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Profile: Sheikh Hasina Wajed
Family killed
Most of the politician’s family were killed in the coup, including her mother, three brothers and her father, the then president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led the country in its liberation struggle against Pakistan in 1971.
Hasina and her sister were abroad at the time of the 1975 coup.
In August 2004, she survived yet another assassination attempt at a political rally.
The grenade attack left more than 20 people dead and her car was peppered with bullets as she fled the scene.
Known for her fiery speeches and fierce ambition, Hasina has been reduced to campaigning from behind bullet-proof glass or delivering rally speeches via video link as she believes Islamic fighter groups want to assassinate her.
Hasina ruled Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001, after defeating her arch rival, Khaleda Zia, who eventually regained power in 2001.
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