Rashida Hamid | |
Office: | 8th First Lady of Bangladesh |
Term Label: | In role |
Predecessor: | Anwara Begum |
Successor: | Rebecca Sultana |
Term Start: | 14 March 2013 |
Term End: | 24 April 2023 |
President: | Mohammad Abdul Hamid |
Birth Name: | Rashida Khanam |
Birth Place: | Karimganj, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh |
Children: | 4, including Rejwan Ahammad Taufiq |
Alma Mater: | Gurudayal Government College |
Rashida Hamid is a Bangladeshi teacher, public figure and former First Lady of Bangladesh.[1] [2] She is the wife of the former President Mohammad Abdul Hamid,[3] and served as the country's first lady from 2013 to 2023.[4] She was the longest serving First Lady of Bangladesh.[5]
Rashida Hamid was born in Jaffarabad, Karimganj, Kishoreganj. She is the wife of former President Mohammad Abdul Hamid and mother of Rejwan Ahammad Taufiq, MP.[6] [7]
Hamid passed SSC from SV Government High School in 1963 and HSC from Gurudayal Government College. She graduated from Gurudayal Government College in 1972.[6]
Rashida Hamid worked as headteacher in a kindergarten in Dhaka.[6] She is the chairperson of President Abdul Hamid Medical College and Hospital's governing body.[8]