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, Bengal, British India
|death_date = {{death date and age|2013|12|20|1932|12|24|df=y}}
|death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
|party = Awami League
|alma_mater = University of Dhaka
|spouse = {{marriage|Tajuddin Ahmad|1959|1975|end=d}}
|relatives = Simeen Hussain Rimi (daughter)
Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj (son)
Afsaruddin Ahmad (brother-in-law)
| office = 6th President of Awami League (Convenor)
| term_start = 4 April 1977
| term_end = 16 February 1978
| predecessor = Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman
| successor = Abdul Malek Ukil
}}
Syeda Zohra Tajuddin (24 December 1932 – 20 December 2013){{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}} 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.{{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}}
Biography
Tajuddin was born on 24 December 1932.{{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}} 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.{{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}}{{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}} She reorganized Awami League after being elected its convener in 1977. She remained a presidium member of the party until her death on 20 December 2013.{{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}}
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. 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.{{fact|date=July 2024}}
References
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{{Presidents of Awami League}}
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