Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister of Bangladesh and left the country due to the ongoing unrest in the country.
She is the leader of Bangladesh’s ruling party, the Awami League. She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, known as the founding president of Bangladesh and the father of the nation of Bangladesh.
Sheikh Hasina is the longest-serving woman in the world.
Sheikh Hasina has been ruling Bangladesh since 2009.
Hasina was active in politics in the 1960s when she was at Dhaka University. In 1968, Hasina got married to noted scientist MA Wajed Mia.
Mujibur Rahman was the first president of Bangladesh. Mujibur Rahman was assassinated on August 15, 1975, a few months after taking office.
Along with him, Hasina’s mother and three brothers were murdered at home by some military officers. She was not in Bangladesh when the murders took place.
Hasina was in exile for six years at the time. At that time, he took over the leadership of the Awami League.
When she returned to Bangladesh in 1981, she became a key leader in politics. At that time he was sometimes under house arrest.
In December 1990, The last military ruler of Bangladesh, Lieutenant General Mohamed Ershad, resigned from his post after bowing to public pressure.
Sheikh Hasina’s party did not get a majority in the 1991 elections. Her rival Khaleda Zia-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won and formed the government.
Five years later, hasina became prime minister for the first time in 1996 when the Awami League won the elections.