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{{ | {{Short description|Bangladeshi politician and former first lady}} | ||
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{{Infobox officeholder | {{Infobox officeholder | ||
| name = Rowshan Ershad | | name = Rowshan Ershad | ||
| native_name = রওশন এরশাদ | | honorific_prefix = [[Begum]] | ||
| native_name = {{No bold|রওশন এরশাদ}} | |||
| native_name_lang = bn | | native_name_lang = bn | ||
| image = | | image = Office Portrait of the Leader of opposition, Bangladesh, Begum Raushan Ershad.jpg | ||
| caption = Ershad in | | caption = Ershad in 2017 | ||
| office = [[Leader of the Opposition (Bangladesh)|Leader of the Opposition]] | | office = Chief Patron of [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] | ||
| | | term_start = 28 January 2024 | ||
| | | term_end = | ||
| | | leader = ''disputed with [[GM Quader]]'' | ||
| | | predecessor = [[GM Quader]] | ||
| | | successor = | ||
| | | office1 = 5th [[Leader of the Opposition (Bangladesh)|Leader of the Opposition]] | ||
| | | term_start1 = 9 September 2019 | ||
| | | term_end1 = 10 January 2024 | ||
| | | primeminister1 = [[Sheikh Hasina]] | ||
| | | predecessor1 = [[Hussain Mohammad Ershad]] | ||
| | | successor1 = [[GM Quader]] | ||
| | | term_start2 = 9 January 2014 | ||
| | | term_end2 = 3 January 2019 | ||
| | | primeminister2 = [[Sheikh Hasina]] | ||
| | | predecessor2 = [[Khaleda Zia]] | ||
| | | successor2 = [[Hussain Mohammad Ershad]] | ||
| | | office3 = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | ||
| | | parliament3 = Bangladesh | ||
| | | term_start3 = 12 January 2014 | ||
| | | term_end3 = 10 January 2024 | ||
| | | predecessor3 = [[Motiur Rahman (politician, born 1942)|Motiur Rahman]] | ||
| | | successor3 = [[Mohit Ur Rahman Shanto]] | ||
| | | constituency3 = [[Mymensingh-4]] | ||
| | | term_start4 = 23 June 1996 | ||
| | | term_end4 = 15 July 2001 | ||
| | | predecessor4 = [[AKM Fazlul Haque (Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician)|A. K. M. Fazlul Haque]] | ||
| successor4 = [[Delwar Hossain Khan Dulu]] | |||
| constituency4 = [[Mymensingh-4]] | |||
| office5 = [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Bangladesh)|Minister of Health and Family Welfare]] | |||
| term_start5 = 21 November 2013<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/wont-stay-minister-long-rowshan |title=Won't stay minister long: Rowshan |work=bdnews24.com |date=2013-11-24 |access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2013/11/21/28-ministers-out-effectively-2 |title=28 ministers out, effectively |date=2013-11-21 |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> | |||
| term_end5 = 6 January 2014 | |||
| primeminister5 = [[Sheikh Hasina]] | |||
| predecessor5 = [[A.F.M Ruhal Haque]] | |||
| successor5 = [[Mohammed Nasim]] | |||
| office6 = 9th [[First Lady of Bangladesh]] | |||
| term_start6 = 11 December 1983 | |||
| term_end6 = 6 December 1990 | |||
| president6 = [[Hussain Mohammad Ershad]] | |||
| predecessor6 = ''Name unavailable'' | |||
| successor6 = Anowara Begum (acting) | |||
| party = [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] | | party = [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|07|19|df=y}} | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|07|19|df=y}} | ||
| spouse = {{marriage| | | spouse = {{marriage|Hussain Mohammad Ershad|1956|2019|end=his death}} | ||
| children = | | children = 2, including [[Saad Ershad]] | ||
| relations = [[Mamta Wahab]] ( | | relations = {{ubl|[[Mamta Wahab]] (sister)|[[A. H. G. Mohiuddin]] (brother)}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''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 | '''[[Begum]] 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815161514/http://parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3709 |archive-date=2022-08-15}}</ref> is a [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] politician from Bangladesh. She was the former [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from the [[Mymensingh-4]] constituency and the former [[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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927041941/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english |archive-date=2023-09-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bangla.thedailystar.net/node/120382 |script-title=bn:বিরোধী দলীয় নেতা রওশন, উপনেতা জিএম কাদের |date=2019-09-09 |work=The Daily Star |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 was the chief patron of the [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref>{{cite news |title=They dropped us intentionally, alleges Raushan |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/uf2lx46wi5 |work=[[Prothom Alo]] |date=12 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and the widow of former Bangladesh president [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/14/general-hussain-muhammad-ershad-obituary |title=General Hussain Muhammad Ershad obituary |newspaper=The Guardian |date=14 July 2019 |last1=Brown |first1=Derek}}</ref> | ||
Currently she is leading her own faction Jatiya Party (Rowshan) which is different from [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]. | |||
== | ==Political career== | ||
As the [[ | [[File:Rowshan Ershad SAARC in Dhaka 1986.jpg|thumb|Rowshad Ershad at SAARC. 1986]] | ||
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 | 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.<ref name = "pamphlet" /> | ||
In November 2023, Ershad announced she would not participate at the [[2024 Bangladeshi general election]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-11-29 |title=Raushan Ershad decides not to join polls |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/d8fsxr4iby |access-date=2023-11-30 |work=Prothom Alo |language=en}}</ref> | |||
