় নেতা রওশন, উপনেতা জিএম কাদের. The Daily Star Bangla (in Bengali). 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2019-09-09.

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

[pamphlet-7] President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad, First Lady Begum Raushan Ershad - Pamphlet. Padma Printers Bangladesh. pp. 28–31.

[ershad-8] "Ershad passes away". The Daily Star. 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2019-07-14.