Zubaida Rahman

Zubaida Rahman (জোবাইদা রহমান) is a Bangladeshi physician, and the wife of politician Tarique Rahman.

Personal life
Zubaida born on 18 May 1972 in Sylhet, is the daughter of Rear Admiral Mahbub Ali Khan, Chief of the Naval Staff of Bangladesh during the regime of Ziaur Rahman. He served as the Minister of Communications and Agriculture in the government of Hussain Muhammad Ershad.

General M. A. G. Osmani is the uncle of Zobaida Rahman, the commander-in-chief of Bangladesh's war of independence. She is the cousin of Amnesty International's former Secretary General Irene Khan.

Zobaida married Tarek in 1995, two years before joining the BCS health cadre. After Tarek's release from prison in 2008, she took a study leave and went to London to treat Tarek. Currently staying there.

Career
Zobaida studied medicine from Imperial College London and completed her MSc with record marks and gold medal. She joined the public service as a doctor in 1995 after topping the Doctors Civil Service (BCS) examination. Zobaidar had married Tarek two years earlier.

Zia family members and two top leaders of BNP were convicted in the corruption case, although Zobaida Rahman's leadership of the party was publicized, but she never participated in the National Assembly elections or was seen in direct politics. In 2016, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed commendation for Zubaida Rahman, endorsing her potential as a promising political figure.

Cases and convictions
Zubaida Rahman received a three-year prison term in connection with a corruption case initiated by the Anti-Corruption Commission in 2007. Additionally, her spouse Tareq Rahman was sentenced to nine years of incarceration.