Rowshan Ershad

Begum Rowshan Ershad (born 19 July 1943)[3] is a Jatiya Party politician from Bangladesh.

She was the former Jatiya Sangsad member from the Mymensingh-4 constituency and the former leader of the opposition in the 11th parliament.

[8] As the first lady during 1982–1990, Ershad was active in social welfare and in promoting the rights of women and children.

[9] In 1975, Ershad became the founder-president of the Sena Paribar Kalyan Samity (Armed Forces Family Welfare Association).

[9] In November 2023, Ershad announced she would not participate at the 2024 Bangladeshi general election.

Rowshan with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015 in Dhaka