Premiership of Sheikh Hasina

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Sheikh Hasina's tenure as the 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh began on 23 June 1996, when she assumed office after her party, the Awami League, won the general election, succeeding Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Her first term lasted until 15 July 2001. She returned to office as the 12th Prime Minister on 6 January 2009 following her party's landslide victory in the 2008 general election and had further electoral wins in 2014, 2018 and 2024 general elections, though these elections were widely criticised for lacking transparency, with opposition parties boycotting those elections and international observers alleging vote manipulation and suppression. Her premiership ended in August 2024 following the July Uprising against her government, in which she resigned and fled to India, marking the conclusion of her 16-year uninterrupted rule.

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