Rowshan Ershad

{{Short description|Former first lady and current Leader of the Opposition in Bangladesh}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Rowshan Ershad

| native_name = {{No bold|রওশন এরশাদ}}

| native_name_lang = bn

| image = Office Portrait of the Leader of opposition, Bangladesh, Begum Raushan Ershad.jpg

| caption = Ershad in 2017

| office = Chief Patron of Jatiya Party (Ershad)

| term_start = 28 January 2024

| term_end =

| leader = disputed with GM Quader

| predecessor = GM Quader

| successor =

| office1 = 5th Leader of the Opposition

| term_start1 = 9 September 2019

| term_end1 = 10 January 2024

| primeminister1 = Sheikh Hasina

| predecessor1 = Hussain Mohammad Ershad

| successor1 = GM Quader

| term_start2 = 9 January 2014

| term_end2 = 3 January 2019

| primeminister2 = Sheikh Hasina

| predecessor2 = Khaleda Zia

| successor2 = Hussain Mohammad Ershad

| office3 = Jatiya Sangsad

| parliament3 = Bangladesh

| term_start3 = 12 January 2014

| term_end3 = 10 January 2024

| predecessor3 = Motiur Rahman

| successor3 = Mohit Ur Rahman Shanto

| constituency3 = Mymensingh-4

| term_start4 = 23 June 1996

| term_end4 = 15 July 2001

| predecessor4 = A. K. M. Fazlul Haque

| successor4 = Delwar Hossain Khan Dulu

| constituency4 = Mymensingh-4

| office5 = Minister of Health and Family Welfare

| term_start5 = 21 November 2013{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/wont-stay-minister-long-rowshan |title=Won't stay minister long: Rowshan |work=bdnews24.com |date=2013-11-24 |access-date=2020-04-04}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2013/11/21/28-ministers-out-effectively-2 |title=28 ministers out, effectively |date=2013-11-21 |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2020-04-04}}

| term_end5 = 6 January 2014

| primeminister5 = Sheikh Hasina

| predecessor5 = A.F.M Ruhal Haque

| successor5 = Mohammed Nasim

| office6 = 3rd First Lady of Bangladesh

| term_start6 = 11 December 1983

| term_end6 = 6 December 1990

| president6 = Hussain Mohammad Ershad

| predecessor6 = Khaleda Zia

| successor6 = Anowara Begum (acting)

| party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|07|19|df=y}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Hussain Mohammad Ershad|1956|2019|end=his death}}

| children = 2, including Saad Ershad

| relations = {{ubl|Mamta Wahab (sister)|A. H. G. Mohiuddin (brother)}}

}}

Begum Rowshan Ershad (born 19 July 1943){{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3709 |title=Constituency 149_11th_En |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=2019-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815161514/http://parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3709 |archive-date=2022-08-15}} is a Jatiya Party politician from Bangladesh. She was the former Jatiya Sangsad member from the Mymensingh-4 constituency and the former leader of the opposition in the 11th parliament.{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english |title=List of 11th Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=10 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927041941/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english |archive-date=2023-09-27}}{{Cite news |url=https://bangla.thedailystar.net/node/120382 |script-title=bn:বিরোধী দলীয় নেতা রওশন, উপনেতা জিএম কাদের |date=2019-09-09 |work=The Daily Star |language=bn |access-date=2019-09-09}}{{cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2014/01/06/rowshan-ershad-to-be-opposition-leader/ |title=Rowshan Ershad to be opposition leader |work=Dhaka Tribune |first=Manik |last=Miazee |date=6 January 2014}} She is the chief patron of the Jatiya Party (Ershad){{cite news |title=They dropped us intentionally, alleges Raushan |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/uf2lx46wi5 |work=Prothom Alo |date=12 December 2023 |language=en}} and the widow of former Bangladesh president Hussain Muhammad Ershad.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/14/general-hussain-muhammad-ershad-obituary |title=General Hussain Muhammad Ershad obituary |newspaper=The Guardian |date=14 July 2019 |last1=Brown |first1=Derek}}