Khaleda Zia

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Khaleda Zia

খালেদা জিয়া

Begum Zia in 2010

9th Prime Minister of Bangladesh

In office

10 October 2001 – 29 October 2006

Shahabuddin Ahmed
President
Badruddoza Chowdhury

Iajuddin Ahmed

Preceded by Latifur Rahman (Acting)

Succeeded by Iajuddin Ahmed(Acting)

In office

20 March 1991 – 30 March 1996

President Shahabuddin Ahmed (Acting)

 Abdur Rahman Biswas

Preceded by Kazi Zafar Ahmed

Succeeded by Muhammad Habibur Rahman (Acting)

Chairperson Of Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Incumbent

Assumed office

30 May 1984

General Secretary A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury (1984–1990)

Abdus Salam Talukder (1990–1996)

Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan (1996–2007)

Khandaker Delwar Hossain (2007–2011)

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir (2011–)

Preceded by Abdus Sattar

Leader of the Opposition

In office

29 December 2008 – 9 January 2014

Preceded by Sheikh Hasina

Succeeded by Rowshan Ershad

In office

23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001

Preceded by Sheikh Hasina

Succeeded by Sheikh Hasina

Member of Parliament
for Feni-1

In office

20 March 1991 – 15 July 2001

Preceded by Zafar Imam

Succeeded by Sayeed Iskander

In office

29 December 2008 – 9 January 2014

Preceded by Sayeed Iskander

 Succeeded by Shirin Akhter
Member of Parliament
for Bogura-6

In office

01 October 2001 – 29 October 2006

Preceded by Zafar Imam

Succeeded by Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar

Personal details

Born Khaleda Khanam Putul

See Birth date discrepancy

Jalpaiguri, Bengal Presidency, British India

Political party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (1979–present)

Other political Four Party Alliance (2001–2011)

affiliations 18 Party Alliance (2011–present)

Jatiya Oikya Front (2018-present)

Ziaur Rahman (m. 1960–1981)
Spouse(s)

Children Tarique

Arafat

Mother Taiyaba Majumder

Father Iskandar Majumder

Relatives Sayeed Iskander (brother)

Khurshid Jahan (sister)

Shahrin Islam Tuhin (nephew)

Saiful Islam Duke (nephew)

Khaleda Zia (IPA: kʰaled̪a dʒia; born Khaleda Khanam Putul[1][2] in 1945) is

a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to
1996, and again from 2001 to 2006.[3] She was the first woman in the country's history
and second in the Muslim majority countries (after Benazir Bhutto) to head a democratic
government as prime minister. She was the wife of a former President of
Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman. She is the current chairperson and leader of
the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) which was founded by Rahman in the late
1970s.
After a military coup in 1982, led by Army Chief General Hussain Muhammad Ershad,
Zia helped lead the movement for democracy until the fall of Ershad in 1990. She
became the prime minister following the BNP party win in the 1991 general election.
She also served briefly in the short-lived government in 1996, when other parties had
boycotted the first election. In the next round of general elections of 1996, the Awami
League came to power. Her party came to power again in 2001. She has been elected
to five separate parliamentary constituencies in the general elections of
1991, 1996 and 2001.
In its list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World, Forbes magazine ranked Zia at
number 14 in 2004,[4] number 29 in 2005,[5] and number 33 in 2006.[6]
Following her government's term end in 2006, the scheduled January 2007 elections
were delayed due to political violence and in-fighting, resulting in a bloodless military
takeover of the caretaker government. During its interim rule, it charged Zia and her two
sons with corruption.[7][8][9]
Since the 1980s, Zia's chief rival has been Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina. Since
1991, they have been the only two serving as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. [10]
In February 2018, Zia was jailed for a total of 17 years for the Zia Orphanage Trust
corruption case and Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.[11] She was found guilty of
embezzling funds for the orphanage trusts set up while she had been serving as the
prime minister.[12] She was transferred to a hospital for medical treatment in April 2019.
[13]
 In March 2020, she was released for six months on humanitarian grounds with the
conditions that she would stay at her home in Gulshan, Dhaka.[14]

