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During Awami League rule in 1997, Alamgir was invited to join the cabinet as the State Minister for Planning. He also served stints in charge of the Civil Aviation Ministry and the Science and Technology Ministry. He was the initiator of the Fifth Five-Year Plan, which shaped Bangladesh's development policy from 1997 to 2002.
A. K. Fazlul Huq, Prime Minister of Bengal (1937–1943), Chief Minister of East Bengal (1954–1955) and Governor of East Pakistan (1956) Nawab Abdul Latif, educator and social worker; Surya Sen, revolutionary and leader of Indian independence movement, known for leading Chittagong armoury raid; Haji Shariatullah, founder of the Faraizi Movement
Kazi Zafar Ahmad (/ ˈ k ɑː z i ˈ z ɑː f ɑːr ˈ ɑː x m ɛ d / ⓘ; Bengali: কাজী জাফর আহমেদ; 1 July 1939 [1] – 27 August 2015) [2] was a Bangladeshi politician of the Jatiya Party, [3] who was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1989 to 1990.
Mushfiqul Fazal Ansarey, in 21 October 2024, the Ministry of Public Administration of Yunus' interim government appointed him as ambassador for three years.He is a Senior Secretary of Bangladesh government and Washington DC–based Bangladeshi journalist known for asking questions at the press briefings of the United States Department of State.
Khan has also worked as the editor of several newspapers, including the Bengali dailies Amader Notun Shomoy and Amader Orthoneeti, as well as the English daily The Our Time. [1] He is known for his introduction of 'modern approach' of Bengali daily newspapers with the illustrated daily, Ajker Kagoj, launched in 1990. Shortly after, he published ...
Dr. Kamal Hossain, lawyer and politician, 1st Law Minister of Bangladesh, creator of the Constitution of Bangladesh; M Sakhawat Hossain, Election Commissioner of Bangladesh (2007–2012) Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq, Prime Minister of Bengal (1937–1943), Chief Minister of East Bengal (1954) and Governor of East Pakistan (1956–1958) [6]
Ministers of the government, according to the Constitution of Bangladesh, are selected primarily from the elected members of House of Nation, also known as Jatiya Sangsad. Cabinet ministers are heads of government departments, mostly with the office of the "Minister of [department, e.g. Defence]".
Bottom left: Khaleda Zia, the first female prime minister of Bangladesh, became prime minister on 27 February 1991, 15 February 1996, and 1 October 2001. Bottom right: Sheikh Hasina, the longest-serving prime minister of Bangladesh, became prime minister on 12 June 1996, 29 December 2008, 5 January 2014, 30 December 2018, 7 January 2024.