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Tarique Rahman

Tarique Rahman, }} (born 20 November 1965), better known natively as Tarique Zia,,
}} is a Bangladeshi politician who has been the acting chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since February 2018. He is the eldest son of former Bangladeshi president Ziaur Rahman and the first female prime minister of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia. He is also the publisher of the ''Daily Dinkal''.

Tarique got involved in politics from a young age and rose to prominence in the BNP during his mother's tenure as prime minister in the early 2000s. After the Awami League's landslide victory in the 2008 general election, he went into self-imposed exile in London, citing concerns for his safety and claiming that he was being persecuted by the authorities.

He was convicted by the courts during the Sheikh Hasina government on multiple charges including corruption, bribery, money laundering, illegal acquisition of wealth, and grenade attacks. A total of 84 cases were filed against him after 2007. His party BNP claims that these are politically motivated false charges. Later in 2024, after the fall of the Awami League government, the court acquitted him of all charges and his sentence was quashed. Currently, no cases are pending against Tarique Rahman.

Tarique is often described as the ''de facto'' leader of the opposition in Bangladesh. He has currently been in self-imposed exile in the UK since 2008. Provided by Wikipedia