List of prime ministers of Bangladesh

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The complete list of prime ministers of Bangladesh includes the persons sworn into the office as Prime Minister of Bangladesh following the Bangladeshi Declaration of Independence in 1971.

List of officeholders[]

Political parties

•   Bangladesh Awami League / BAKSAL
•   Bangladesh Nationalist Party
•   Jatiya Party

Other factions

•   Independent

Status

•   Chief Adviser of Caretaker government

	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
		Tajuddin Ahmad (1925–1975)	—	17 April 1971	12 January 1972	276 days	Bangladesh Awami League
		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975)	1973	12 January 1972	25 January 1975	3 years, 13 days	Bangladesh Awami League
		Muhammad Mansur Ali (1917–1975)	—	25 January 1975	15 August 1975 (deposed.)	202 days	BAKSAL
Post abolished (15 August 1975 – 29 June 1978)
		Mashiur Rahman (1924–1979) [a]	—	29 June 1978	12 March 1979 (died in office.)	256 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
		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)
		Ataur Rahman Khan (1905–1991)	—	30 March 1984	9 July 1986	2 years, 101 days	Jatiya Party
		Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury (1928–2006)	1986	9 July 1986	27 March 1988	1 year, 262 days	Jatiya Party
		Moudud Ahmed (1940–2021)	1988	27 March 1988	12 August 1989	1 year, 138 days	Jatiya Party
		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)
		Khaleda Zia (born 1945)	1991 1996 (Feb)	20 March 1991	30 March 1996	5 years, 10 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
		Muhammad Habibur Rahman (1928–2014)	—	30 March 1996	23 June 1996	85 days	Independent
		Sheikh Hasina (born 1947)	1996 (Jun)	23 June 1996	15 July 2001	5 years, 22 days	Bangladesh Awami League
		Latifur Rahman (1936–2017)	—	15 July 2001	10 October 2001	87 days	Independent
		Khaleda Zia (born 1945)	2001	10 October 2001	29 October 2006	5 years, 19 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
		Iajuddin Ahmed (1931–2012) [b]	—	29 October 2006	11 January 2007	74 days	Independent
		Fazlul Haque (born 1938) [c]	—	11 January 2007	12 January 2007	1 day	Independent
		Fakhruddin Ahmed (born 1940)	—	12 January 2007	6 January 2009	1 year, 360 days	Independent
		Sheikh Hasina (born 1947)	2008 2014 2018	6 January 2009	Incumbent	13 years, 49 days	Bangladesh Awami League

See also[]

• Caretaker government of Bangladesh
• Chief Advisor
• Prime Minister of Bengal
• Politics of Bangladesh
• President of Bangladesh
  • List of presidents of Bangladesh
• Vice President of Bangladesh
• Prime Minister of Bangladesh

Notes[]

External links[]

• World Statesmen – Bangladesh