Anwara Begum (academic)

{{Short description|First Lady of Bangladesh from 2002 to 2009}}

{{otheruses|Anwara Begum (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Anwara Begum

| native_name = আনোয়ারা বেগম

| native_name_lang = bn

| image = File:Anwara Begum, first women vice chancellor in Bangladesh.jpeg

| office = 7th First Lady of Bangladesh

| term_label = In role

| term_start = 6 September 2002

| term_end = 15 February 2009

| predecessor = Hasina Warda Chowdhury

| successor = Rashida Hamid (2013)

| president = Iajuddin Ahmed

| office2 = Vice-Chancellor

| title2 = Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology

| term_start2 = 2004

| term_end2 = 2011

| predecessor2 = Position established

| successor2 = Abul Hossain Sikder

| birth_date = 1934/1935

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date|2018|04|21|df=y}} (aged 83)

| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh

| occupation = Academic

| nationality = Bangladeshi

| spouse = Iajuddin Ahmed

| children = Imtiaz Ahmed Babu

| awards = Ekushey Padak

}}

Anwara Begum (1934/1935 – 21 April 2018){{Cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2018/04/22/ex-president-dr-iajuddins-wife-anwara-begum-dies/|title=Ex-president Dr Iajuddin's wife Anwara Begum dies|date=April 22, 2018|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=June 7, 2018|language=en-US}} was a Bangladeshi academic. In 2006, she was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh for her contribution to education.{{cite web |url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|access-date=June 20, 2016|publisher=Government of Bangladesh |language=bn}} She was married to the 14th President of Bangladesh, Iajuddin Ahmed, and served as the First Lady of Bangladesh from 2002 until 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.munshigonj.com/BangladeshSection/President.htm|title=President|publisher=Munshigonj.com|access-date=June 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611032447/http://www.munshigonj.com/BangladeshSection/President.htm|archive-date=June 11, 2016|url-status=dead}}