Yasmeen Murshed
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19 May 1945
Calcutta, Bengal Province, British India
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Yasmeen Murshed | |
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ইয়াসমিন মোর্শেদ | |
| High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan | |
| In office 27 December 2007 – 23 November 2009 | |
| Preceded by | F. A. Shamim Ahmed |
| Succeeded by | Suhrab Hossain |
| Adviser to the Caretaker Government | |
| In office 31 October 2006 – 11 January 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yasmeen Zakiuddin 19 May 1945 Calcutta, Bengal Province, British India |
| Died | 31 July 2025 (aged 80) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Spouse | Syed Tanweer Murshed |
| Children | 2 |
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| Alma mater | University of the Punjab |
Yasmeen Murshed (19 May 1945 – 31 July 2025) was a Bangladeshi businesswoman who was the founder of Scholastica School and an adviser of the caretaker government led by President Iajuddin Ahmed.[1][2]
Yasmeen Zakiuddin was born on 19 May 1945 to Khwaja Zakiuddin and Begum Binoo in Calcutta in the then Bengal Province, British India.[3] Her grandfather, Khawaja Shahabuddin, was the governor of Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan and served as a Minister in the Cabinet of Pakistan. Her grandmother, Farhat Banu, was a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly elected in 1937. Her mother's family originated from Bogra and her maternal uncle, Habibur Rahman, was a member of the Pakistan cabinet in the 1960s.[3]
Murshed had her early education at the Viqarunnisa Noon School in Dhaka. She earned her bachelor's degree in English and master's in economics in 1969 at the University of the Punjab during her husband's posting in Lahore and Islamabad.[4]
