Rowshan Ershad


Rowshan Ershad 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. She is a senior co-vice chairperson of the Jatiya Party and the widow of former Bangladesh president Hussain Muhammad Ershad.

Career

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.
In 1975, Ershad became the founder-president of the Sena Paribar Kalliyan Samity. She attended the UN Special Convention on Drug Abuse in 1985.

Personal life

Rowshan married Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1956. Together they had a son, Saad Ershad, and also adopted a daughter, Jebin.