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Zaima Rahman

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Zaima Rahman
জাইমা রহমান
Rahman in 2026
Born
Zaima Zarnaz Rahman

(1995-10-26) 26 October 1995 (age 30)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
CitizenshipBangladesh[1]
Education
OccupationBarrister
Political party
 Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Parent(s)Tarique Rahman (father)
Zubaida Rahman (mother)
Relatives
FamilyMajumder-Zia family

Zaima Zarnaz Rahman[a] (born 26 October 1995),[2] better known as Zaima Rahman, is a barrister and the only daughter of Tarique Rahman, the Prime minister of Bangladesh.[3][4] She is the granddaughter of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and former President Ziaur Rahman.[5][6]

Early life and education

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Rahman was born on 26 October 1995. Her father, Tarique Rahman, is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and her mother, Zubaida Rahman, is a physician. She grew up at her grandmother's Dhaka Cantonment residence before moving to London after her father was arrested and released on bail in 2008.[3][7][8]

Rahman went to the International School Dhaka before moving to the United Kingdom.[9] She obtained her law degree from Queen Mary University of London and later received her Bar-at-law certification from the Inner Temple in 2019.[10][3]

Zaima Rahman and her family members with Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House, 2026

Career

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Rahman is a barrister.[11]

Politics

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Rahman first received media attention when she accompanied her grandmother, Khaleda Zia, to the voting centre in the 2001 Bangladeshi national elections, where her grandmother's party won a landslide victory.[12] She came to national attention after Awami League minister Murad Hasan made a number of derogatory remarks against her. He was later forced to resign, and an arrest warrant was issued against him for defamation.[13][14][15]

After the July Revolution, Rahman took a more prominent role and frequently represented her father at various events. She attended the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on behalf of her father.[16] She was part of a BNP delegation that included Mirza Fakhrul and Amir Khasru.[16] During that visit, Rahman met with former South Carolina governor and former executive director of the World Food Programme David Beasley, former assistant secretary of state at the US Department of State Robert A. Destro, and Rebekah Wagner, head of the US Women's Fellowship Foundation.[17][18] On 23 November 2025, Rahman attended her first meeting for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, where party leaders Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, along with a team of European representatives, also attended.[19][20]

On 25 December 2025, she returned to Bangladesh with her parents.[21] During the 2026 Bangladesh national election, she rigorously campaigned on behalf of her father in Dhaka-17.[22]

Zaima has been seen attending high-level talks and meetings, including important diplomatic engagement alongside her father, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.[23]

On 18 January 2026, Rahman delivered a special address at an event titled "Women Shaping the Nation: Policy, Possibility and the Future of Bangladesh," held at the KIB Complex in Dhaka. In the course of her address, she posited that gender equality constitutes not merely a women's issue, but an economic and national imperative. She observed that, notwithstanding substantial advancements in female education, women's labour force participation in Bangladesh remains below 40 per cent, whereas that of men exceeds 80 per cent, and ascribed the withdrawal of numerous women from remunerated employment following marriage or childbirth not to deficiencies in capability or ambition, but to systemic presumptions that women will assume unpaid care and domestic responsibilities. Rahman further contended that policies and access alone are inadequate for the realisation of equality, and that empowerment remains precarious where social norms, quotidian expectations, and prevailing mindsets persist in inequality. She characterised inequality as frequently perpetuated through habit and comfort—through that which is perceived as normal—rather than exclusively through overt discrimination. Rahman additionally stated that her conception of women's leadership was informed by her familial milieu, wherein she observed women exercising leadership in both private and public spheres while men stood alongside them as equals, a value she attributed to the lives of her grandparents and parents. Additional speakers at the event included Fahmida Khatun, executive director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue, and Tamara Abed, a social entrepreneur and founder of a women-led enterprise.[24]

United Nations

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In September 2026, she was appointed as the legal officer at the office of the president of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).[25][26][27]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Bengali: জাইমা জারনাজ রহমান, romanized: Jāimā Jārnāj Rôhômān, pronounced [ˈd͡ʒai̯ma ˈd͡ʒaɾnad͡ʒ ˈɾɔɦoman]

References

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  1. ↑ "Tarique, Zaima included in voter list". unb.com.bd. United News of Bangladesh. 28 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  2. ↑ Amin, Ruhul (26 October 2022). জাইমা রহমানের জন্মদিনে সোশ্যাল মিডিয়ায় শুভেচ্ছার বার্তা. Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Zaima to represent father Tarique at National Prayer Breakfast in Washington". The Financial Express. UNB. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "'There is no end to scientific research'". The Daily Star. UNB. 23 May 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Zaima Rahman takes 'strategic' reins of BNP campaign, hints at future leadership role". bdnews24.com. 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  6. ↑ "Zaima Rahman arrives in DC to attend National Prayer Breakfast". Dhaka Tribune. BSS. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "Khaleda meets Tarique in London". The Daily Star. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "Tarique quits party post, flies to UK". The Daily Star. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "গোলকিপার থেকে ব্যারিস্টার জাইমা রহমান". Dhaka Xpress (in Bengali). 27 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "The Office of the President of the General Assembly, 81st session". un.org. United Nations. Archived from the original on 25 September 2026. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
  11. ↑ "Zaima Rahman thrilled having grandmother at London home". The Business Standard. BSS. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  12. ↑ "Zaima Rahman thrilled having grandmother at London home". The Business Standard. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "Defaming Zaima Rahman: Arrest warrant issued against ex-state minister Murad". The Daily Star. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  14. ↑ "Murad quits as state minister, stripped of dist AL post". The Financial Express. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  15. ↑ "Arrest warrants issued against former state minister Murad". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  16. 1 2 "Zaima Rahman reaches Washington to attend National Prayer Breakfast". United News of Bangladesh. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  17. ↑ "Zaima Rahman meets US leader Rebekah Wagner". banglanews24.com. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  18. ↑ "BNP delegation led by Zaima meets former South Carolina Governor David Beasley". United News of Bangladesh. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  19. ↑ "Zaima Rahman joins BNP meeting for first time". The Business Standard. UNB. 25 November 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  20. ↑ "Zaima Rahman makes first appearance at BNP meeting". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  21. ↑ "Tarique, Zaima complete NID and voter registration". United News of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2025-12-29.
  22. ↑ "Zaima campaigns in Dhaka-17, seeks votes for Tarique". www.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
  23. ↑ "জাইমা রহমানের রাজনীতিতে প্রবেশ নিয়ে কৌতূহল বাড়ছে". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). Retrieved 2026-03-08.
  24. ↑ "Inequality survives through what feels normal: Zaima Rahman | The Daily Star". www.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2026-09-10.
  25. ↑ "Zaima Rahman appointed legal officer in UNGA president's office". Dhaka Tribune. 24 September 2026. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  26. ↑ "Zaima Rahman UNGA Legal Officer Appointment | Zaima Rahman appointed legal officer at UNGA president's office". www.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. 24 September 2026. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  27. ↑ York, BSSNew. "Zaima Rahman serves as legal officer at UNGA president's office". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2026-09-27.
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