Irene Khan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Irene Khan
Occupation	Civil Rights Leader
Date Of Birth	Dec 24, 1956(1956-12-24)
Age	68
Birthplace	Sylhet
Country	Bangladesh
Horoscope	Capricorn

Irene Khan Biography

Irene Khan is one of the most popular and richest Civil Rights Leader who was born on December 24, 1956 in Sylhet, Bangladesh. British Bangladeshi human rights activist who was the 7th Secretary General of Amnesty International and editor of The Daily Star.

Amnesty International, of which she was Secretary General, has come out in opposition to political figures like Rwandan President Paul Kagame.

Khan was born in Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Her family came from Sylhet. She is the daughter of Dr Sikander Ali Khan, a non-practicing medical doctor; granddaughter of Ahmed Ali Khan, a Cambridge University mathematics graduate and barrister; and great-granddaughter of DrAsdar Ali Khan of Calcutta, the personal physician of Syed Hasan Imam. Her uncle, Rear Admiral Mahbub Ali Khan, was the chief of the Bangladesh Navy. She was the star pupil at St Francis Xavier’s Green Herald International School, 1964-1972 where she was the record holder at the school-leaving examinations.

During her childhood, East Pakistan became the independent nation of Bangladesh in 1971 following the Bangladesh Liberation War. Human rights abuses that occurred during the war helped shape the teenage Khan’s activist viewpoint. She left Bangladesh as a teenager for St. Louis Grammar school in Kikeel, Northern Ireland 1973-1975.

Her uncle, Mahbub Ali Khan, was the chief of the Bangladesh Navy.

Irene Khan Net Worth

Irene Khan is one of the richest Civil Rights Leader from Bangladesh. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Irene Khan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She helped create the Concern Universal in 1977, which is an emergency relief organization.

She was the subject of controversy after it was revealed that she had received £533,103 from Amnesty International following her resignation, which was almost four times her annual salary.

Irene Zubaida Khan (Bengali: আইরিন জোবায়দা খান ; born 24 December 1956) is a Bangladeshi lawyer who served as the seventh Secretary General of Amnesty International (from 2001 to 2009). In 2011, she was elected Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) in Rome, an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the promotion of the rule of law, justice and development. She was a consulting editor of The Daily Star.

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Khan is featured in a 2003 TV documentary titled Human Rights, by the French filmmaker Denis Delestrac. The film, shot in Colombia, Israel, Palestine and Pakistan, analyses how armed conflicts affect civilian communities and foster forced migration. In 2009 Khan was featured in Soldiers of Peace, an anti-war film.

Facts & Trivia

Irene Ranked on the list of most popular Civil Rights Leader. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Bangladesh. Irene Khan celebrates birthday on December 24 of every year.

In 2006 she was awarded the City of Sydney Peace Prize for “her leadership as a courageous advocate of universal respect for human rights, and her skills in identifying violence against women as a massive injustice and therefore a priority in campaigning for peace.”

Top Facts about Irene Khan

1. Irene Khan is a Bangladeshi academic and human rights activist.
2. She served as the Secretary-General of Amnesty International from 2001-2009.
3. Khan was the first woman, first Asian, and first Muslim to lead Amnesty International.
4. She has also worked for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
5. In 2018, she was appointed as Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO).
6. Khan has received numerous awards for her work in human rights advocacy.
7. She holds degrees from both Harvard University and the University of Manchester.
8. Khan has authored several books on human rights issues.
9. She is a member of The Elders, an independent group of global leaders working for peace and human rights.
10. Irene Khan continues to be a prominent voice in international human rights activism today.