Hosne Ara Rahman | |
Office: | 4th First Lady of Bangladesh |
Term Label: | In role |
Term Start: | 10 October 1991 |
Term End: | 9 October 1996 |
Predecessor: | Rowshan Ershad |
Successor: | Anowara Begum |
President: | Abdur Rahman Biswas |
Birth Date: | c. 1934 |
Death Date: | 17 June 2017 |
Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Resting Place: | Banani graveyard |
Spouse: | Abdur Rahman Biswas (?–2017; her death) |
Children: | Seven |
Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Hosne Ara Rahman (1934 – 17 June 2017) was a Bangladeshi public figure, former First Lady of Bangladesh, and the wife of former President Abdur Rahman Biswas. Rahman served as the country's First Lady from 10 October 1991, until 9 October 1996.[1]
Rahman died from complications of old age at United Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 17 June 2017, aged 83.[1]
She was also a cousin of Rashed Khan Menon, the Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism. Her funeral rites were held at the Gulshan Azad Mosque in Gulshan Thana with burial at the Banani Graveyard.[1]
Her widower, Abdur Rahman Biswas, died just months later on 3 November 2017. He was also buried in Banani Graveyard.[2]