List of prime ministers of Bangladesh explained

This article lists the prime ministers of Bangladesh, and includes persons sworn into the office of Prime Minister of Bangladesh following the Proclamation of Independence and the establishment of the Provisional Government in 1971. Moreover it also lists the chief advisers of caretaker governments of Bangladesh, which is a position equivalent to that of the prime minister, and is sometimes colloquially referred to as the prime minister.^[1]

List of officeholders

There have been 10 prime ministers, 1 senior minister, 5 chief advisers, and 1 acting chief adviser of Bangladesh.

Note that prime ministers are numbered either bracketless or with brackets, and chief advisors are numbered using [] brackets. Acting officeholders are not numbered and instead denoted with —.^[2]

Political parties

Other factions

Status

Symbols Died in office

	Portrait	Name	Election	Term of office			Political party	Ministry
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
Provisional Government of Bangladesh (1971–1972)
1		Tajuddin Ahmad	—	17 April 1971	12 January 1972		AL	Mujib I
People's Republic of Bangladesh (1972–present)
2		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	1973	12 January 1972	25 January 1975		AL	Mujib II–III
3		Muhammad Mansur Ali	—	25 January 1975	15 August 1975		BaKSAL	Mujib IV
Post abolished (15 August 1975 – 29 June 1978)
—		Mashiur Rahman	—	29 June 1978	12 March 1979[†]			Zia
Post vacant (12 March – 15 April 1979)
4		Shah Azizur Rahman	1979	15 April 1979	24 March 1982			Zia
Post abolished (24 March 1982 – 30 March 1984)
5		Ataur Rahman Khan Not a MP

}| —| 30 March 1984| 1 January 1985^[3] | | Janadal| Ershad|-| colspan="9" |Post vacant (1 January 1985 – 9 July 1986)|-! style="background:; color:black;" | 6| | Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
| 1986| 9 July 1986| 27 March 1988| | JP(E)| rowspan="3" | Ershad|-! style="background:; color:black;" | 7| | Moudud Ahmed
| 1988| 27 March 1988| 12 August 1989| | JP(E)|-! style="background:; color:black;" | 8| | Kazi Zafar Ahmed
| —| 12 August 1989| 6 December 1990
| | JP(E)|-| colspan="9" |Post vacant (6 December 1990 – 20 March 1991)|-! style="background:; color:white;" | 9| | Khaleda Zia
| 1991
1996 (Feb)| 20 March 1991| 30 March 1996| | BNP | Khaleda I|- style="background:#E6E6AA;"! style="background:; color:black;" | [1]| | Muhammad Habibur Rahman
| —| 30 March 1996| 23 June 1996| | Independent| Habibur|-! style="background:; color:white;" | 10| | Sheikh Hasina
| 1996 (Jun)| 23 June 1996| 15 July 2001| | AL| Hasina I|- style="background:#E6E6AA;"! style="background:; color:black;" | [2]| | Latifur Rahman
| —| 15 July 2001| 10 October 2001| | Independent| Latifur|-! style="background:; color:white;" | (9)| | Khaleda Zia
| 2001| 10 October 2001| 29 October 2006| | BNP
| Khaleda II|- style="background:#E6E6AA;"! style="background:; color:black;" | [3]| | Iajuddin Ahmed

| —| 29 October 2006| 11 January 2007| | Independent| Iajuddin|- style="background:#E6E6AA;"! style="background:; color:black;" | [—]| | Fazlul Haque
| —| 11 January 2007| 12 January 2007| | Independent| —|- style="background:#E6E6AA;"! style="background:; color:black;" | [4]| | Fakhruddin Ahmed
| —| 12 January 2007| 6 January 2009| | Independent
| Fakhruddin|-! style="background:; color:white;" | (10)| | Sheikh Hasina
| 2008
2014
2018
2024| 6 January 2009| 5 August 2024
| | AL
| Hasina II–III–IV–V|-| colspan="9" |Post vacant (5 – 8 August 2024)|- style="background:#E6E6AA;"! style="background:; color:black;" | [5]| | Muhammad Yunus
| —| 8 August 2024| Incumbent| | Independent| Yunus|}

See also

• Caretaker government of Bangladesh
• Chief Adviser
• Prime Minister of Bengal
• Politics of Bangladesh
• President of Bangladesh
  • List of presidents of Bangladesh
• List of office-holders in the Government of Bangladesh
• Vice President of Bangladesh
• Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• List of international trips made by prime ministers of Bangladesh

External links

• World Statesmen – Bangladesh

Notes and References

1. Q&A: Bangladesh's Leader Fakhruddin Ahmed . Time . 25 September 2008.
2. News: A look back at caretaker governments throughout the years . The Business Standard . 8 August 2024.
3. Book: Khan, Muazzam Hussain . 2012 . Khan, Ataur Rahman . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Ataur_Rahman . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.