Khaleda Zia
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 Khaleda Zia facts

• When she took office in 1991, she was the first woman in the country's history and second in the Muslim world (after Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan in 1988–1990) to head a democratic government as prime minister
• Zia was the First Lady of Bangladesh during the presidency of her husband Ziaur Rahman
• She is the 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 H M Ershad, Zia helped lead the continuing movement for democracy until the fall of military dictator Ershad in 1990
• Khaleda became prime minister following the victory of the BNP 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, number 29 in 2005, and number 33 in 2006