Politics of Bangladesh takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic,whereby the Prime Minister of Bangladesh is the head of government,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The Constitution of Bangladesh was written in 1972 and has undergone seventeen amendments.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is a major political party in Bangladesh. Founded on 1 September 1978 by the late Bangladeshi president Ziaur Rahman,with a view of uniting people with a nationalist ideology,BNP later came out as one of the two most dominant parties in Bangladesh,along with its archrival Awami League. Initially being a big tent centrist party,it moved towards more right-wing politics later.
Bangladesh elects on national level a legislature with one house or chamber. The unicameral Jatiyo Sangshad,meaning national parliament,has 350 members of which 300 members are directly elected through a national election for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies while 50 memberships are reserved for the women who are selected by the ruling party or coalition. The Prime Minister is the head of the government. The president who is the head of the state is elected by the National Parliament. The president of Bangladesh is a ceremonial post and does not exercise any control over the running of the state.
Abdur Rahman Biswas was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the President of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996. Biswas represented Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly prior to the independence of Bangladesh.
Muhammad Hasan Mahmud is a Bangladesh Awami League politician who is the incumbent Member of Parliament from Chittagong-7 constituency. In January 2019,he appointed as the Bangladesh Minister of Information. Currently he is the Minister of Foreign Affairs Bangladesh and a joint secretary of Bangladesh Awami League.
Chittagong massacre refers to a massacre of opposition activists in Chittagong on January 24 of 1988. The activists of Awami League who were rallying in the streets of Chittagong that day were attacked by the police during the regime of autocratic ruler Hussain Muhammad Ershad. The then Chittagong Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mirza Rakibul Huda ordered the police to open fire on the rally that left at least 24 people dead.
Nasrul Hamid is an Awami League politician and the State Minister of the Ministry of Power,Energy,and Mineral Resources of Bangladesh.
Kishoreganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh from 2008 to 2018 by Sayed Ashraful Islam of the Awami League. His death in January 2019,days after his re-election,will trigger a by-election.
Motiur Rahman was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as the Minister of Religious Affairs during 2014–2018.
Khulna-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2018 by Abdus Salam Murshedy of the Awami League.
Mymensingh-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2024 by Major General (Rtd) Abdus Salam of the Awami League.
Abdus Salam Murshedy is a Bangladeshi politician,entrepreneur and former national team football player. He is a member of Bangladesh Awami League and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Khulna-4 constituency since September 2018. He is a director of Envoy Group,senior vice president of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF),President of Exporters Association of Bangladesh (EAB) and former president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA). He has been elected as a Commercially Important Person (CIP) by the government of Bangladesh in 2014.
Sharif Ahmed is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Mymensingh-2 constituency. He has served as state minister in Sheikh Hasina's 4th Cabinet.
Anwarul Abedin Khan is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent former Member of Parliament from Mymensingh-9.
Mohammed Abdus Shahid is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Minister of Agriculture of Bangladesh. He has been elected member of parliament 7 consecutive times from Moulvibazar-4. He was the former Chief Whip of the ruling party in the 9th National Parliament.
Gias Uddin Ahmed was an Awami League politician,officer of the Bangladesh Army and member of parliament for Mymensingh-10.
Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sunamganj-3 constituency during 2005–2006. He was elected a member of parliament for the first time in July 2005 after the death of incumbent Abdus Samad Azad,a Awami League presidium member.
Mustaque Ahmed Ruhi is a Public Figure and incumbent member of Parliament from Netrokona-1. In 2008,he was elected as a member of the Bangladesh Awami League nominee in the general election. He is a former AGS and VP consecutively of Ananda Mohan College Central Students Union(AMUCSU)
Abdus Salam Tarafdar is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of parliament for Mymensingh-7.
Mohammad Mohit Ur Rahman nicknamed Shanto is a Bangladeshi politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Mymensingh-4 constituency. He won for the Bangladesh Awami League in the 2024 Bangladeshi general election. Shanto is the son of former religion minister Matiur Rahman. He is a councillor of the Bangladesh Cricket Board from Mymensingh.
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