| Anwara Begum | |
| Native Name: | আনোয়ারা বেগম |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | 7th First Lady of Bangladesh |
| Term Label: | In role |
| Term Start: | 6 September 2002 |
| Term End: | 15 February 2009 |
| Predecessor: | Hasina Warda Chowdhury |
| Successor: | Rashida Hamid (2013) |
| President: | Iajuddin Ahmed |
| Office2: | Vice-Chancellor |
| Title2: | Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology |
| Term Start2: | 2004 |
| Term End2: | 2011 |
| Predecessor2: | Position established |
| Successor2: | Abul Hossain Sikder |
| Birth Date: | 1934/1935 |
| Death Date: | (aged 83) |
| Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Occupation: | Academic |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Spouse: | Iajuddin Ahmed |
| Children: | Imtiaz Ahmed Babu |
| Awards: | Ekushey Padak |
Anwara Begum (1934/1935 – 21 April 2018)[1] was a Bangladeshi academic. In 2006, she was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh for her contribution to education.[2] She was married to the 14th President of Bangladesh, Iajuddin Ahmed, and served as the First Lady of Bangladesh from 2002 until 2009.[3]
Begum was a professor of the Department of Zoology at the University of Dhaka. She later served as the chairman of the Department of Zoology and the provost of the Shamsun Nahar Hall.[3]
She was the first chairman of the board of trustees and the founding vice-chancellor[4] of Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology, a private university in Dhaka.[5]
Begum and her husband Iajuddin Ahmed had a son, Imtiaz Ahmed Babu.[6]