The attorney general for Bangladesh () is the Bangladesh's State's chief legal adviser and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. The attorney general is usually a highly respected senior advocate and is appointed by the ruling government. The attorney general is the ex-officio chairman of the Bangladesh Bar Council and accordingly he performs the duties assigned to that post and empowered to participate in any reference to the Supreme Court of Bangladesh made by the President under article 106 of the Constitution and can express his own opinion.
Unlike the attorney general of the United States, the attorney general of Bangladesh does not have any executive authority, and is not a political appointee; those functions are performed by the minister of justice. The attorney general is assisted by the several additional attorneys-general, deputy attorneys-general, and assistant attorneys-general.
List of attorneys general
No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenure 1 M. H. Khandaker 21 January 1972 17 December 1972 2 Faqueer Shahabuddin Ahmad 18 December 1972 21 March 1976 3 Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed 22 March 1976 6 May 1976 4 Khandaker Abu Bakr 10 May 1976 13 March 1985 5 M. Nurullah 14 March 1985 6 April 1990 6 Rafique Ul Huq 7 April 1990 17 December 1990 7 Aminul Haque 18 December 1990 13 July 1995 8 M. Nurullah 26 July 1995 26 June 1996 9 K. S. Nabi 31 July 1996 30 May 1998 10 Mahmudul Islam 16 July 1998 9 October 2001 11 A. F. Hassan Ariff 14 October 2001 30 April 2005 12 A. J. Mohammad Ali 30 April 2005 24 January 2007 13 Fida M. Kamal 5 February 2007 16 July 2008 14 Salahuddin Ahmad 20 July 2008 12 January 2009 15 Mahbubey Alam 13 January 2009 27 September 2020 16 A. M. Amin Uddin 11 October 2020 7 August 2024 17 Md Asaduzzaman 8 August 2024 28 December 2025 — Mohammad Arshadur Rouf (acting)Jan 1 2026March 25 202683 days18Barrister Ruhul Quddus KazalMarch 25 2026Incumbent
See also Chief Justice of Bangladesh Justice ministry Politics of Bangladesh
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