Fact Check: Is Khaleda Zia Dead or Still Alive? Hospitalized amid Health Issues

A Bangladeshi politician, Khaleda Zia’s followers want to know about her health details. Please continue reading to know if she is alive or dead.

Zia served as Prime Minister of Bangladesh twice, from 1991 to 1996 and from 2001 to 2006.

She was the country’s first female prime minister and the second among Muslim-majority countries to lead a democratic administration.

After a military dictatorship led by Army Chief General Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1982, Zia aided the democratic movement until Ershad’s demise in 1990.

Following the BNP’s victory in the 1991 election campaign, she was elected Prime Minister.

In 1996, she also worked in a short-lived government after other parties canceled the first election.

The Awami League was elected in the second round of assembly polls in 1996.

Is Khaleda Zia Dead or Still Alive? Her Health Update & Illness

Yes, the politician Khaleda Zia is still alive. However, she is not in good condition at this moment.

The health of the BNP Chairperson is currently getting treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital for several difficulties, which is still critical. However, her personal doctor, Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain, claims she has not been identified with liver cirrhosis.

He also claimed that the BNP leader was struggling with liver, kidney, and heart issues.

According to our reports, physicians have kept her under observation in the hospital’s Coronary Care Unit.

Was She Hospitalized?

Yes, Khaleda Zia was hospitalized for almost 26 days.

She returned home on Sunday as per the reports.

Khaleda Zia Family And Children

Khaleda Zia was born into a business family in Dinajpur District, Bengal, British India (now in north-western Bangladesh).

In 1960, she married Ziaur Rahman, who became Bangladesh’s 7th President in 1977. She has two children with her husband, i.e., Tarique and Arafat.

Her husband, Ziaur Rahman, governed until 1981, when he was slain in a military coup.

Tarique Rahman, Zia’s first son, became active in politics and rose to become the acting head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. 

Arafat Rahman “Koko,” her second son, died after a heart attack in 2015.

During 2001–2006, Zia’s sister, Khurshid Jahan (1939–2006), served as Minister of Women and Children Affairs.

 Her younger brother, Sayeed Iskander (1953–2012), was a politician who represented the Feni-1 seat in the Jatiya Sangsad from 2001 to 2006. 

Shamim Iskandar, her second brother, is a retired aviation engineer from Bangladesh Biman. Selina Islam is her younger sister.

More About Khaleda Zia Biography

Khaleda Khanam “Putul” was born in 1945 in Jalpaiguri, Bengal Presidency, British India, in the then-undivided Dinajpur District.

She was the third child of a five-child household. Iskandar Majumder, her tea merchant father, was born in Fulgazi, Noakhali District.

Her mother, Taiyaba Majumder, was from Chandbari.

Following India’s partition in 1947, they went to the town of Dinajpur.

Khanam attended Dinajpur Missionary School before graduating from Dinajpur Girls’ School in 1960.

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