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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Syeda Zohra Tajuddin
|native_name = সৈয়দা জোহরা তাজউদ্দীন
|native_name_lang = bn
|birth_date = {{birth date|1932|12|24|df=y}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|2013|12|20|1932|12|24|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
|party = [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]]
|alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]
|spouse = {{marriage|[[Tajuddin Ahmad]]|1959|1975|end=d}}
|relatives = [[Simeen Hussain Rimi]] (daughter)<br/> [[Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj]] (son)<br/>[[Afsaruddin Ahmad]] (brother-in-law)
| office = Leader of the [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]] (Convenor)
| term_start = 4 April 1977
| term_end = 16 February 1978
| predecessor = [[Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman]]
| successor = [[Abdul Malek Ukil]]
}}
'''Syeda Zohra Tajuddin''' (24 December 1932 – 20 December 2013)<ref name=obituary>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/zohra-tajuddin-passes-away-3232|title=Zohra Tajuddin passes away|date=2013-12-20|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2018-12-08}}</ref> was a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician. She was a leader of the party and served as its president from 1980 to 1981. She was the wife of the first prime minister [[Tajuddin Ahmad]].<ref name=obituary/><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/the-path-towards-sunrise-72624|title=The Path towards Sunrise |work=The Daily Star |date=2015-03-19|access-date=2016-09-11}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Tajuddin was born on 24 December 1932.<ref name=anniv>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/zohra-tajuddins-anniversary-of-death-today-56218|title=Zohra Tajuddin's anniversary of death today |work=The Daily Star |date=2014-12-19|access-date=2016-09-11}}</ref> She studied social science at the [[University of Dhaka]]. She married Tajuddin Ahmad in 1959. She kept the Awami league together after the 1975 coup that led to the assassination of the president of Bangladesh and Awami League [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] and her husband Tajuddin Ahmad and other high ranking Awami League politicians.<ref name=dies>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/dec/21/veteran-al-leader-zohra-tajuddin-dies|title=Veteran AL leader Zohra Tajuddin dies |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2016-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/portrait-patriot-115108|title=Portrait of a Patriot |work=The Daily Star |date=2015-07-22|access-date=2016-09-11}}</ref> She reorganized Awami League after being elected its convener in 1977.<ref name=anniv/> She remained a presidium member of the party until her death on 20 December 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/zohra-tajuddin-laid-to-rest-3569|title=Zohra Tajuddin laid to rest |work=The Daily Star |date=2013-12-22|access-date=2016-09-11}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Tajuddin had four children. Three daughters, Sharmin Ahmad Reepi, [[Simeen Hussain Rimi]] and Mahjabin Ahmad Mimi, and a son, [[Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj]].<ref name=dies/> Ex Major Munirul Islam Chowdhury (1st Husband of eldest daughter), Amr Khairy Abdalla (2nd husband of eldest daughter), Keivan Niksejel (husband of youngest daughter). She was buried at the [[Banani Graveyard]].

== References ==
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{{Bangladesh Awami League}}
{{Presidents of Awami League}}

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[[Category:1932 births]]
[[Category:2013 deaths]]
[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]
[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:People of the Bangladesh Liberation War]]
[[Category:Women in war in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Women in warfare post-1945]]
[[Category:Presidents of the Awami League]]
[[Category:Burials at Banani Graveyard]]
[[Category:20th-century Bengalis]]
[[Category:21st-century Bengalis]]

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