Contents

 1Personal life and family

o 1.1Early life and education
o 1.2Family
 2Involvement in politics
 3Prime Minister
o 3.1First term
o 3.2Second term
o 3.3Third term
o 3.4Foreign policy
 4Post-premiership (since 2007)
o 4.1Detention during the caretaker government
o 4.2Eviction from the cantonment house
o 4.3Boycotting 2014 election
o 4.4Charges and imprisonment in 2018
 5Birth date discrepancy
 6Awards and honours
 7Eponyms
 8References
 9External links
Personal life and family[edit]
Early life and education[edit]
Khaleda Khanam "Putul"[15] was born in 1945 in Jalpaiguri in the then undivided Dinajpur
District[note 1] in Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Jalpaiguri District, India).[3][16] She
was the third of five children.[17] Her father, Iskandar Majumder, a tea-businessman, was
from Fulgazi in Noakhali District (now in Feni District).[17] Her mother, Taiyaba
Majumder (1920–2008), was from Chandbari (now in Uttar Dinajpur District).[18]
[17]
 After the partition of India in 1947, they migrated to Dinajpur town (now in
Bangladesh).[3] Khanam first attended Dinajpur Missionary School and later completed
her matriculation from Dinajpur Girls' School in 1960.[3] In the same year, she
married Ziaur Rahman, then a captain in the Pakistan Army.[19] She then used the name
"Khaleda Zia" or "Begum Khaleda Zia".[citation needed] Zia then studied at Dinajpur
Surendranath College until 1965 when she went to West Pakistan to stay with her
husband.[3] In March 1969, they moved from Karachi to Dhaka.[17] Following Rahman's
posting, the family then moved to Sholoshohor area in Chittagong.[17]
Family[edit]

Zia with husband Ziaur Rahman in 1979

Zia in 1979

Zia's first son, Tarique Rahman (b. 1967), got involved into politics and went on to
become the acting chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[20] Her second son, Arafat
Rahman "Koko" (b. 1969), died of a cardiac arrest in 2015. [21] Zia's sister, Khurshid
Jahan (1939–2006) served as the Minister of Women and Children Affairs during 2001–
2006.[22] Her younger brother, Sayeed Iskander (1953–2012), was also a politician who
served as a Jatiya Sangsad member from the Feni-1 constituency during 2001–2006.
[23]
 Her second brother, Shamim Iskandar, is a retired flight engineer of Bangladesh
Biman.[24][25] Her second sister is Selina Islam.[26]

Involvement in politics[edit]
On 30 May 1981, Zia's husband, the-then President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman,
was assassinated.[27] After his death, on 2 January 1982, she got involved into politics by
first becoming a member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) - the party which was
founded by Rahman.[28] She took charge of the vice-chairman position in March 1983.
[28]
 Under her leadership, BNP formed a 7-party alliance in 1983 during the rule
of Hussain Muhammad Ershad.[3] Due to ill-health condition of justice Abdus Sattar, she
became the acting chairperson of the party on 12 January 1984. [28] When Sattar was
ousted from the presidency by the 1982 military coup, Zia replaced him as the
chairperson on 10 May.[3] She was detained under house arrest in 1983, 1984 and 1987.
In 1987, police detained her during a meeting at the Hotel Purbani in Dhaka. [29]

Prime Minister[edit]
First term[edit]
Zia with US President Bill Clinton.

