children birth_date term_end alma_mater father term_start spouse image name otherparty caption native_name_lang predecessor birth_place president party office successor mother religion native_name article_title
sajeeb wazed joy saima wazed putul 28 september 1947 15 july 2001 29 october 2006 30 march 1996 eden mohila college university of dhaka sheikh mujibur rahman 6 20 march 1991 17 may 1981 january 2009 23 june 1996 10 october 2001 wazed miah 1968 2009 widow sheikh hasina in london 2011.jpg sheikh hasina grand alliance -lrb- 2008 -- present -rrb- hasina in london -lrb- 2011 -rrb- bn fakhruddin acting -rrb- khaleda zia abdur rab asaduzzaman khan ahmed -lrb- acting -rrb- muhammad habibur rahman -lrb- tungipara now in bangladesh -rrb- , east bengal , dominion of pakistan -lrb- iajuddin shahabuddin ahmed ahmed zillur rahman abdul hamid abdur rahman biswas bangladesh awami league prime of the bangladesh awami league minister of bangladesh leader of the opposition leader latifur rahman -lrb- acting -rrb- khaleda zia khaleda zia sheikh fazilatunnesa mujib islam শেখ হাসিনা sheikh hasina

sheikh hasina

sheikh hasina -lrb- ; , ; born 28 september 1947 -rrb- is the current prime minister of bangladesh , in office since january 2009 .
she previously served as prime minister from 1996 to 2001 , and she has led the bangladesh awami league since 1981 .
she is the eldest of five children of sheikh mujibur rahman , the founding father and first president of bangladesh , and widow of the nuclear scientist m. a. wazed miah .
she is also sometimes referred-to as sheikh hasina wazed , her married name .
hasina 's political career has spanned more than four decades during which she has been both prime minister and opposition leader .
as opposition leader , she was the target of an assassination attempt in 2004 .
in 2007 , she was arrested for corruption and charged with murder by the military-backed caretaker government during the 2006 -- 2008 bangladeshi political crisis , when the generals imposed a state of emergency .
she returned as prime minister after a landslide victory for the awami league-led grand alliance in 2008 , when they took two-thirds of the seats in parliament .
in january 2014 she became the prime minister for the third time after winning the 2014 parliamentary election , which was boycotted by the main opposition bnp-led alliance .
hasina is considered one of the most powerful women in the world , ranking 47th on forbes ' list of the 100 most powerful women in the world .
for the better part of the last two decades , hasina 's chief rival has been bnp leader khaleda zia .
the two women have alternated as non-interim prime ministers since 1991 .
