List of office-holders in the Government of Bangladesh

This is a list of current office holders in various fields of the Government of Bangladesh.

The President of Bangladesh is the Head of State of Bangladesh. Since 1991, Bangladesh has been a parliamentary democracy. This makes the President a mostly ceremonial post elected by the parliament.Background Note: Bangladesh, US Department of State, May 2007

List of heads of state of Bangladesh Political parties

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PortraitNameElectionTerm of officePolitical party Took office Left office Time in officeProvisional Government of Bangladesh (1971–1972) 1 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman — 17 April 1971 12 January 1972 AL — Syed Nazrul Islam — 17 April 1971 12 January 1972 ALPeople's Republic of Bangladesh (1972–present) 2 Abu Sayeed Chowdhury — 12 January 1972 24 December 1973 AL 3 Mohammad Mohammadullah — 24 December 1973 27 January 1974 AL 1974 27 January 1974 25 January 1975 (1) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman — 25 January 1975 15 August 1975 BaKSAL 4 Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad — 15 August 1975 6 November 1975 AL 5 Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem — 6 November 1975 21 April 1977 AL 6 Ziaur Rahman 1977 21 April 1977 12 June 1978 Military / Jagodal / BNP 1978 12 June 1978 30 May 1981 7 Abdus Sattar — 30 May 1981 20 November 1981 BNP 1981 20 November 1981 24 March 1982Post vacant (24 – 27 March 1982) 8 A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury — 27 March 1982 10 December 1983 Independent 9 Hussain Muhammad Ershad 19851986 11 December 1983 6 December 1990 Military / Janadal / JP(E) — Shahabuddin Ahmed — 6 December 1990 10 October 1991 Independent 10 Abdur Rahman Biswas 1991 10 October 1991 9 October 1996 BNP 11 Shahabuddin Ahmed 1996 9 October 1996 14 November 2001 Independent 12 A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury 2001 14 November 2001 21 June 2002 BNP — Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar — 21 June 2002 6 September 2002 BNP 13 Iajuddin Ahmed 2002 6 September 2002 12 February 2009 Independent 14 Zillur Rahman 2009 12 February 2009 20 March 2013[†] AL 15 Mohammad Abdul Hamid — 14 March 2013 24 April 2013 AL 20132018 24 April 2013 24 April 2023 16 Mohammed Shahabuddin 2023 24 April 2023 24 July 2026 AL - Hafizuddin Ahmed - 24 July 2026 21 August 2026 BNP 17 Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir 2026 21 August 2026 Incumbent BNP

List of prime ministers There have been ten prime ministers, one senior minister, five chief advisers, and one 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 —.

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PortraitNameElectionTerm of officePolitical partyMinistry Took office Left office Time in officeProvisional Government of Bangladesh (1971–1972) 1 Tajuddin Ahmad — 17 April 1971 12 January 1972 AL Mujib IPeople'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 IVPost abolished (15 August 1975 – 29 June 1978) — Mashiur Rahman — 29 June 1978 12 March 1979[†] Jagodal / BNP ZiaPost vacant (12 March – 15 April 1979) 4 Shah Azizur Rahman 1979 15 April 1979 24 March 1982 BNP ZiaPost abolished (24 March 1982 – 30 March 1984) 5 Ataur Rahman Khan — 30 March 1984 1 January 1985 Janadal ErshadPost vacant (1 January 1985 – 9 July 1986) 6 Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury 1986 9 July 1986 27 March 1988 JP(E) Ershad 7 Moudud Ahmed 1988 27 March 1988 12 August 1989 JP(E) 8 Kazi Zafar Ahmed — 12 August 1989 6 December 1990 JP(E)Post vacant (6 December 1990 – 20 March 1991) 9 Khaleda Zia 19911996 (Feb) 20 March 1991 30 March 1996 BNP Khaleda I–II Muhammad Habibur Rahman — 30 March 1996 23 June 1996 Independent Habibur 10 Sheikh Hasina 1996 (Jun) 23 June 1996 15 July 2001 AL Hasina I Latifur Rahman — 15 July 2001 10 October 2001 Independent Latifur (9) Khaleda Zia 2001 10 October 2001 29 October 2006 BNP Khaleda III Iajuddin Ahmed — 29 October 2006 11 January 2007 Independent Iajuddin [—] Fazlul Haque — 11 January 2007 12 January 2007 Independent — Fakhruddin Ahmed — 12 January 2007 6 January 2009 Independent Fakhruddin (10) Sheikh Hasina 2008201420182024 6 January 2009 5 August 2024 AL Hasina II–III–IV–VPost vacant (5 – 8 August 2024) Muhammad Yunus — 8 August 2024 17 February 2026 Independent Yunus (11) Tarique Rahman 2026 17 February 2026 Incumbent BNP Tarique

