Political Leaders: Bangladesh

Leaders of Bangladesh
(People's Republic of Bangladesh)

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Parties: BAL: Bangladesh Awami League - BJD: Bengal Nationalist Party - JD: National Party

Presidents of the Republic

Sayeed Nazrul Islam             17 Apr 1971 - 10 Jan 1972 (†1975) BAL (acting)
Mujibur Rahman                  10 Jan 1972 - 12 Jan 1972 (†1975) BAL
Abu Sayeed Chowdhury            12 Jan 1972 - 24 Dec 1973 (†1987) n/p
Mohammad Mohammadullah          26 Dec 1973 - 25 Jan 1975 (†1999) BAL (acting to 24 Jan 1974)
Mujibur Rahman                  25 Jan 1975 - 15 Aug 1975 (†1975) BAL
Khandakar Mushtaq Ahmed         15 Aug 1975 -  6 Nov 1975 (†1996) BAL 
Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem         6 Nov 1975 - 21 Apr 1977 (†1997) n/p
Ziaur Rahman                    21 Apr 1977 - 30 May 1981 (†1981) military/BJD 
Abdus Sattar                    30 May 1981 - 24 Mar 1982 (†1985) BJD (acting to 20 Nov 1981)
Hossain Mohammad Ershad         24 Mar 1982 - 27 Mar 1982 (†2019) military (1)
Abul Fazal Ahsanuddin Chowdhury 27 Mar 1982 - 11 Dec 1983 (†2001) n/p 
Hossain Mohammad Ershad         11 Dec 1983 -  6 Dec 1990 (†2019) military/JD
Shahabuddin Ahmed                6 Dec 1990 -  8 Oct 1991 (†2022) n/p (acting)
Abdur Rahman Biswas              8 Oct 1991 -  9 Oct 1996 (†2017) BJD
Shahabuddin Ahmed                9 Oct 1996 - 14 Nov 2001 (†2022) n/p 
A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury   14 Nov 2001 - 21 Jun 2002         BJD
Jamiruddin Sircar               21 Jun 2002 -  6 Sep 2002         n/p (acting)
Iajuddin Ahmed                   6 Sep 2002 - 12 Feb 2009 (†2012) n/p
Mohammad Zillur Rahman          12 Feb 2009 - 20 Mar 2013 (†2013) BAL
Mohammad Abdul Hamid            20 Mar 2013 - 24 Apr 2023         BAL (acting to 24 Apr 2013)
Mohammad Shahabuddin Chuppu     24 Apr 2023 -                     BAL

(1) Styled Chief Martial Law Administrator.

Heads of Government

Prime Ministers
Tajuddin Ahmed                  25 Apr 1971 - 13 Jan 1972 (†1975) BAL (2)
Mujibur Rahman                  13 Jan 1972 - 26 Jan 1975 (†1975) BAL
Mohammad Mansoor Ali            26 Jan 1975 - 15 Aug 1975 (†1975) BAL        

Chief Martial Law Administrators
Ziaur Rahman                     7 Nov 1975 -  7 Nov 1975 (†1981) military (3)
Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem         7 Nov 1975 - 29 Nov 1976 (†1997) n/p
Ziaur Rahman 	                29 Nov 1976 -  6 Apr 1979 (†1981) military/BJD

Prime Ministers
Mashiur Rahman                  29 Jun 1978 - 12 Mar 1979 (†1979) BJD (senior minister)
Shah Azizur Rahman              15 Apr 1979 - 24 Mar 1982 (†1988) BJD

Chief Martial Law Administrator
Hossain Mohammad Ershad         24 Mar 1982 - 30 Mar 1984 (†2019) military 

Prime Ministers
Ataur Rahman Khan               30 Mar 1984 -  9 Jul 1986 (†1991) JD 
Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury         9 Jul 1986 - 27 Mar 1988 (†2006) JD 
Moudud Ahmed                    27 Mar 1988 - 12 Aug 1989 (†2021) JD 
Kazi Zafar Ahmed                12 Aug 1989 -  6 Dec 1990 (†2015) JD 
Khaleda Zia                     20 Mar 1991 - 30 Mar 1996         BJD     
Mohammad Habibur Rahman         30 Mar 1996 - 23 Jun 1996 (†2014) n/p (caretaker, chief adviser)
Hasina Wajed                    23 Jun 1996 - 15 Jul 2001         BAL  
Latifur Rahman                  15 Jul 2001 - 10 Oct 2001 (†2017) n/p (caretaker, chief adviser)
Khaleda Zia                     10 Oct 2001 - 29 Oct 2006         BJD  
Iajuddin Ahmed                  29 Oct 2006 - 11 Jan 2007         n/p (caretaker, chief adviser) 
Fazlul Haque                    11 Jan 2007 - 12 Jan 2007         n/p (caretaker, chief adviser, acting)
Fakhruddin Ahmed                12 Jan 2007 -  6 Jan 2009         n/p (caretaker, chief adviser) 
Hasina Wajed                     6 Jan 2009 -                     BAL

(2) Prime Minister representing Mujibur Rahman, president of the Provisional Government in absentia.
(3) General Ziaur Rahman was de facto ruler 24 Aug-4 Nov 1975 as chief of the Army Staff. In 4-7 Nov 1975 this office was held by Khalid Musharaf, who staged a coup and was demoted and killed in a counter-coup staged by Ziaur Rahman loyalists.

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