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Sheikh Hasina

Politician

Sheikh Hasina 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	Hasina Wajed · Hasína Wadžídová · Hasīna Vazeda · Hāsinā Oyājed · Sejk Haszina Vazed · 30 more...				[sources]
Alias	Hasina · Hasina Oaĝed · Hasina Wajed · Hasina Wazed · Hasina Šeih · 56 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	হাসিনা · 哈西娜 · 谢克·哈西纳				[sources]
Birth date	1947-09-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Tungipara Upazila				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Bangladesh				[sources]
Country	Bangladesh				[sources]
Citizenship	Bangladesh · Pakistan				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Hasina				[sources]
Last name	Wazed				[sources]
Political association	Bangladesh Awami League				[sources]
Website	www.parliament.gov.bd				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q52183				[sources]
Position	Jatiyo Sangshad (member, 2009-2014) · Jatiyo Sangshad (member, 2014-) · Leader of the House (1996-2001) · Leader of the House (2009-2014) · Leader of the House (2014-2019) · 18 more...				[sources]
Education	Eden Girls' College				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001, 2009–2024)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-11-25

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Sheikh Rehana Politician	sibling	-	-
Saima Wazed Politician	child · mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Prime Minister of Bangladesh	1996-06-23	2001-07-15

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Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Sajeeb Wazed Politician	child · mother	-	-
Tulip Siddiq Politician	aunt · niece · relative	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,627

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,993

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,736

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders10,994

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata353,962

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,063

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-bangladesh-sheikh-hasina-minister-of-power-energy-mineral-resources · us-cia-bangladesh-sheikh-hasina-prime-minister · evpo-a9a729d9-ab34-4de7-82fc-7cfb86de6a2f · us-cia-bangladesh-sheikh-hasina-minister-of-defense

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