Begum Khaleda Zia (Bengali: খালেদা জিয়া) (born August 15, 1945) is a former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, having served from 1991 to 1996, becoming the first woman in the country's history to hold that position. She served again from 2001 to 2006. Zia is the widow of assassinated President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman, and leads his old party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

After 35 years of independence of Bangladesh she has ruled the country for about 10 years (longest period). She has been elected to five separate parliamentary constituencies in the general elections of 1991, 1996, and 2001, a feat unachieved by any other politician in Bangladeshi history. In 2006, Forbes ranked Khaleda Zia at number 33 in its list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the world.

Khaleda Zia was born to Iskandar Majumder and Taiyaba Majumder in Dinajpur District on 15 August 1945. The family originally hails from Feni, a southeastern district of the country. She studied in Dinajpur Government Girls High School.In 1960, she married Ziaur Rahman.