A neutral caretaker government in Bangladesh oversaw elections on 27 February

1991[30] following eight years of Ershad presidency. BNP won 140 seats - 11 short of
simple majority.[30][31] Zia was sworn in as the country's first female prime minister on 20
March 1991 with the support of a majority of the deputies in parliament. With a
unanimous vote, the parliament passed the 12th amendment to the constitution in
August 1991. The acting president Shahabuddin Ahmed granted Zia nearly all of the
powers that were vested in the president at the time, effectively returning Bangladesh to
a parliamentary system in September.
Zia's administration abolished the Upazila system in November 1991. It formed the
Local Government Structure Review Commission, which recommended a two-tier
system of local government, district and union councils. Also the Thana Development
and Coordination Committee was formed to coordinate development activities at the
thana level.[32]
Second term[edit]
When the opposition boycotted the 15 February 1996 election, Zia's party BNP had a
landslide victory in the 6th Jatiya Sangshad.[33] Other major parties demanded a
neutral caretaker government to be appointed to oversee the elections. The short-
lived parliament hastily introduced the caretaker government by passing the 13th
amendment to the constitution. The parliament was dissolved to pave the way for
parliamentary elections within 90 days.
In the 12 June 1996 elections, BNP lost to Sheikh Hasina's Awami League. Winning
116 seats,[33] BNP emerged as the largest opposition party in the country's parliamentary
history.
Third term[edit]
Zia with the President of Brazil Lula da Silva (2004)

Zia with the Indian Leader of Opposition L. K. Advani in New Delhi (2006)

The BNP formed a four-party alliance[34] on 6 January 1999 to increase its chances to
return to power in the next general elections. These included its former political foe
the Jatiya Party, founded by President Ershad after he led a military government, and
the Islamic parties of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and the Islami Oikya Jot. It
encouraged protests against the ruling Awami League.
Many residents[according to whom?] strongly criticized Zia and BNP for allying with Jamaat-e-Islami,
[35]
 which had opposed the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. The four-party alliance
participated in the 1 October 2001 general elections, winning two-thirds of the seats in
parliament and 46% of the vote (compared to the principal opposition party's 40%). Zia
was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
She worked on a 100-day programme to fulfill most of her election pledges to the
nation. During this term, the share of domestic resources in economic development
efforts grew. Bangladesh began to attract a higher level of international investment for
development of the country's infrastructure, energy resources and businesses, including
from the United States, Great Britain, and Japan. Restoration of law and order was an
achievement during the period.
Zia promoted neighbourly relations in her foreign policy. In her "look-east policy," she
worked to bolster regional cooperation in South Asia and adherence to the UN Charter
of Human Rights. She negotiated settlement of international disputes, and renounced
the use of force in international relations. Bangladesh began to participate in United
Nations international peacekeeping efforts. In 2006, Forbes magazine featured her
administration in a major story praising her achievements. Her government worked to
educate young girls (nearly 70% of Bangladeshi women were illiterate) and distribute
food to the poor (half of Bangladesh's 135 million people live below the poverty line).
Her government promoted strong GDP growth (5%) based on economic reforms and
support of an entrepreneurial culture.
When Zia became prime minister for the third time, the GDP growth rate of Bangladesh
remained above 6 percent. The Bangladesh per capita national income rose to 482
dollars. Foreign exchange reserve of Bangladesh had crossed 3 billion dollars from the
previous 1 billion dollars. The foreign direct investments of Bangladesh had risen to 2.5
billion dollars. The industrial sector of the GDP had exceeded 17 percent at the end of
Zia's office.[3]
On 29 October 2006, Zia's term in office ended. In accordance with the constitution, a
caretaker government would manage in the 90-day interim before general elections. On
the eve of the last day, rioting broke out on the streets of central Dhaka due to
uncertainty over who would become Chief Advisor (head of the Caretaker Government
of Bangladesh). Under the constitution, the immediate past Chief Justice was to be
appointed. But, Chief Justice Khondokar Mahmud Hasan (K M Hasan) declined the
position.[36][37][38][39] President Iajuddin Ahmed, as provided for in the constitution, assumed
power as Chief Advisor on 29 October 2006.[40] He tried to arrange elections and bring all
political parties to the table during months of violence; 40 people were killed and
hundreds injured in the first month after the government's resignation in November
2006.
Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury, the presidential advisor, met with Zia and Sheikh
Hasina, and other political parties to try to resolve issues and schedule elections.
Negotiations continued against a backdrop of political bickering, protests and
polarisation that threatened the economy. [41][42] Officially on 26 December 2006, all
political parties joined the planned 22 January 2007 elections. The Awami League
pulled out at the last minute, and in January the military intervened to back the
caretaker government for a longer interim period. It held power until holding general
elections in December 2008.
Foreign policy[edit]