In May 2025, Ershad's ancestorial home in Mymensingh was vandalized on Thursday by members of the [[Anti-discrimination Students Movement|Anti-Discrimination Student Movement]] protesting its conversion into a commercial restaurant.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-05-15 |title=ময়মনসিংহে রওশন এরশাদের পৈতৃক বাড়িতে হামলা-ভাঙচুর |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/hpsbb1gpgw |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Prothomalo |language=bn}}</ref> Activists had earlier demanded the site be turned into a July Memorial Museum, calling the house "Dalal Mahal" following the fall of the [[Sheikh Hasina]] led [[Awami League]] government.<ref name=":0" /> Despite submitting a memorandum to local authorities, construction continued, prompting the attack led by student leader Walid Ahmed.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
[[File:The Leader of opposition, Bangladesh, Begum Raushan Ershad calls on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 07, 2015.jpg|thumb|Rowshan with Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] in June 2015 in Dhaka]] | |||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Rowshan married [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]] in 1956.<ref name=ershad>{{Cite | Rowshan married [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]] in 1956.<ref name=ershad>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/news/ershad-passes-away-1771249 |title=Ershad passes away |date=2019-07-14 |work=The Daily Star |language=en |access-date=2019-07-14}}</ref> Together they had a son, [[Saad Ershad]], and a daughter, Jebin.<ref name=ershad/> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members]] | |||
[[Category:Hussain Muhammad Ershad]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 01:30, 18 March 2026
Rowshan Ershad | |
|---|---|
 Ershad in 2017 | |
| Chief Patron of Jatiya Party (Ershad) | |
| Assumed office 28 January 2024 | |
| Leader | disputed with GM Quader |
| Preceded by | GM Quader |
| 5th Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 9 September 2019 – 10 January 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Preceded by | Hussain Mohammad Ershad |
| Succeeded by | GM Quader |
| In office 9 January 2014 – 3 January 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Preceded by | Khaleda Zia |
| Succeeded by | Hussain Mohammad Ershad |
| Jatiya Sangsad | |
| 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 |
| 9th First Lady of Bangladesh | |
| In office 11 December 1983 – 6 December 1990 | |
| President | Hussain Mohammad Ershad |
| Preceded by | Name unavailable |
| Succeeded by | Anowara Begum (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 July 1943 |
| Political party | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
| Spouse(s) | Hussain Mohammad Ershad
( m. 1956; |
| Relations |
|
| Children | 2, including Saad Ershad |
Begum Rowshan Ershad (born 19 July 1943)[3] is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician from 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 was the chief patron of the Jatiya Party (Ershad)[7] and the widow of former Bangladesh president Hussain Muhammad Ershad.[8] Currently she is leading her own faction Jatiya Party (Rowshan) which is different from Jatiya Party (Ershad).
Political career[edit | edit source]
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.[9]
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.[9]
In November 2023, Ershad announced she would not participate at the 2024 Bangladeshi general election.[10]
In May 2025, Ershad's ancestorial home in Mymensingh was vandalized on Thursday by members of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement protesting its conversion into a commercial restaurant.[11] Activists had earlier demanded the site be turned into a July Memorial Museum, calling the house "Dalal Mahal" following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government.[11] Despite submitting a memorandum to local authorities, construction continued, prompting the attack led by student leader Walid Ahmed.[11]
Personal life[edit | edit source]
Rowshan married Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1956.[12] Together they had a son, Saad Ershad, and a daughter, Jebin.[12]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Won't stay minister long: Rowshan". bdnews24.com. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ↑ "28 ministers out, effectively". Dhaka Tribune. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ↑ "Constituency 149_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ↑ "List of 11th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ↑ বিরোধী দলীয় নেতা রওশন, উপনেতা জিএম কাদের. The Daily Star (in Bengali). 9 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ↑ Miazee, Manik (6 January 2014). "Rowshan Ershad to be opposition leader". Dhaka Tribune.
- ↑ "They dropped us intentionally, alleges Raushan". Prothom Alo. 12 December 2023.
- ↑ Brown, Derek (14 July 2019). "General Hussain Muhammad Ershad obituary". The Guardian.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad, First Lady Begum Raushan Ershad - Pamphlet. Padma Printers Bangladesh. pp. 28–31.
- ↑ "Raushan Ershad decides not to join polls". Prothom Alo. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "ময়মনসিংহে রওশন এরশাদের পৈতৃক বাড়িতে হামলা-ভাঙচুর". Prothomalo (in Bengali). 15 May 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Ershad passes away". The Daily Star. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.