Syeda Zohra Tajuddin

{{Short description|Bangladesh Awami League politician (1932–2013)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Syeda Zohra Tajuddin | native_name = সৈয়দা জোহরা তাজউদ্দীন | native_name_lang = bn | birth_date = {{birth date|1932|12|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Kaliganj Upazila, Gazipur|Kaliganj]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]], British India | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|12|20|1932|12|24|df=y}} | death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh | office = [[Spouse of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh]] | predecessor = ''Position established'' | successor = [[Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib]] | status = | prime_minister = [[Tajuddin Ahmad]] | term_start = 10 April 1971 | term_end = 12 January 1972 | party = [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]] | alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Tajuddin Ahmad]]|1959|1975|end=d}} | relatives = [[Simeen Hussain Rimi]] (daughter)<br/> [[Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj]] (son)<br/>[[Afsaruddin Ahmad]] (brother-in-law) | office1 = 6th [[Awami League#President and general secretary of the AL, 1949–present|President of Awami League]] <small>(Convenor)</small> | term_start1 = 4 April 1977 | term_end1 = 16 February 1978 | predecessor1 = [[Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman]] | successor1 = [[Abdul Malek Ukil]] | image = File:Zohra Tajuddin.png }} '''Syeda Zohra Tajuddin''' (24 December 1932 – 20 December 2013)<ref name=obituary>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/zohra-tajuddin-passes-away-3232|title=Zohra Tajuddin passes away|date=2013-12-20|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2018-12-08}}</ref> was a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician. She was a leader of the party and served as its president from 1980 to 1981. She was the wife of the first prime minister [[Tajuddin Ahmad]].<ref name=obituary/><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/the-path-towards-sunrise-72624|title=The Path towards Sunrise |work=The Daily Star |date=2015-03-19|access-date=2016-09-11}}</ref>

== Biography == Tajuddin was born on 24 December 1932.<ref name=anniv>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/zohra-tajuddins-anniversary-of-death-today-56218|title=Zohra Tajuddin's anniversary of death today |work=The Daily Star |date=2014-12-19|access-date=2016-09-11}}</ref> She studied social science at the [[University of Dhaka]]. She married Tajuddin Ahmad in 1959. She kept the Awami league together after the 1975 coup that led to the assassination of the president of Bangladesh and Awami League [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] and her husband Tajuddin Ahmad and other high ranking Awami League politicians.<ref name=dies>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/dec/21/veteran-al-leader-zohra-tajuddin-dies|title=Veteran AL leader Zohra Tajuddin dies |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2016-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/portrait-patriot-115108|title=Portrait of a Patriot |work=The Daily Star |date=2015-07-22|access-date=2016-09-11}}</ref> She reorganized Awami League after being elected its convener in 1977.<ref name=anniv/> She remained a presidium member of the party until her death on 20 December 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/zohra-tajuddin-laid-to-rest-3569|title=Zohra Tajuddin laid to rest |work=The Daily Star |date=2013-12-22|access-date=2016-09-11}}</ref>

== Personal life == Tajuddin had four children. Three daughters, Sharmin Ahmad Reepi, [[Simeen Hussain Rimi]] and Mahjabin Ahmad Mimi, and a son, [[Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj]].<ref name=dies/> Ex Major Munirul Islam Chowdhury (Husband of eldest daughter), Amr Khairy Abdalla (husband of second daughter), Keivan Niksejel (husband of youngest daughter). She was buried at the [[Banani Graveyard]].{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

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