 Saudi Arabia: Zia made some high-profile foreign visits in

the later part of 2012. Invited to Saudi Arabia in August by
the royal family, she met with the Saudi crown prince
and defence minister Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to talk
about bilateral ties.[43] She tried to promote better access for
Bangladeshi migrant workers to the Saudi labour market,
which was in decline at the time.[43]
 People's Republic of China: She went to People's Republic
of China in October, at the invitation of the government.
She met with Chinese leaders including Vice President Xi
Jinping and the Communist Party of China's international
affairs chief Wang Jiarui.[44] Xi became China's Paramount
Leader in 2012.
Talks in China related to trade and prospective Chinese investment in Bangladesh,
[45]
 particularly the issue of financing Padma Bridge. At the beginning of 2012, the World
Bank, a major prospective financier, had withdrawn, accusing government ministers of
graft.[44][46] The BNP announced that the Chinese funding for a second Padma Bridge was
confirmed during her visit.[47][48]

 India: On 28 October 2012, Zia visited India to meet

with President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh and a number of officials
including foreign minister Salman Khurshid, national
security adviser Shivshankar Menon, foreign
secretary Ranjan Mathai and BJP leader and leader of
opposition Sushma Swaraj. Talks were scheduled to cover
bilateral trade and regional security. [49]
Zia's India visit was considered notable as BNP had been considered to have been anti-
India compared to its rival Awami League.[50] At her meeting with Prime Minister Singh,
Zia said her party wanted to work with India for mutual benefit, including the fight
against extremism.[51] Indian officials announced they had come to agreement with her to
pursue a common geopolitical doctrine in the greater region to discourage terrorists.[52]

Post-premiership (since 2007)[edit]

Detention during the caretaker government[edit]
Former Bangladesh Bank governor Fakhruddin Ahmed became the Chief Adviser to the
interim caretaker government on 12 January 2007. In March, Zia's eldest son, Tarique
Rahman, was arrested for corruption. Enforcing the suppression of political activity
under the state of emergency, from 9 April, the government barred politicians from
visiting Zia's residence.[53] Her other son, Arafat Rahman (Coco), was arrested for
corruption on 16 April.[7] On 17 April, The Daily Star reported that Zia had agreed to go
into exile with Arafat.[54] Her family said, the Saudi Arabian government reportedly
declined to allow her into the kingdom - apparently because "it was reluctant to take in
an unwilling guest".[55] Based on an appeal, on 22 April the High Court issued a ruling for
the government to explain that she was not confined to her house. On 25 April, the
government lifted restrictions on both Zia and Sheikh Hasina. [55] On 7 May, the High
Court ordered the government to explain continuing restrictions on Zia. [56]
On 17 July, the Anti Corruption Commission Bangladesh (ACC) sent notices to both Zia
and Hasina, requesting that details of their assets be submitted to the commission
within one week.[57] Zia was asked to appear in court on 27 September in connection with
a case for not submitting service returns for Daily Dinkal Publications Limited for years.
[58]
 On 2 September, the government filed charges of corruption against Zia related to the
awarding of contracts to Global Agro Trade Company in 2003. [8] She was arrested on 3
September.[59][9] She was detained in a makeshift prison on the parliament building
premises.[60] On the same day, Zia expelled her party Secretary General Abdul Mannan
Bhuiyan and Joint Secretary General Whip Ashraf Hossain for breaching party
discipline.[61]
BNP standing committee members chose former Minister of Finance Saifur
Rahman and former Minister of Water Resources Hafizuddin Ahmed to lead the
party. Bangladesh Election Commission subsequently invited Hafizuddin's faction,
rather than Zia's, to participate in talks, effectively recognizing the former as the
legitimate BNP. Zia challenged this in court, but her appeal was rejected on 10 April
2008.[62]
Zia was released on bail on 11 September 2008 from her yearlong detention. [63]
In December 2008, the caretaker government organized general elections where Zia's
party lost to the Awami League and its Grand Alliance (with 13 smaller parties) which
took a two-thirds majority of seats in the parliament. Sheikh Hasina became the prime
minister, and her party formed government in early 2009. Zia became the opposition
leader of the parliament.[citation needed]
Further information: 2006-2008 Bangladeshi political crisis
Eviction from the cantonment house[edit]
Zia's family had been living for 38 years in the 2.72-acre plot house at 6 Shaheed
Mainul Road house in Dhaka Cantonment.[64] It was the official residence of her
husband, Ziaur Rahman, when he was appointed as the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS) of
the Bangladesh Army.[65] After he became the President of Bangladesh, he kept the
house as his residence. Following his assassination in 1981, the acting President Abdus
Sattar, leased the house "for life" to Zia, for a nominal ৳101. When the army took over
the government in 1983, Hussain Mohammad Ershad confirmed this arrangement.
On 20 April 2009, the Directorate of Military Lands and Cantonments handed a notice
asking Zia to vacate the cantonment residence.[66][67] Several allegations and irregularities
mentioned in the notice - first, Zia had been carrying out political activities from the
house – which went against a condition of the allotment; second, one cannot get
allotment of two government houses in the capital; third, a civilian cannot get a resident
lease within a cantonment.[67] Zia vacated the house on 13 November 2010. [68] She then
moved to the residence of her brother, Sayeed Iskandar, at the Gulshan neighborhood.
[69]

British Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham meeting Zia (2011)

Boycotting 2014 election[edit]

Zia's party took a stance on not participating in the 2014 Bangladeshi general
election unless it was administered under a nonpartisan caretaker government, but the
then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina rejected the demand. [70][71] The Bangladesh Awami
League, led by Hasina, won the election in 232 seats (out of 300). [72] The official counts
from Dhaka suggested that the turnout here averaged about 22 percent. [73]
In 2016, BNP announced its new National Standing Committee, in which Zia retained
her position as the chairperson.[74][75][76]

US Secretary John Kerry greets Zia at the US Embassy Dhaka (2016)

In 2017, the police conducted a raid on Zia's house search for "anti-state" documents. [77]
Charges and imprisonment in 2018[edit]
On 3 July 2008, during the 2007–08 caretaker government rule, ACC had filed a graft
case, accusing Zia and five others of misappropriating over Tk 2.1 crore that had come
from a foreign bank as grants for orphans.[78] According to the case, on 9 June 1991,
$1.255M (Tk 4.45 crore) grant was transferred from United Saudi Commercial Bank
to Prime Minister's Orphanage Fund - a fund that was created by then Prime Minister
Zia shortly before the transfer of the grant as part of the embezzlement scheme. [78] On 5
September 1993, she issued a Tk 2.33 crore cheque from the Prime Minister's
Orphanage Fund to the Zia Orphanage Trust on the pretext of building an orphanage
in Bogra.[78] By April 2006, the deposited amount grew to Tk 3.37 crore with accrued
interest. In April, June and July 2006, some of the money was transferred to bank
accounts of three other accused – Salimul, Mominur and Sharfuddin – through different
transactions.[79] On 15 February 2007, Tk 2.10 crore was withdrawn through pay orders
from two of the FDR accounts.[78] Zia was accused of misappropriating that money by
transferring the amount from a public fund to a private one. [79]
On 8 February 2018, during the Awami League government rule, Zia was sentenced to
prison for five years in that corruption case.[12] Mobile phone jammers were installed at
Bakshibazar court premises ahead of the verdict. [80] Her party claimed that the verdict
was politically biased.[81] Zia was sent to the Old Dhaka Central Jail after the verdict.
[82]
 She was imprisoned as the sole inmate at the jail since all the inmates had been
transferred to the newly built Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj in 2016.[83][84] On 11
February 2018, Dhaka Special Judge's Court 5 directed the authorities of Dhaka Central
Jail to provide first class division to Zia. [85] On 31 October 2018, the High Court raised
her jail term to 10 years after ACC pleaded for a revision.[86]
On 30 October 2018, in another case, Zia Charitable Trust Graft Case, Zia was
sentenced to 7 years of rigorous imprisonment. [87] Khaleda is also accused in other 32
cases including Gatco Graft Case, Niko Graft Case, Barapukuria Coalmine Graft
Case, Darussalam Police Station Cases, Jatrabari Police Station Cases, Sedition
Case, Bomb Attack on Shipping Minister Case, Khulna Arson Case, Comilla Arson
Case, Celebrating Fake Birthday Case, Undermining National Flag Case and Loan
Default Case.[88]
