List of People's Republic of Bangladesh governments
List of governments of Bangladesh
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This is a list of successive governments of the People's Republic of Bangladesh from the time of the establishment of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh on 10 April 1971.[1]
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| Government | Term | President | Prime Minister | Cabinet | Government type | Party | Election | Parliamentary strength | Formation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provisional government[2][3] | 1971–1972 | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Syed Nazrul Islam (acting) |
Tajuddin Ahmed | Mujib I | Provisional | AL | None | — | Formed by the exiled AL leaders. | |||
| Constituent assembly[4] | 1972–1973 | Abu Sayeed Chowdhury | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | Mujib II | Provisional | AL | 1970 | 400/403 | Formed by all pro-independence elected MPs and MLAs of East Pakistan. | |||
| First Jatiya sangsad[5][6] | 1973-1973 | Abu Sayeed Chowdhury | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | Mujib III | Parliamentary | AL | 1973 | 308/315 | First election of Bangladesh was held on 1973, opposition had almost no presence in the parliament. | |||
| 1973–1975 | Mohammad Mohammadullah | |||||||||||
| One Party rule[7][8] | 1975-1975 | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | Muhammad Mansur Ali | Mujib IV | Presidential | BaKSAL | None | — | Fourth Amendment made BaKSAL the sole legal party and AL disbanded by Mujib. | |||
| First Martial law[9] | 1975-1975 | Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad | Post abolished | Mostaq | Presidential | AL military backed |
None | — | Mujib assassinated in a military coup and Mostaq was made the president. | |||
| 1975–1977 | Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem | Sayem | Mostaq deposed by military coup Sayem was made the president. | |||||||||
| 1977–1978 | Ziaur Rahman | Military junta | Military | 1977 | CMLA Zia took charge of the president after confidence referandum on this policy. | |||||||
| 1978-1979 | Mashiur Rahman | Zia (Provisional) |
JaGoDal/ | 1978 | Zia won the first direct presidential election. | |||||||
| Second Jatiya sangsad[10][11] | 1979–1982 | Ziaur Rahman | Shah Azizur Rahman | Zia (Elected) |
Presidential | BNP | 1979 | 237/330 | Martial law was lifted on 9 April 1979 and all political activities were allowed. | |||
| 1981-1982 | Abdus Sattar | Sattar | Satter took charge after the Assassination of Ziaur Rahman | |||||||||
| Second Martial law[12] | 1982–1983 | A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury | Post abolished | Military junta | Presidential | Independent military backed |
None | — | Sattar deposed by military coup. | |||
| 1983-1984 | Hossain Mohammad Ershad | Military | CMLA Ershad declare himself the president. | |||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Hossain Mohammad Ershad | Ataur Rahman Khan | Ershad | Presidential | JaNaDal | 1985 | Ershad gave him legitimacy by holding confidence referendum. | |||||
| Third Jatiya sangsad | 1986-1988 | Hossain Mohammad Ershad | Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury | Ershad | Presidential | JP-E | 1986 | 183/330 | Only AL and Jamaat took part among the major opposition parties, opposition claimed media coup and election fraud. | |||
| Fourth Jatiya sangsad[13] | 1988-1989 | Hossain Mohammad Ershad | Moudud Ahmed | Ershad | Presidential | JP-E | 1988 | 251/300 | All major parties boycotted 1988 election and demanded Ershad's resignation. | |||
| 1989-1990 | Kazi Zafar Ahmed | |||||||||||
| First Caretaker government[14] | 1990-1991 | Shahabuddin Ahmed (acting) | vacant | Shahabuddin | Caretaker | Impartial | None | — | Formed by political consensus of 3 alliances after Ershad was ousted by 1990 mass uprising | |||
| Fifth Jatiya sangsad[15] | 1991-1996 | Abdur Rahman Biswas | Khaleda Zia | Khaleda I | Parliamentary | BNP
