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Khaleda Zia

1945 - Today

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Begum Khaleda Zia (born August–September 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and the second female prime minister in the Muslim world, after Benazir Bhutto. She is the widow of former president of Bangladesh and army commander, Ziaur Rahman. She has been the chairperson and leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 1984, which was founded by her husband, Zia, in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Khaleda Zia is the 5,673rd most popular politician (down from 5,246th in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from India (down from 177th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Khaleda Zia ranks 5,673 out of 19,576. Before her are Chang of Goryeo, Tammam Salam, Emperor Wenzong of Tang, Verginia, Emperor Juntoku, and Altan Khan. After her are Rob Roy MacGregor, Philippe Buonarroti, Giovanni Sforza, Adolf Schärf, Evagoras I, and Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Khaleda Zia ranks 132. Before her are Jeremy Rifkin, Daniel Olbrychski, Viktor Saneyev, Graça Machel, Chandrika Kumaratunga, and Tammam Salam. After her are Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, Maud Adams, András Arató, Jean-Pierre Kutwa, Mahmoud al-Zahar, and Hans-Gert Pöttering.

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In India

Among people born in India, Khaleda Zia ranks 224 out of 1,861. Before her are Mumtaz (1947), Parshvanatha (-872), Sikandar Lodi (1450), Madhvacharya (1199), Sivananda Saraswati (1887), and James Brooke (1803). After her are Vinoba Bhave (1895), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), Shilpa Shetty (1975), Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), Rajkumar (1929), and Birbal (1528).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Khaleda Zia ranks 79. Before her are Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (1879), Henry McMahon (1862), Shah Shuja (1616), Siraj ud-Daulah (1733), Sikandar Lodi (1450), and James Brooke (1803). After her are Birbal (1528), Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905), Amrit Kaur (1889), V. V. Giri (1894), Nirmala Sitharaman (1959), and Dadabhai Naoroji (1825).

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