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Bottom left: Hussain Muhammad Ershad, the last president of Bangladesh directly elected by the people. He was the president from 11 December 1983 to 6 December 1990, a regime known as a dictatorship. Bottom right: Mohammad Abdul Hamid, the longest serving president of Bangladesh. He was the president from 14 March 2013 to 24 April 2023.
President of Bangladesh (POB), [a] officially the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, [b] is the head of state of Bangladesh and commander-in-chief of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The role of the president has changed three times since Bangladesh achieved its independence in 1971. Presidents had been given executive power.
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Presidential: Military: 1977 — Second Jatiyo Sangsad [10] [11] 1978-1979 Ziaur Rahman: Mashiur Rahman: Zia: Presidential: JaGoDal/ BNP. 1978: 237/330 1979-1982 Shah Azizur Rahman: 1981-1982 Abdus Sattar: Sattar 1981: Second Military rule [12] 1982-1983 Ahsanuddin Chowdhury: Post abolished: Junta: Presidential: Independent military backed ...
Since the independence of Bangladesh, the presidential election process has been changed several times due to both the presidential and parliamentary arrangements. [1] According to the Second Schedule to the Constitution of 1972, the president of the parliament used to be elected by a secret vote.
Mohammad Abdul Hamid [a] (born 1 January 1944) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the 15th president of Bangladesh from 2013 to 2023. [1] [2] He was elected to his first term in April 2013, [3] [4] and re-elected in 2018. [5] [6] Previously, he served as the speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad from January 2009 to April 2013.
Bangladesh enjoyed strong relations with the secular Arab government of Iraq. [227] [228] Mujib had a warm rapport with Sheikh Zayed of the UAE, with the two men joking about their names. [229] Egyptian president Anwar Sadat visited Bangladesh on 25 February 1974 to thank Mujib for his support during the 1973 war. [230]
Bangladesh, [a] officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, [b] is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world and among the most densely populated with a population exceeding 170 million within an area of 147,570 square kilometres (56,980 sq mi).