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.
Ziaur RahmanBU HJ HOR was a Bangladeshi military officer,freedom fighter and politician who served as the sixth President of Bangladesh from 1977 until his assassination in 1981. He was the founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He previously served as the third chief of army staff from 1975 to 1978 with a minor break.
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 to uniting people with a nationalist ideology,BNP later became one of the two dominant parties in Bangladesh,along with its archrival Awami League. Initially a big tent centrist party,it later moved towards more right-wing politics.. Although often it had stood in oppostion to Awami league ideological thinking like dictatorship Template:Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League,it had stood with Awami league quite a few times like in the 1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh,or 2006–2008 Bangladesh political crisis to squash military rule or undemocratic stand. It has had some similar ideology to Awami League like women empowerment or development of educational institution. | wing4_title = Islamic Scholar Wing}}
Shah Azizur Rahman was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh. However,he was the subject of considerable controversy for his collaboration with the Pakistan Army against the struggle for the independence of Bangladesh.
Lt. Col. Abu TaherBU was a Bangladeshi military officer and war hero. He first served in the Pakistan Army,and later defected to the Bangladesh Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He crossed into India around early August and reported to the Indian authorities. After a week screening at Dehradun,India,Taher reported to Kolkata,Bangladesh Provincial government at 8 Theatre Rd. He was ordered to report to Sector 11 of Mukti Bahini under command of Major Ziaur Rahman,he became the sector commander after him. He served in BDF from end of August to 2 November 1971. He was awarded the medal Bir Uttom for his gallantry in the liberation war. He was released from military service by Indian military medical board in Pune,India after his leg was amputated. After independence,he was inducted into the Bangladesh Army for administrative retirement with legacy rank of lieutenant colonel. After settling in with family,the government of Bangladesh appointed him with employment at Kumilla. Later Taher turned into a political activist and leader of the left-wing Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal.
Bangladesh has undergone several changes of government since the Proclamation of Independence in 1971. Between the first recorded uprising in August 1975 and the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt,Bangladesh has been through as many as 29 military coups.
The Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League was a political front comprising the Bangladesh Awami League,the Communist Party of Bangladesh,the National Awami Party (Muzaffar) and Bangladesh Jatiya League.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,the first president of Bangladesh,was assassinated along with most of his family members during the early hours of 15 August 1975 by a group of Bangladesh Army personnel who invaded his residence as part of a coup d'état. The Minister of Commerce,Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad,immediately took control and proclaimed himself head of an interim government from 15 August to 6 November 1975;he was in turn succeeded by Chief Justice Abu Sayem. The assassination marked the first direct military intervention in Bangladesh's civilian administration. Lawrence Lifschultz characterized this incident as an outcome of the Cold War between the United States-influenced Pakistan and the Soviet Union-influenced India. 15 August is annually observed as National Mourning Day,a commemorative day in Bangladesh.
The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal is a political party in Bangladesh. The party was founded by Serajul Alam Khan. The party was dominant during the 1972–1975 Bangladesh insurgency.
Shajahan Siraj was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the vice chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). As a student,he was involved with the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was one of the founders of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. He was a member of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Tangail-4 constituency.
Gonobahini was the armed wing of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. The group was mainly composed of former Mukti Bahini members from the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
Mashiur Rahman,also known as Jadu Mia,was a senior minister,with the rank and status of prime minister in charge of the Ministry of Railways,Roads and Highways of Bangladesh from 29 June 1978 to 12 March 1979. He was the founder of Bangladesh Jatyiotabadi Dal,the whole process of transition to multi-party democracy was his brainchild. He named the party and the election symbol was given to the party from his party NAP. He also made the formal Declaration of Independence of Bangladesh from his party NAP,on the 23 March 1971,when Sheikh Mujib was still negotiating for the premiership of Pakistan with the military junta of Pakistan,not giving the formal declaration despite people's determination for a free,independent country.
1974 Ramna Massacre was a massacre of Jatiyo Samajtantarik Dal supporters that took place on March 17,1974. The incident took place when a demonstrators from the Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal,who were blockading the residence of the Home Minister Mansur Ali,located in the Ramna area of Dhaka,was fired upon by members of Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini. The incident reportedly claimed at least twelve lives.
Nizam Mohammad Serajul Alam Khan,commonly known as Serajul Alam Khan,also called as Dada,Dadabhai and by his initials SAK,was a Bangladeshi politician,political analyst,philosopher and writer who spearheaded the Bangladesh liberation movement under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman but also became one of the controlling forces of political polarization in post-independence Bangladesh.
1972–1975 Bangladesh insurgency refers to the period after the independence of Bangladesh when left-wing Communist insurgents,particularly the Gonobahini fought against the government of the Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Shirin Akhter is the general secretary of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Feni-1 constituency from January 2014 to January 2024.
Lutfa Taher is a Bangladeshi politician who is a Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal member of parliament.
The 7 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état,also known as the Sipahi-Janata revolution,was a coup d'état launched by left-wing army personnel in collaboration with left-wing politicians from Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. The coup resulted in the death of Major General Khaled Mosharraf,who only 3 days prior,led a coup against those involved in the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. During the coup,Ziaur Rahman was freed from house arrest,enabling him to seize power and become president.
The 3 November coup d'état was a military coup in 1975 by Brig. Gen. Khaled Mosharraf against President Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad to remove the assassins of Sheikh Mujib from power and Mostaq from the Presidency. It was the result of a power struggle between the regime of Mostaq Ahmad and the mid-ranking officers backing him,Capt. Abdul Majed,Maj. Syed Faruque Rahman,Maj. Khandaker Abdur Rashid and Maj. Shariful Haque Dalim,and Mosharraf and the high-ranking officers supporting him,Col. Shafaat Jamil,Lt. Col. Abu Taher Mohammad Haider and Col. Khondkar Nazmul Huda. The high-ranking officers were worried about army discipline with "junior mutinous officers issuing orders from the presidential palace". With the coup,Mosharraf promoted himself to the rank of major general and the post of Chief of Army Staff after placing Maj. Gen. Ziaur Rahman under house arrest while the mid-ranking officers went on exile,as was agreed upon between the belligerents. The coup lasted 3 days,after which A. S. M. Sayem was installed as president while Mosharraf served as the Chief Martial Law Administrator.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj) was a socialist political party in Bangladesh.
