List of People's Republic of Bangladesh governments

This is a list of successive governments of the People's Republic of Bangladesh from the time of the establishment of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh on 10 April 1971.

List Government Term President Prime Minister Cabinet Government type Party Election Parliamentary strengthFormation Provisional government 1971–1972 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Syed Nazrul Islam (acting) Tajuddin Ahmed Mujib I Provisional AL None Formed by the exiled AL leaders. Constituent assembly 1972–1973 Abu Sayeed Chowdhury Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Mujib II Provisional AL 1970 400/403Formed by all pro-independence elected MPs and MLAs of East Pakistan. First Jatiya sangsadDieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p535 1973-1973Mujib IIIParliamentaryAL1973308/315First election of Bangladesh was held on 1973, opposition had almost no presence in the parliament. 1973–1975 Mohammad Mohammadullah One Party rule 1975-1975 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Muhammad Mansur Ali Mujib IVPresidentialBaKSALNoneFourth Amendment made BaKSAL the sole legal party and AL disbanded by Mujib. First Martial law1975-1975 Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad Post abolished MostaqPresidentialAL military backedNoneMujib assassinated in a military coup and Mostaq was made the president. 1975–1977 Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem SayemMostaq deposed by military coup Sayem was made the president. 1977–1978Ziaur RahmanMilitary juntaMilitary1977CMLA Zia took charge of the president after confidence referandum on this policy. 1978-1979Mashiur RahmanZia (Provisional)JaGoDal/ BNP1978 Zia won the first direct presidential election. Second Jatiya sangsadDieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p525 In Bangladesh Election, the Aura of Two Dead Leaders Is Pervasive The New York Times, 14 November 1981 1979–1982 Shah Azizur RahmanZia(Elected)PresidentialBNP1979 237/330Martial law was lifted on 9 April 1979 and all political activities were allowed.1981-1982Abdus Sattar SattarSatter took charge after the Assassination of Ziaur Rahman Second Martial law 1982–1983 A. F. M. Ahsanuddin ChowdhuryPost abolishedMilitary juntaPresidential Independentmilitary backedNoneSattar deposed by military coup.1983-1984Hossain Mohammad ErshadMilitaryCMLA Ershad declare himself the president. 1984–1985 Ataur Rahman Khan ErshadPresidential JaNaDal 1985Ershad gave him legitimacy by holding confidence referendum.Third Jatiya sangsad1986-1988Mizanur Rahman ChowdhuryErshadPresidentialJP-E1986183/330Only AL and Jamaat took part among the major opposition parties, opposition claimed media coup and election fraud. Fourth Jatiya sangsad1988-1989 Moudud AhmedErshadPresidentialJP-E1988251/300All major parties boycotted 1988 election and demanded Ershad's resignation. 1989-1990Kazi Zafar Ahmed First Interim government1990-1991Shahabuddin Ahmed (acting)vacantShahabuddinInterimImpartialNoneFormed by political consensus of 3 alliances after Ershad was ousted by 1990 mass uprising Fifth Jatiya sangsad1991-1996Abdur Rahman BiswasKhaleda ZiaKhaleda IParliamentaryBNP with outside support of Jamaat1991168/330Considered as the first free, fair and inclusive election. Sixth Jatiya sangsad1996Khaleda IIParliamentaryBNP1996308/330All major party boycotted the election, BNP won unopposed. First Caretaker government1996-1996CA Muhammad Habibur RahmanHabibCaretakerIndependentNoneKhaleda resigned because of opposition demand and handed over power to impartial caretaker government for the conduct of free and fair election. Seventh Jatiya sangsad1996-1996Sheikh HasinaHasina IParliamentaryAL1996211/330Hasina became PM after most close contested election in the history of Bangladesh.1996-2001Shahabuddin AhmedJP-EJaSaD Second Caretaker government2001-2001CA Latifur RahmanLatifCaretakerIndependentNoneHasina peacefully handed over power to the neutral caretaker government for conduct of election. Eighth Jatiya Sangsad2001-2001Khaleda ZiaKhaleda IIIParliamentaryBNP2001210/300BNP got majority and formed government. 2001-2002Badruddoza Chowdhury2002-2002Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar (acting)Jamaat2002-2006Iajuddin Ahmed Third Caretaker government2006-2007CA Iajuddin AhmedIajuddinCaretakerIndependentNoneExtension of age of retirement of the CJB caused political tension and resulted in 1-11 political crisis. President declared himself as the CA without exploring other options.2007-2007CA Fazlul Haque (acting) NoneState of emergency declared Iajuddin resigned as CA but continued as president.2007-2009CA Fakhruddin AhmedFakhruddinIndependent military backedFormed as a result of direct military intervention. Ninth Jatiya sangsad2009-2009Sheikh HasinaHasina IIParliamentaryAL2008302/350Opposition accused election commission of Gerrymandering in favor of Awami League in almost 100 constituencies.2009-2013Zillur RahmanJP-E2013-2014Mohammad Abdul HamidJaSaD Tenth Jatiya sangsad2014-2018Hasina IIIParliamentaryAL2014328/350Fifteenth Amendment was brought to abolish Caretaker government despite opposition from other parties. All opposition boycotted the election. 154 out of 300 MPs got elected unopposed.JP-EJaSaDWPBJP-M Eleventh Jatiya sangsad2018-2023Hasina IVParliamentaryAL2018300/350Opposition and independent news sources claimed the election to be rigged.2023-2024Mohammed Shahabuddin Twelfth Jatiya sangsad2024-2024Hasina VParliamentaryAL2024271/350Only the members of Grand Alliance took part in the election. The country turned into de facto one-party state.There was no Government from 5 August 2024 to 8 August 2024 Second Interim government2024-2026Mohammed ShahabuddinCA Muhammad YunusYunusInterimImpartialNoneFormed based on political consensus of all parties except AL after Hasina was ousted by July Uprising.Thirteenth Jatiya sangsad 2026-2026Tarique RahmanTariqueParliamentaryBNP2026212/300BNP secured two-third seats in the parliament in its landslide victory in the general election.2026-2026Hafiz Uddin Ahmad (acting)GOP2026-Mirza Fakhrul Islam AlamgirGSABJPIndependents

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