Having had a double stint as the prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, who is also the longest prime minister in the history of Bangladesh, amassed a net worth ranging between $100,000 to $1 million.
After a series of protests, Hasina resigned from the post of prime minister on August 5, 2024, and moved to India.
Not just the longest-serving prime minister of Bangladesh, she is also the world’s longest-serving female head of government.
She has also been named 43rd in the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World list by Forbes magazine. Besides these achievements, her assets moved up vastly during her tenure.
As of 2023, Sheikh Hasina had net worth of $374,334.91 (TK 4.36 crore)!
Hasina was first appointed as the prime minister of Bangladesh after the June 1996 election. This term ended in July 2001 after an electoral defeat from Zia. Also, this was the first full five-year term from a Bangladesh prime minister since it became an independent country.
Hasina went on to win the 2008 election. In her 2008 election affidavit, she showed 4 acres of agricultural land valued at $1,502.49 (TK 1.75 lakh). She also had $1,287.85 (TK 1.5 lakh) in cash and $26,615.56 (TK 3.1 crore) deposited in banks.
Furthermore, she had vehicles worth $5,151.40 (TK 6 lakh) then. She had an annual income of $25,560.09 (TK 29,77,067) in 2008. She also had the gold worth $11,376.00 (TK 13,25 lakh).
In 2014, she had $88,432.33 (TK 1.03 crore) deposited in banks and other financial institutions. At the time, her annual earnings were $60,219.93 (TK 70,14,010) and cash worth $4,275.66 (TK 4.98 lakh).
As of 2018, Sheikh Hasina’s annual income was $28,630.04 (TK 33,34,634). She had deposited $618,167.74 (TK 7.2 crore) in banks. She also received $987.35 (TK 1,15,000) as her monthly salary and the affidavit she submitted in 2018 did not include it.
In addition, as of 2018, the amount she had in cash decreased to $726.13 (TK 84,575). The PM’s investment in saving certificates in the last 5 years went from $437,868.81 (TK 5.1 crore) to $4,292.83 (TK 5 lakh).
As per the affidavit submitted in 2018, Hasina didn’t own any homes but had six acres as property. She had also declared a $5,151.40 (TK 6 lakh) worth of one unnamed vehicle which was obtained as a gift.
As of 2023, Sheikh Hasina’s net worth stood at $374,334.91 (TK 4.36 crore). She had earned $91,866.59 (TK 1.07 crore) in 2022.
The affidavit stated that she submitted to the Election Commission that a significant portion of the amount she earned came from agriculture, which showed a four-fold rise in comparison to what she earned in 2018.
She had an income worth $163,986.16 (TK 1.91 crore) as per her tax return. As of 2023, she had bought fixed deposits and savings certificates worth $64,392.47 (TK 75 lakh) in the past four years.
From 2008 to 2023, Sheikh Hasina’s assets increased from $1,502.49 (TK 1.75 lakh) to $39,957.68 (TK 46.54 lakh). She had also increased her agricultural land property to (9.48 acre) 15.3 bigha worth $5,821.08 (TK 6.78 lakh), a three-story building worth $4,292.83 (TK 5 lakh), and a plot in Purbachal valued at $29,843.76 (TK 34.76 lakh).
So, from all these earnings, Sheikh Hasina’s fortune is a substantial amount.
Additional Information
- Sheikh Hasina was born to the Bengali Muslim Sheikh family on September 28, 1946, in Tungipara, East Bengal. Her father was Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and first president of Bangladesh, and her mom was Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib.
- Her family, except for her husband, children, and sister, Sheikh Rehana, was murdered during the August 15, 1975 Bangladeshi coup d’état.
- Sheikh Hasina got married to M.A. Wazed Milah, a Bengali nuclear scientist and they welcomed two children, a son, Sajeeb Wazed, and a daughter, Saima Wazed.