with outside support of Jamaat |
1991 | 168/330 | Considered as the first free, fair and inclusive election. | |||
| Sixth Jatiya sangsad[16] | 1996 | Abdur Rahman Biswas | Khaleda Zia | Khaleda II | Parliamentary | BNP | 1996 | 308/330 | All major party boycotted the election, BNP won unopposed. | |||
| Second Caretaker government[17] | 1996-1996 | Abdur Rahman Biswas | CA Muhammad Habibur Rahman | Habib | Caretaker | Independent | None | — | Khaleda resigned because of opposition demand and handed over power to impartial caretaker government for the conduct of free and fair election. | |||
| Seventh Jatiya sangsad[18] | 1996-1996 | Abdur Rahman Biswas | Sheikh Hasina | Hasina I | Parliamentary | AL | 1996 | 211/330 | Hasina became PM after most close contested election in the history of Bangladesh. | |||
| 1996-2001 | Shahabuddin Ahmed | JP-E | ||||||||||
| JaSaD | ||||||||||||
| Third Caretaker government[19] | 2001-2001 | Shahabuddin Ahmed | CA Latifur Rahman | Latif | Caretaker | Independent | None | — | Hasina peacefully handed over power to the neutral caretaker government for conduct of election. | |||
| Eighth Jatiya Sangsad[20] | 2001-2001 | Shahabuddin Ahmed | Khaleda Zia | Khaleda III | Parliamentary | BNP | 2001 | 210/300 | BNP got majority and formed government. | |||
| 2001-2002 | Badruddoza Chowdhury | |||||||||||
| 2002-2002 | Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar (acting) | Jamaat | ||||||||||
| 2002-2006 | Iajuddin Ahmed | |||||||||||
| Fourth Caretaker government[21][22] | 2006-2007 | Iajuddin Ahmed | CA Iajuddin Ahmed | Iajuddin | Caretaker | Independent | None | — | Extension of age of retirement of the CJB caused political tension and resulted in 1-11 political crisis. President declared himself as the CA without exploring other options. | |||
| 2007-2007 | CA Fazlul Haque (acting) | None | State of emergency declared Iajuddin resigned as CA but continued as president. | |||||||||
| 2007-2009 | CA Fakhruddin Ahmed | Fakhruddin | Independent military backed | Formed as a result of direct military intervention. | ||||||||
| Ninth Jatiya sangsad[23] | 2009-2009 | Iajuddin Ahmed | Sheikh Hasina | Hasina II | Parliamentary | AL | 2008 | 302/350 | Opposition accused election commission of Gerrymandering in favor of Awami League in almost 100 constituencies. | |||
| 2009-2013 | Zillur Rahman | JP-E | ||||||||||
| 2013-2014 | Mohammad Abdul Hamid | JaSaD | ||||||||||
| Tenth Jatiya sangsad[24] | 2014-2018 | Mohammad Abdul Hamid | Sheikh Hasina | Hasina III | Parliamentary | AL | 2014 | 328/350 | Fifteenth Amendment was brought to abolish Caretaker government despite opposition from other parties. All opposition boycotted the election. 154 out of 300 MPs got elected unopposed. | |||
| JP-E | ||||||||||||
| JaSaD | ||||||||||||
| WPB | ||||||||||||
| JP-M | ||||||||||||
| Eleventh Jatiya sangsad[25] | 2018-2023 | Mohammad Abdul Hamid | Sheikh Hasina | Hasina IV | Parliamentary | AL | 2018 | 300/350 | Opposition and independent news sources claimed the election to be rigged. | |||
| 2023-2024 | Mohammed Shahabuddin | |||||||||||
| Twelfth Jatiya sangsad[26] | 2024-2024 | Mohammed Shahabuddin | Sheikh Hasina | Hasina V | Parliamentary | AL | 2024 | 271/350 | Only the members of Grand Alliance took part in the election. The country turned into de facto one-party state. | |||
| There was no Government from 5 August 2024 to 8 August 2024[27][28] | ||||||||||||
| Interim government[29][30] | 2024-2026 | Mohammed Shahabuddin | CA Muhammad Yunus | Yunus | Interim | Impartial | None | — | Formed based on political consensus of all parties except AL after Hasina was ousted by July uprising. | |||
| Thirteenth Jatiya sangsad[31] | 2026- | Mohammed Shahabuddin | Tarique Rahman | Tarique | Parliamentary | BNP | 2026 | 212/300 | BNP secured two-third seats in the parliament in its landslide victory in the general election. | |||
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