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.

Key

      Bangladesh Awami League / BAKSAL
      Bangladesh Nationalist Party
      Jatiya Party
      Military
      Independent

Presidents

# Name
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Entered office Left office Political party
1 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
(1920–1975)[1]		 17 April 1971 12 January 1972 Bangladesh Awami League
— Syed Nazrul Islam
(1925–1975)
Acting[2]		 17 April 1971 12 January 1972 Bangladesh Awami League
2 Abu Sayeed Chowdhury
(1921–1987)		 12 January 1972 24 December 1973 Bangladesh Awami League
3 Mohammad Mohammadullah
(1921–1999)[3]		 24 December 1973 25 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League
4 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
(1920–1975)		 25 January 1975 15 August 1975[4] BAKSAL
5 Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad
(1918–1996)		 15 August 1975 6 November 1975 Bangladesh Awami League
6 Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem
(1916–1997)[5]		 6 November 1975 21 April 1977 Bangladesh Awami League
7 Ziaur Rahman
(1936–1981)[6]		 21 April 1977 30 May 1981[7] Military / Bangladesh Nationalist Party
8 Abdus Sattar
(1906–1985)[8]		 30 May 1981 24 March 1982
(deposed)		 Bangladesh Nationalist Party
— Hussain Muhammad Ershad
(1930–)
Chief Martial Law Administrator[9]		 24 March 1982 27 March 1982 Military
9 Ahsanuddin Chowdhury
(1915–2001)		 27 March 1982 10 December 1983 Independent
10 Hussain Muhammad Ershad
(1930–)		 11 December 1983 6 December 1990 Military / Jatiya Party
— Shahabuddin Ahmed
(1930–)
Acting		 6 December 1990 10 October 1991 Independent
11 Abdur Rahman Biswas
(1926–)		 10 October 1991 9 October 1996 Bangladesh Nationalist Party
12 Shahabuddin Ahmed
(1930–)		 9 October 1996 14 November 2001 Independent
13 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
14 Iajuddin Ahmed
(1931–2012)		 6 September 2002 12 February 2009 Independent
15 Zillur Rahman
(1929–2013)		 12 February 2009 20 March 2013[10] Bangladesh Awami League
16 Abdul Hamid
(1944–)[11]		 14 March 2013 Incumbent Bangladesh Awami League

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Pakistani prisoner to 8 January 1972
  2. ↑ Acting for Mujibur Rahman during his imprisonment
  3. ↑ Acting to 27 January 1974
  4. ↑ Assassinated
  5. ↑ Also Chief Martial Law Administrator from 24 August 1975 to 4 November 1975 and from 7 November 1975 to 29 November 1976
  6. ↑ Also Chief Martial Law Administrator from 29 November 1976 to 6 April 1979
  7. ↑ Assassinated
  8. ↑ Acting to 20 November 1981
  9. ↑ Chief Martial Law Administrator from 24 March 1982 to 30 March 1984
  10. ↑ Died in office
  11. ↑ Acting for Zillur Rahman from 14 March 2013 until the latter's death on 20 March 2013. Afterwards he served as Acting President until his election as President on 24 April 2013.

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