Roushan Ershad | |
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রওশন এরশাদ | |
 Rowshan Ershad in 2016 | |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| Assumed office 11 December 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Preceded by | Hussain Mohammad Ershad |
| In office 9 January 2014 – 3 January 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Preceded by | Khaleda Zia |
| Succeeded by | Hussain Mohammad Ershad |
| Member of Parliament for Mymensingh-4 | |
| Assumed office 12 January 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Motiur Rahman |
| In office 1996–2001 | |
| Preceded by | AKM Fazlul Haque |
| Succeeded by | Delwar Hossain Khan Dulu |
| Minister of Health and Family Welfare | |
| In office 21 November 2013[1][2] – 6 January 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Preceded by | A.F.M Ruhal Haque |
| Succeeded by | Mohammed Nasim |
| First Lady of Bangladesh | |
| In office 11 December 1983 – 6 December 1990 | |
| President | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| Preceded by | Khaleda Zia |
| Succeeded by | Hosne Ara Rahman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 July 1943 |
| Political party | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
| Spouse | |
| Relations | Mamta Wahab (older sister) A. H. G. Mohiuddin (brother) |
| Children |
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Roushan Ershad (born 19 July 1943)[3] is a Bangladesh Jatiya Party politician. She is the current Jatiya Sangsad member from Mymensingh-4 constituency and the incumbent Leader of the Opposition in the 11th parliament.[4][5][6] She is the Chief Patron of the Jatiya Party (Ershad) and the widow of former Bangladesh president Hussain Muhammad Ershad.
As the First Lady during 1982–1990, Ershad was active in social welfare and in promoting the rights of women and children. She was the chief patron of the Bangladesh Jatiya Mohila Sangstha.[7]
In 1975, Ershad became the founder-president of the Sena Paribar Kalyan Samity (Armed Forces Family Welfare Association). She attended the UN Special Convention on Drug Abuse in 1985.[7]
Roushan married Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1956.[8] Together they had a son, Saad Ershad, and also a daughter, Jebin.[8]