List of speakers and deputy speaker Political parties

Speakers +No.OfficeholderFromToLegislative body1Shah Abdul Hamid10 April 19721 May 1972 Ganaparishad2Mohammad Mohammadullah12 October 1972 27 January 19743Abdul Malek Ukil28 January 19745 November 19751st Jatiya Sangsad4Mirza Ghulam Hafiz2 April 197923 March 19822nd Jatiya Sangsad5Shamsul Huda Chaudhury10 July 198625 April 19883rd Jatiya Sangsad25 April 19885 April 19914th Jatiya Sangsad6Abdur Rahman Biswas5 April 199110 October 19915th Jatiya Sangsad7Sheikh Razzak Ali12 October 199119 March 199619 March 199614 July 19966th Jatiya Sangsad8Humayun Rashid Choudhury14 July 199610 July 20017th Jatiya Sangsad9Mohammad Abdul Hamid12 July 200128 October 200110Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar28 October 200125 January 20098th Jatiya Sangsad11Mohammad Abdul Hamid25 January 200924 April 2013 9th Jatiya Sangsad12Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury30 April 201329 January 201429 January 201430 January 201910th Jatiya Sangsad30 January 201930 January 202411th Jatiya Sangsad30 January 20242 September 202412th Jatiya Sangsad13Hafiz Uddin Ahmad12 March 2026Incumbent13th Jatiya Sangsad

Deputy speakers No.OfficeholderFromToLegislative body1Mohammad Mohammadullah10 April 197211 October 1972 Ganaparishad1Mohammad Baitullah7 April 19735 November 19751st Jatiya Sangsad2Sultan Ahmed2 April 197923 March 1982 2nd Jatiya Sangsad3Md Korban Ali10 July 198625 April 1988 3rd Jatiya Sangsad4Md. Reazuddin Ahmed25 April 19885 April 1991 4th Jatiya Sangsad5Sheikh Razzak Ali5 April 199112 October 1991 5th Jatiya Sangsad6Humayun Khan Panni14 October 199119 March 19967L. K. Siddiqi19 March 199614 July 19966th Jatiya Sangsad8Mohammad Abdul Hamid14 July 199612 July 2001 7th Jatiya Sangsad9Ali Ashraf12 July 200128 October 200110Akhtar Hameed Siddiqui28 October 200125 January 2009 8th Jatiya Sangsad11Shawkat Ali25 January 200929 January 2014 9th Jatiya Sangsad12Fazle Rabbi Miah29 January 201430 January 201910th Jatiya Sangsad30 January 201922 July 202211th Jatiya Sangsad13Shamsul Hoque Tuku28 August 202230 January 202430 January 20246 August 202412th Jatiya Sangsad14Kayser Kamal12 March 2026Incumbent 13th Jatiya Sangsad

List of chief justices of Bangladesh

Image Name(birth–death) Start of Term End of Term Length of TermAppointed by(President of Bangladesh) 1 Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem(1916 – 1997) Abu Sayeed Chowdhury 2 Syed A. B. Mahmud Hossain(1916 – 1981) Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem 3 Kemaluddin Hossain(1923 - 2013) Ziaur Rahman 4 Fazle Kaderi Mohammad Abdul Munim(1924 – 2001) Ahsanuddin Chowdhury 5 Badrul Haider Chowdhury(1925 – 1998) Hussain Muhammad Ershad 6 Shahabuddin Ahmed(1930 – 2022) 7 Muhammad Habibur Rahman(1928 – 2014) Abdur Rahman Biswas 8 Abu Taher Mohammad Afzal(born 1934) 9 Mustafa Kamal(1933 – 2015) Shahabuddin Ahmed 10 Latifur Rahman(1936 – 2017) 11 Mahmudul Amin Choudhury(1937 – 2019) 12 Mainur Reza Chowdhury(1938 – 2004) Badruddoza Chowdhury 13 Khondokar Mahmud Hasan(born 1939) Iajuddin Ahmed 14 Syed Jillur Rahim Mudasser Husain(born 1940) 15 Md. Ruhul Amin(1941 – 2024) 16 M M Ruhul Amin(1942 – 2017) 17 Md. Tafazzul Islam(born 1943) Zillur Rahman 18 Mohammad Fazlul Karim(1943 – 2024) 19 A.B.M. Khairul Haque(born 1944) 20 Md. Muzammel Hossain(born 1948) 21 Surendra Kumar Sinha(born 1951) (Resigned) Abdul Hamid Acting Md. Abdul Wahhab Miah(born 1951) (Resigned) 22 Syed Mahmud Hossain(born 1954) 23 Hasan Foez Siddique(born 1956) 24 Obaidul Hassan(born 1959) (Resigned) Mohammed Shahabuddin 25 Syed Refaat Ahmed(born 1958) 26 Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury(born 1961) 17 May 2027

List of Chief Election Commissioners of Bangladesh The following have held the post of the Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh. Name(birth–death) Image Start of Term End of Term Length of TermAppointed by(President of Bangladesh) 1 Justice M. Idris(? – ?) Abu Sayeed Chowdhury 2 Justice A.K.M. Nurul Islam(1919 – 2015) Ziaur Rahman 3 Justice Chowdhury A.T.M. Masud(1924 - 2013) Hussain Muhammad Ershad 4 Justice Sultan Hossain Khan(1924 – 2015) 5 Justice Mohammad Abdur Rouf(1925 – 1998) Shahabuddin Ahmed 6 Justice A.K.M. Sadeq(1928 – 2016) Abdur Rahman Biswas 7 Mohammad Abu Hena(born 1937) 8 M. A. Sayed(1937 – 2013) Shahabuddin Ahmed 9 Justice M. A. Aziz(born 1939) Iajuddin Ahmed 10 Dr. A. T. M. Shamsul Huda(born 1943) 11 Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed(born 1943) Zillur Rahman 12 K. M. Nurul Huda(born 1948) Abdul Hamid 13 Kazi Habibul Awal(born 1956) 14 AMM Nasir Uddin(born 1953) Incumbent Mohammed Shahabuddin

Bangladesh Public Service Commission Chairpersons List of chairpersons:

Name Image Took office Left office Tenure 1 A. Q. M. Bazlul Karim 2 Mohiuddin Ahmed 3 M. Moydul Islam 4 Faiz Uddin Ahmed 5 S. M. Al Hussaini 6 Iajuddin Ahmed 7 S. M. A. Foyaz 8 Md. Mustafa Chowdhury 9 Z. N. Tahomida Begum 10 Saadat Husain 11 A. T. Ahmedul Huq Chowdhury 12 Ikram Ahmed 13 Muhammed Sadique 14 Mohammed Sohrab Hossain 15 Mobasser Monem 16 Mohammad Nazmuzzaman Bhuiyan Incumbent

Anti-Corruption Commission (Bangladesh) The Chairmen of the Anti-Corruption Commission are as follows: Sultan Hossain Khan (23 February 2004 – 8 February 2007) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury (22 February 2007 – 2 April 2009) Ghulam Rahman (1 May 2009 – 23 June 2013) M Badiuzzaman (24 June 2013 – 6 March 2016) Iqbal Mahmood (14 March 2016 – 9 March 2021) Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah (10 March 2021 – 29 October 2024) Mohammad Abdul Momen (12 December 2024 – 3 March 2026)

List of comptrollers and auditors general On 11 May 1973, the first comptroller and auditor-general was appointed by the government of Bangladesh. Since then there were 12 people who led office of the comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh. A list is given below including the running CAG-

+OrderComptroller and Auditor GeneralTerm startTerm end1Late Fazle Kader Muhammad Abdul Baqui11 May 197331 December 19752Osman Ghani Khan 1 March 197631 December 19823A K Azizul Huq1 January 198329 March 19894Gholam Kibria30 March 198931 December 19915Khondkar Moazzamuddin Hossain7 March 199229 March 19966M. Hafizuddin Khan3 April 19967 August 19997Syed Yusuf Hossain8 August 19994 February 20028Muhammad Ahsan Ali Sarkar5 March 200231 December 20029Asif Ali2 January 20031 January 200810Ahmed Ataul Hakeem12 February 200811 February 201311Masud Ahmed28 April 201326 April 201812Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury17 July 201816 July 2023 13Md. Nurul Islam26 July 2023Incumbent

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

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