Zia's nomination papers to contest for Feni-1, Bogra-6 and Bogra-7 constituencies at
the 2018 general election were rejected.[89] She was not able to contest because
according to article 66 (2) (d) of the constitution, "a person shall be disqualified for
election as, or for being, a member of parliament who has been, on conviction for a
criminal offence involving moral turpitude, sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not
less than two years, unless a period of five years has elapsed since his/her release".
[90]
 Her party lost that general election to Awami League. [91]
Zia was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University for medical
treatment on 1 April 2019.[13] The High Court and the Supreme Court rejected her bail
plea on humanitarian grounds a total four times. [14] On 25 March 2020, she was released
for six months, conditioned she would stay at her home in Gulshan and not leave the
country.[14] The government issued this executive decision as per section 401 (1) of the
Criminal Code of Procedure (CrPC).[14]

Birth date discrepancy[edit]

Zia claims 15 August as her birthday, which is a matter of controversy in Bangladesh
politics.[92][93] 15 August is the day many immediate family members of Zia's political rival,
Sheikh Hasina, including her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were killed. As a result of
the deaths, 15 August is officially declared National Mourning Day of Bangladesh. [92][94]
[95]
 None of Zia's government issued identification documents show her birthday on 15
August.[94][96] Her matriculation examination certificate lists a birth date of 9 August 1945.
Her marriage certificate lists 5 September 1945. Zia's passport indicates a birth date of
19 August 1945.[94][96] Kader Siddiqui, a political ally of Zia, urged her not to celebrate her
birthday on 15 August.[93] The High Court filed a petition against Zia on this issue. [97][98]

Awards and honours[edit]

 On 24 May 2011, the New Jersey State Senate honoured
Zia as a "Fighter for Democracy". It was the first time the
state Senate had so honoured any foreign leader and
reflects the state's increasing population of immigrants and
descendants from South Asia.[99][100]

Eponyms[edit]

Deshnetri Begum Khaleda Zia Hall at the University of Chittagong.

  Begum Khaleda Zia Hall, a residential hall at Islamic
University, Kushtia.[101]
 Deshnetri Begum Khaleda Zia Hall, a residential hall at
the University of Chittagong.[102]
 Begum Khaleda Zia Hall, a residential hall at Jahangirnagar
University.[103]
 Begum Khaleda Zia Hall, a residential hall at the University
of Rajshahi.[104]

References[edit]
Footnotes

1. ^ In 1947, Dinajpur district was split into West Dinajpur District in India
and Dinajpur District in the then East Bengal.

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External links[edit]
 "Life Sketch: Begum Khaleda Zia". Permanent Mission of
Bangladesh to the United Nations. Archived from the
original on 13 January 2009.
 Works by or about Khaleda Zia in libraries
(WorldCat catalog)
 Barbara Crossette (17 October 1993). "Conversations:
Khaleda Zia; A Woman Leader for a Land That Defies
Islamic Stereotypes". The New York Times.
 William Green; Alex Perry (10 April 2006). "We Have
Arrested So Many". Time.
 Alex Perry (3 April 2006). "Rebuilding Bangladesh". Time.
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