Rowshan Ershad

Begum Rowshan Ershad (born 19 July 1943) 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. She is the chief patron of the Jatiya Party (Ershad) and the widow of former Bangladesh president Hussain Muhammad Ershad.

Political career
As the first lady during 1982–1990, Ershad was active in social welfare and in promoting the rights of women and children. She was the chief patron of the Bangladesh Jatiya Mohila Sangstha.

In 1975, Ershad became the founder-president of the Sena Paribar Kalyan Samity (Armed Forces Family Welfare Association). She attended the UN Special Convention on Drug Abuse in 1985.

In November 2023, Ershad announced she would not participate at the 2024 Bangladeshi general election.



Personal life
Rowshan married Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1956. Together they had a son, Saad Ershad, and a daughter, Jebin.