Third Mujib ministry

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The third Mujib ministry was formed on 16 March 1973 after the Bangladesh Awami League won the first general election of sovereign and independent Bangladesh with a vast majority.[1][2]

Date formed16 March 1973
Date dissolved25 January 1975
PresidentAbu Sayeed Chowdhury
Mohammad Mohammadullah (acting until 1974)
Prime MinisterSheikh Mujibur Rahman
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Third Mujib ministry

3rd Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
16 March 1973–25 January 1975
Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Date formed16 March 1973
Date dissolved25 January 1975
People and organisations
PresidentAbu Sayeed Chowdhury
Mohammad Mohammadullah (acting until 1974)
Prime MinisterSheikh Mujibur Rahman
Member party  Bangladesh Awami League
Status in legislatureDominant-party majority
Opposition party-
History
Election1973
Outgoing election-
Legislature terms1st Jatiya Sangsad
PredecessorMujib II
SuccessorMujib IV
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Cabinet

The cabinet was composed of the following ministers:[3]

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Cabinet
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officePartyRef
Prime Minister16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Agriculture16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Commerce16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Communications16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Defence16 March 197324 January 1975 AL[4]
Minister of Education16 March 197324 January 1975 AL[4]
Minister of Finance
vacant
16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Food and Civil Supplies16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Foreign Affairs16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Foreign Trade16 March 1973date unknown AL[note 1]
Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and Livestock16 March 1973date unknown AL
6 December 1973date unknown AL[5]
date unknown AL
date unknown AL
vacant
24 January 1975 
Minister of Health and Family Planning16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Home Affairs16 March 1973date unknown AL
24 January 1975 AL
Minister of Industries16 March 1973date unknown AL
24 January 1975 AL
Minister of Information and Broadcasting16 March 19734 October 1973 AL
4 October 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Jute16 March 1973date unknown AL
6 December 19738 July 1974 AL[5][6]
9 July 197424 January 1975 AL[6]
Minister of Labor and Social Welfare16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Land Revenue16 March 19738 July 1974 AL[note 2][7]
24 January 1975 AL
Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Local Government, Rural Development,
and Cooperatives		16 March 19738 July 1974 [7]
24 January 1975 AL
Minister of Planning
Vacant
16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Posts, Telephones, and Telegraph16 March 1973date unknown AL
4 October 19738 July 1974 AL[7]
24 January 1975 AL
Minister of Power, Natural Resources
Scientific and Technological Research and Atomic Energy		16 March 19738 July 1974 [note 3][7]
24 January 1975 AL
Minister of Power, Flood Control and Irrigation16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Public Works and Housing16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation16 March 1973May 1973 AL[8]
4 October 1973date unknown AL
Abdul Momin
24 January 1975 
Minister of Shipping, Inland Waterways and Water Transport16 March 19738 July 1974 AL[9][7]
9 July 197424 January 1975 AL[6]
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Notes

  1. [1]
    Otherwise included with Minister of Commerce
  2. [2]
    After March 1974, Minister of Land Administration and Land Reform
  3. [3]
    Title varied, "Power" was dropped in March 1974

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