| Rowshan Ershad | |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | Chief Patron of Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
| Term Start: | 28 January 2024 |
| Leader: | disputed with GM Quader |
| Predecessor: | GM Quader |
| Office1: | 5th Leader of the Opposition |
| Term Start1: | 9 September 2019 |
| Term End1: | 10 January 2024 |
| Primeminister1: | Sheikh Hasina |
| Predecessor1: | Hussain Mohammad Ershad |
| Successor1: | GM Quader |
| Term Start2: | 9 January 2014 |
| Term End2: | 3 January 2019 |
| Primeminister2: | Sheikh Hasina |
| Predecessor2: | Khaleda Zia |
| Successor2: | Hussain Mohammad Ershad |
| Office3: | Jatiya Sangsad |
| Parliament3: | Bangladesh |
| Term Start3: | 12 January 2014 |
| Term End3: | 10 January 2024 |
| Predecessor3: | Motiur Rahman |
| Successor3: | Mohit Ur Rahman Shanto |
| Constituency3: | Mymensingh-4 |
| Term Start4: | 23 June 1996 |
| Term End4: | 15 July 2001 |
| Predecessor4: | A. K. M. Fazlul Haque |
| Successor4: | Delwar Hossain Khan Dulu |
| Constituency4: | Mymensingh-4 |
| Office5: | Minister of Health and Family Welfare |
| Term Start5: | 21 November 2013[1] [2] |
| Term End5: | 6 January 2014 |
| Primeminister5: | Sheikh Hasina |
| Predecessor5: | A.F.M Ruhal Haque |
| Successor5: | Mohammed Nasim |
| Office6: | 3rd First Lady of Bangladesh |
| Term Start6: | 11 December 1983 |
| Term End6: | 6 December 1990 |
| President6: | Hussain Mohammad Ershad |
| Predecessor6: | Khaleda Zia |
| Successor6: | Anowara Begum (acting) |
| Party: | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
| Birth Date: | 19 July 1943 |
| Children: | 2, including Saad Ershad |
Begum Rowshan Ershad (born 19 July 1943)[3] is a Jatiya Party politician from Bangladesh. She was the former Jatiya Sangsad member from the Mymensingh-4 constituency and the former leader of the opposition in the 11th parliament.[4] [5] [6] She is the chief patron of the Jatiya Party (Ershad)[7] and the widow of former Bangladesh president Hussain Muhammad Ershad.[8]
As the first lady during 1982–1990, Ershad was active in social welfare and in promoting the rights of women and children. She was the chief patron of the Bangladesh Jatiya Mohila Sangstha.[9]
In 1975, Ershad became the founder-president of the Sena Paribar Kalyan Samity (Armed Forces Family Welfare Association). She attended the UN Special Convention on Drug Abuse in 1985.
In November 2023, Ershad announced she would not participate at the 2024 Bangladeshi general election.[10]
Rowshan married Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1956.[11] Together they had a son, Saad Ershad, and a daughter, Jebin.[11]