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Hakkani Publishers Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of Bangladesh by Sirajuddin Ahmed
Sheikh Hasina is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh, in office since January 2009. She previously served as Prime Minister from 1996 to 2001, and she has led the Bangladesh Awami League since 1981. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and first President of Bangladesh, and widow of the nuclear scientist M. A. Wazed Miah. She is also sometimes referred-to as Sheikh Hasina Wazed, her married name.Hasina is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, an International network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers.