Tarique Rahman also known as Tarique Zia is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman who became acting chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in February 2018.[1] He is the eldest son of former president Ziaur Rahman and former two-time prime minister Khaleda Zia. He was born on 20 November 1965, Tarique was involved in politics from a young age and rose to prominence in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) during his mother’s tenure as prime minister in the early 2000s.
Rahman was widely seen as a powerful figure in the BNP and held several high-profile positions within the party, including the post of senior joint secretary general. In 2008, Tarique’s mother lost the general election, and the BNP was replaced by the Awami League-led government.Tareq Zia went into self-imposed exile in London soon after, citing concerns for his safety and claiming that he was being persecuted by the authorities. He has since been living in the United Kingdom and has largely remained out of the public eye.
Despite his absence from Bangladesh’s political scene, Tarique remains a controversial figure in the country’s politics, with many of his detractors accusing him of corruption and nepotism