Tarique Rahman is the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He is the eldest son of party founder Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. He rose to prominence during the BNP-led government from 2001 to 2006 through his active role in politics. He left the country in 11 September 2008 amid the political turmoil of the then military-backed caretaker government and has been living in exile in London since then. He has been serving as the party's acting chairman since 2018. He is scheduled to return to Bangladesh on December 25.