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.
Abdul Kader Siddique is a Bangladeshi politician. He served as a Mukti Bahini member and organizer of the Bangladesh Liberation War. He fought with an estimated 17,000-strong guerrilla force in the Tangail region against the Pakistan Army. The army was called Kaderia Bahini. At the end of the war in 1971,Siddique's forces entered Dhaka along with the Indian forces,signaling the end of the war. He was awarded Bir Uttom by the Government of Bangladesh. Since 1999,he has been serving as the leader of his newly formed party,the Krishak Sramik Janata League.
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.
Mosharraf Hossain is a Bangladeshi politician,freedom fighter,and an industrialist. He is a former member of the Bangladesh Parliament and former minister of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works. After his graduation from University of Engineering and Technology,Lahore in 1966 he joined politics and was elected as a Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) of what was then East Pakistan in 1970. In the political arena,he is the presidium member,the highest policy-making post of the Awami League,the oldest and traditional political organization of the country. His constituency is Chittagong-1 (Mirsarai). He served the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism in the Awami League government in 1996. He made significant contributions to the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. He served as the minister in charge of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works till 6 January 2019.
Mohammad Abdul Hamid is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the 15th president of Bangladesh from 2013 to 2023. He was elected to his first term in April 2013,and re-elected in 2018. Previously,he served as the speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad from January 2009 to April 2013. He was the acting president after the death of Zillur Rahman in March 2013. He was the longest serving president in the history of Bangladesh.
Muhammad Hasan Mahmud is a Bangladesh Awami League politician who is a former member of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Chittagong-7 constituency. In January 2019,he was appointed as the minister of information and as the minister of foreign affairs.
Nasrul Hamid is an Awami League politician. He is a former Bangladesh State Minister of Power,Energy,and Mineral Resources and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-3 constituency.
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 a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Khulna-4 constituency during 2018–2024. 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 a former 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 member of parliament from Mymensingh-9.
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 Bangladeshi politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Netrokona-1 constituency. 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 Shanto is a Bangladeshi politician and a former 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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