Khaleda Zia
Published by onBegum Khaleda Zia (Bengali: খালেদা জিয়া) born August 9, 1944 is a former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, having served from 1991 to 1996, becoming the first woman in the country's history & second in the Muslim world (only after Ms Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan) to head a democratic government as prime minister. She served again from 2001 to 2006. Ms Zia is the widow of assassinated President of Bangladesh Lieutenant General Ziaur Rahman, and leads his old party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).