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Sheikh Hasina


 

Sheikh Hasina Wajed (Bangla: ??? ?????? ???????) (born September 28, 1947) was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001. She has been the President of the Awami League, a major political party in Bangladesh, since 1981. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the nationalist leader and first president of Bangladesh.

Awards

  • UNESCO Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize, 1998 - for the peace accord in Chittagong Hill Tracts
  • Mother Teresa Award, All India Peace Council, 1998
  • MK Gandhi Award, Mahatma MK Gandhi Foundation of Oslo, Norway, 1998
  • Pearl S. Buck Award 2000