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Sheikh Hasina

Also known as Sheikh Hasina Wazed, Hasina Wazed

Sheikh Hasina Wazed is a Bangladeshi politician who served as Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2024. A daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of Bangladesh, she is Bangladesh's longest-serving prime minister and one of the longest-serving female heads of government globally. She has also served as president of the Awami League since 1981.

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Sheikh Hasina is a female politician, writer, and jurist born in 1947 in Tungipara Upazila. She is a member of the Bangladesh Awami League and holds citizenship in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Her political career includes serving as Prime Minister of Bangladesh, president, and Leader of the Opposition. She speaks and writes in Bangla, and her name in her native language is শেখ হাসিনা.

She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib. Her spouse is M. A. Wazed Miah, and they have two children, Sajeeb Wazed and Saima Wazed. She also has siblings named Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Russel, Sheikh Rehana, and Sheikh Jamal. Her religious worldview is Islam.

Hasina has received the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize, Indira Gandhi Peace Prize, Champions of the Earth, and recognition in the Time 100 collection. She is the author of works including Secret Documents of Intelligence Branch on Father of the Nation, Bangladesh : Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Secret Documents of Intelligence Branch on Father of the Nation Bangladesh, Liberal Purposes, and Nietzsche's Philosophy of Art.

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Secret Documents of Intelligence Branch on Father of the Nation, Bangladesh : Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Secret Documents of Intelligence Branch on Father of the Nation Bangladesh
Liberal Purposes
Nietzsche's Philosophy of Art

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Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: Bangladesh
Place of birth: Tungipara Upazila
Spouse: M. A. Wazed Miah
Child: Sajeeb Wazed
Father: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Mother: Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib
Sibling: Sheikh Jamal
Occupation: writer
Political party: Bangladesh Awami League
Languages spoken: Bangla
Native language: Bangla
Religion: Islam
Award: Agent of Change Award
Image: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Attends Business Advisory Committee Meeting 2024-05-02 (PID-0008829) (portrait cropped).jpg
Convicted of: corruption