List of prime ministers of Bangladesh

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This article lists the prime ministers of Bangladesh, and includes persons sworn into the office as Prime Minister of Bangladesh following the Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence in 1971.

List of officeholders[edit]

Political parties
Other factions
Status
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Tenure Party
No image.png Tajuddin Ahmad
(1925–1975)
17 April 1971 12 January 1972 270 days Bangladesh Awami League
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1950.jpg Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
(1920–1975)
1973 12 January 1972 25 January 1975 3 years, 13 days Bangladesh Awami League
Monsur ali.jpg Muhammad Mansur Ali
(1917–1975)
25 January 1975 15 August 1975
(deposed.)
202 days BAKSAL
Post abolished (15 August 1975 – 29 June 1978)
No image.png Mashiur Rahman
(1924–1979)
[a]
29 June 1978 12 March 1979
(died in office.)
256 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party
No image.png Shah Azizur Rahman
(1925–1988)
1979 15 April 1979 24 March 1982
(deposed.)
2 years, 343 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Post abolished (24 March 1982 – 30 March 1984)
No image.png Ataur Rahman Khan
(1905–1991)
30 March 1984 9 July 1986 2 years, 101 days Jatiya Party
Picture of Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury.jpeg Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
(1928–2006)
1986 9 July 1986 27 March 1988 1 year, 262 days Jatiya Party
Moudud Ahmed (01).jpg Moudud Ahmed
(1940–2021)
1988 27 March 1988 12 August 1989 1 year, 138 days Jatiya Party
Kazi Zafar Ahmed.jpg Kazi Zafar Ahmed
(1939–2015)
12 August 1989 6 December 1990 1 year, 116 days Jatiya Party
Post abolished (6 December 1990 – 20 March 1991)
Begum Zia Book-opening Ceremony, 1 Mar, 2010.jpg Khaleda Zia
(born 1945)
1991
1996 (Feb)
20 March 1991 30 March 1996 5 years, 10 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Muhammad Habibur Rahman.jpg Muhammad Habibur Rahman
(1928–2014)
30 March 1996 23 June 1996 85 days Independent
Sheikh Hasina in New York - 2018 (44057292035) (cropped).jpg Sheikh Hasina
(born 1947)
1996 (Jun) 23 June 1996 15 July 2001 5 years, 22 days Bangladesh Awami League
No image.png Latifur Rahman
(1936–2017)
15 July 2001 10 October 2001 87 days Independent
Begum Zia Book-opening Ceremony, 1 Mar, 2010.jpg Khaleda Zia
(born 1945)
2001 10 October 2001 29 October 2006 5 years, 19 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Iajuddin Ahmed at Zia International Airport in Dhaka (cropped).jpg Iajuddin Ahmed
(1931–2012)
[b]
29 October 2006 11 January 2007 74 days Independent
No image.png Fazlul Haque
(born 1938)
[c]
11 January 2007 12 January 2007 1 day Independent
Fakhruddin Ahmed - WEF Annual Meeting Davos 2008.jpg Fakhruddin Ahmed
(born 1940)
12 January 2007 6 January 2009 1 year, 360 days Independent
Sheikh Hasina in New York - 2018 (44057292035) (cropped).jpg Sheikh Hasina
(born 1947)
2008
2014
2018
6 January 2009 Incumbent 14 years, 85 days Bangladesh Awami League

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Senior Minister.
  2. ^ Simultaneously served as President.
  3. ^ Acting Chief Adviser.

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