List of Presidents of Bangladesh

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The complete list of Presidents of Bangladesh includes the persons sworn into the office as President of Bangladesh following the Declaration of Independence of Bangladesh in 1971.
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1 Key 2 Presidents 3 Footnotes 4 See also 5 External links

Key[edit]
Bangladesh Awami League / BAKSAL Bangladesh Nationalist Party Jatiya Party Military Independent

Presidents[edit]
# Name
(BirthDeath)

Portrait

Entered office

Left office

Political party

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

(19201975)[1]

17 April 1971

12 January 1972

Bangladesh Awami League

Syed Nazrul Islam

(19251975) Acting[2]

17 April 1971

12 January 1972

Bangladesh Awami League

Abu Sayeed Chowdhury

(19211987)

12 January 1972

24 December 1973

Bangladesh Awami League

Mohammad Mohammadullah
(19211999)
[3]

24 December 1973

25 January 1975

Bangladesh Awami League

(1)

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

(19201975)

August 1975 25 January 1975 15 (assassinated)

BAKSAL

Mostaq Ahmad 4 Khondaker (19181996)

15 August 1975

6 November 1975

Bangladesh Awami League

Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem

(19161997)
[4]

6 November 1975

21 April 1977

Independent

Ziaur Rahman
(19361981)[5]

21 April 1977

30 May 1981
(assassinated)

Military / Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Abdus Sattar
(19061985)[6]

30 May 1981

24 March 1982
(deposed)

Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Hussain Muhammad Ershad

(1930) Chief Martial Law Administrator[7]

24 March 1982

27 March 1982

Military

Ahsanuddin Chowdhury
(19152001)

27 March 1982

10 December 1983

Independent

Hussain Muhammad Ershad

(1930)

11 December 1983

6 December 1990

Military / Jatiya Party

Shahabuddin Ahmed
(1930) Acting

6 December 1990

10 October 1991

Independent

10

Abdur Rahman Biswas

(1926)

10 October 1991 9 October 1996

Bangladesh Nationalist Party

11

Shahabuddin Ahmed
(1930)

9 October 1996

14 November 2001

Independent

12

Badruddoza Chowdhury
(1932)

14 November 2001

21 June 2002

Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar

(1931) Acting

21 June 2002

6 September 2002

Bangladesh Nationalist Party

13

Iajuddin Ahmed
(19312012)

6 September 2002

12 February 2009

Independent

14

Zillur Rahman
(19292013)

12 February 2009

20 March 2013[8]

Bangladesh Awami League

15

Abdul Hamid
(1944)[9]

14 March 2013

Incumbent

Bangladesh Awami League