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Zillur Rahman

Personal data
Date of birth9 March 1929(age 87)
Place of birthBhairab, British Raj (now Bangladesh)
Political partyAwami League
Grand Alliance
SpouseIvy Rahman (1958 � 2004)
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
ReligionSunni Islam
President of Bangladesh
Assumed office12 February 2009
Prime ministerSheikh Hasina
Preceded byIajuddin Ahmed

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Md. Zillur Rahman (মোঃ জিল্লুর রহমান, born 9 March 1929) is the President of Bangladesh and a senior presidium member of the Awami League. He was declared the nineteenth president by the Election Commission of Bangladesh on 11 February 2009 when no other candidate filed to run in the presidential election since the Awami League won the vast majority of seats in the just completed parliamentary election, and he was sworn in on 12 February 2009.


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