Yasmeen Murshed is a

Bangladeshi Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay. Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...

businesswoman and a former advisor of the caretaker government led by President

Iajuddin Ahmed Iajuddin Ahmed (1 February 193110 December 2012) was the President of Bangladesh, serving from 6 September 2002 until 12 February 2009. From late October 2006 to January 2007, he also served as Chief Advisor of the caretaker government. From Oc ...

Biography

Murshed did her master's degree in economics in 1969 at Punjab University. She founded Scholastica School in 1977. She is the founding chairperson of Scholastica, and chairperson of the store Etcetera Bangladesh. She was in charge of Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Ministry of Primary and Mass Education and Ministry of Social Welfare from 31 October 2006 to 11 January 2007. In 2007 she was made the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan.

Personal life

She has two children Syed Maher Murshed and Syeda Madiha Murshed. She was married to Syed Tanweer Murshed, the son of Syed Manzoor Murshed and Begum

Hasina Murshed Hasina Murshed was a Bengali politician, educationist, and Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly. Biography Hasina Murshed was married to Syed Manzoor Murshed, they had a son Syed Tanweer Murshed. She was her husbands second wife, his first ...

. Her father and mother,

Khwaja Zakiuddin Khwaja Zakiuddin (1918-2003) was a Bengali aristocrat and Pakistani statesman. He was a member of the Dhaka Nawab family. Early life Zakiuddin was born on 9 January 1918. His father was Khwaja Shahabuddin, a Pakistan government Minister, and his ...

and Begum Binoo Zakiuddin, were members of the Nawab of Dhaka family. Her grandfather was

Khwaja Shahabuddin Khawaja Shahabuddin (31 May 1898 – 9 February 1977) was a politician of Kashmiri-Bengali descent from East Pakistan who was a minister in the Government of Pakistan and member of the Dhaka Nawab family. He was the younger brother of Khawaja N ...

. Her grandmother,

Farhat Shahabuddin Farhat Banu was a Member of the Dhaka Nawab family and member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly in British India. Her uncle was the Nawab of Dhaka, Sir Khwaja Salimullah. Career Farhat Banu was a Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly, the ...

, was one of the first female lawmakers in Bengal.

References

Living people Advisors of Caretaker Government of Bangladesh High Commissioners of Bangladesh to Pakistan Members of the Dhaka Nawab family Bangladeshi women diplomats Bangladeshi women ambassadors 1945 births University of the Punjab alumni {{Bangladesh-diplomat-stub