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Rowshan Ershad

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Rowshan Ershad is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Raushon Ershad · Rowshan Ershad · Rövşan Erşad · Ροουσάν Ερσάντ · Рушан Эршад · 6 more...				[sources]
Alias	Begum Rowshan Ershad · Begüm Rövşan Erşad · Rowshan Ershad · Ροουσάν Ερσάντ · Рушан Эршад · 4 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1941-07-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Mymensingh				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Country	Bangladesh				[sources]
Citizenship	Bangladesh · United Kingdom · Pakistan				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Political association	Jatiya Party				[sources]
Website	www.parliament.gov.bd				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q15633746				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	First Lady of Bangladesh (1983-1990) · Jatiyo Sangshad (member, 2009-2014) · Jatiyo Sangshad (member, 2014-) · Leader of the Opposition (2014-2019) · Leader of the Opposition (2019-2024) · 1 more...				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-02	Last processed	2026-04-04	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

former first lady of Bangladesh and current Leader of the Opposition

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,227

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,542

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata327,982

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,278

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Leader of the Opposition	2014-01-29	2019-01-03

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Hussain Muhammad Ershad PEP	spouse	-	-
Saad Ershad PEP	child · mother	-