Syeda Zohra Tajuddin (24 December 1932 – 20 December 2013) was a

Bangladesh Awami League The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achievin ...

politician. She was a leader of the party and served as its president from 1980 to 1981. She was the wife of the first prime minister

Tajuddin Ahmad Tajuddin Ahmad (23 July 1925 – 3 November 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician. He led the Provisional Government of Bangladesh, 1st Government of Bangladesh as its Prime Minister of Bangladesh, prime minister during the Bangladesh Liberation W ...

Biography

Tajuddin was born on 24 December 1932. She studied social science at the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

. She married Tajuddin Ahmad in 1959. She kept the Awami league together after the 1975 coup that led to the assassination of the president of Bangladesh and Awami League

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), also known by the honorific Bangabandhu, was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman and activist who was the founding president of Bangladesh. As the leader of Bangl ...

and her husband Tajuddin Ahmad and other high ranking Awami League politicians. She reorganized Awami League after being elected its convener in 1977. She remained a presidium member of the party until her death on 20 December 2013.

Personal life

Tajuddin had four children. Three daughters, Sharmin Ahmad Reepi, Simeen Hussain Rimi and Mahjabin Ahmad Mimi, and a son, Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj. Ex Major Munirul Islam Chowdhury (Husband of eldest daughter), Amr Khairy Abdalla (husband of second daughter), Keivan Niksejel (husband of youngest daughter). She was buried at the Banani Graveyard.

References

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