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Following two years of political tumult, Sheikh Hasina Wazed, president of the Awami League, was elected prime minister of Bangladesh on June 12, 1996. Her government was expected to bring political stability and renewed economic vitality to the 25-year-old country.
Hasina was born on Sept. 28, 1947, in the village of Tungipara. She was the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led Bangladesh to independence from Pakistan in 1971 and instilled in his daughter a loyalty to her country and a dedication to improving Bangladeshi quality of life.
While at the University of Dhaka in the late 1960s, she was active in politics and served as her father's political liaison while he was imprisoned by Pakistani rulers. Hasina and other members of her family were also forced into captivity briefly in 1971 after they participated in an uprising during the liberation war.
On Aug. 15, 1975, following Bangladesh's freedom from Pakistani leadership, Hasina's father, mother, and three brothers were assassinated in their home by Bangladeshi military officers. Hasina, who was out of the country at the time, spent six years in exile. During this time she was elected to the leadership of the Awami League, the largest political organization in Bangladesh.
On her return home in 1981, Hasina immersed herself in the fight for democracy, an activity that resulted in her being placed under numerous house arrests. She ultimately secured a seat as leader of the opposition in Parliament, where she opposed the violence of military rule and initiated measures to increase basic human rights. In December 1990 the last military leader of Bangladesh, Lieut. Gen. Hossain Mohammad Ershad, resigned in disgrace following an ultimatum that was issued by Hasina and supported by the Bangladeshi people.
The first free general election in Bangladesh in 16 years was held in 1991. Hasina failed to obtain a majority in Parliament, and governing power was granted to her opponent

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