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Khaleda Zia served as Prime Minister of Bangladesh for three non-consecutive terms (1991-1996, 2001-2006, and briefly in 1996) and is the chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). She was the first woman to head a democratic government in Bangladesh and has been a dominant figure in the country's politics for over three decades.