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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rowshan Ershad
| native_name = রওশন এরশাদ
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Rawshan Ershad, Jatiya Party.jpg
| caption = Ershad in 2016
| office = [[Leader of the Opposition (Bangladesh)|Leader of the Opposition]]
| term_start = 9 September 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Hussain Mohammad Ershad]]
| successor =
| term_start1 = 9 January 2014
| term_end1 = 3 January 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Khaleda Zia]]
| successor1 = [[Hussain Mohammad Ershad]]
| constituency_MP2 = [[Mymensingh-4]]
| term_start2 = 12 January 2014
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = [[Motiur Rahman (Bangladeshi politician)|Motiur Rahman]]
| term_start3 = 1996
| term_end3 = 2001
| predecessor3 = AKM Fazlul Haque
| successor3 = Delwar Hossain Khan Dulu
| office4 = [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Bangladesh)|Minister of Health and Family Welfare]]
| term_start4 = 21 November 2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2013/11/24/wont-stay-minister-long-rowshan|title=Won’t stay minister long: Rowshan|website=bdnews24.com|access-date=2020-04-04|date=2013-11-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2013/11/21/28-ministers-out-effectively-2|title=28 ministers out, effectively|date=2013-11-21|website=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref>
| term_end4 = 6 January 2014
| predecessor4 = [[A.F.M Ruhal Haque]]
| successor4 = [[Mohammed Nasim]]
| office5 = [[First Lady of Bangladesh]]
| term_start5 = 11 December 1983
| term_end5 = 6 December 1990
| predecessor5 = [[Khaleda Zia]]
| successor5 = [[Hosne Ara Rahman]]
| party = [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|07|19|df=y}}
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Hussain Mohammad Ershad]]|1956|2019|end=his death}}
| children = {{unbulleted list |[[Saad Ershad]] (son)|Jebin Ershad (daughter)}}
| relations = [[Mamta Wahab]] (older sister)
}}
'''Rowshan Ershad''' (born 19 July 1943)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3709|title=Constituency 149_11th_En|website=Bangladesh Parliament|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref> is a [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Bangladesh Jatiya Party]] politician. She is the current [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from [[Mymensingh-4]] constituency and the incumbent [[Leader of the Opposition (Bangladesh)|Leader of the Opposition]] in the [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|11th parliament]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english |title=List of 11th Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-120382|script-title=bn:বিরোধী দলীয় নেতা রওশন, উপনেতা জিএম কাদের|date=2019-09-09|website=The Daily Star Bangla|language=bn|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2014/01/06/rowshan-ershad-to-be-opposition-leader/ |title=Rowshan Ershad to be opposition leader |work=Dhaka Tribune |first=Manik|last=Miazee |date=6 January 2014}}</ref> She is a senior co-vice chairperson of the [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] and the widow of former Bangladesh president [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]].

==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.<ref name = "pamphlet">{{cite book|title=President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad, First Lady Begum Raushan Ershad - Pamphlet|publisher=Padma Printers Bangladesh|pages=28–31}}</ref>

In 1975, Ershad 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.<ref name = "pamphlet" />

==Personal life==
Rowshan married [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]] in 1956.<ref name=ershad>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/news/ershad-passes-away-1771249|title=Ershad passes away|date=2019-07-14|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-07-14}}</ref> Together they had a son, [[Saad Ershad]], and also a daughter, Jebin.<ref name=ershad/>

==References==
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[[Category:Women opposition leaders]]
[[Category:Health and Family Welfare ministers of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:8th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:11th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
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