This is a list of speakers and deputy speakers of the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh.
This is a list of speakers and deputy speakers of the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh.
| N | Speaker | Office | Office | Deputy Speaker | Legislature | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shah Abdul Hamid | April 10, 1972 | May 1, 1972 | Md Baytullah | Ganaparishad | Bangladesh Awami League | |
| 2 | Mohammad Mohammadullah | April 7, 1973 | January 26, 1974 | 1st Parliament | |||
| 3 | Abdul Malek Ukil | January 27, 1974 | November 5, 1975 | Vacant | |||
| 4 | Mirza Ghulam Hafiz | April 2, 1979 | March 23, 1982 | Barrister Sultan Ahmed Chy | 2nd Parliament | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
| 5 | Shamsul Huda Chowdhury | July 10, 1986 | April 24, 1988 | Md Korban Ali | 3rd Parliament | Jatiya Party | |
| April 25, 1988 | April 5, 1991 | Md. Reazuddin Ahmed | 4th Parliament | ||||
| 6 | Abdur Rahman Biswas | April 5, 1991 | September 25, 1991 | Sheikh Razzaque Ali | 5th Parliament | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
| 7 | Sheikh Razzaque Ali | October 12, 1991 | March 19, 1996 | Humayun Khan Panni | |||
| March 19, 1996 | July 14, 1996 | L. K. Siddiqi | 6th Parliament | ||||
| 8 | Humayun Rashid Chowdhury | July 14, 1996 | July 10, 2001 | Mohammad Abdul Hamid | 7th Parliament | Bangladesh Awami League | |
| 9 | Mohammad Abdul Hamid | July 12, 2001 | October 28, 2001 | Prof. Ali Ashraf | |||
| 10 | Jamiruddin Sircar | October 28, 2001 | January 25, 2009 | Akhtar Hameed Siddiqui | 8th Parliament | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
| (9) | Mohammad Abdul Hamid | January 25, 2009 | April 24, 2013 | Shawkat Ali | 9th Parliament | Bangladesh Awami League | |
| 11 | Shawkat Ali (acting) | April 24, 2013 | April 30, 2013 | Vacant | |||
| 12 | Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury | April 30, 2013 | January 24, 2014 | Shawkat Ali | |||
| January 24, 2014 | January 28, 2019 | Fazle Rabbi Miah | 10th Parliament | ||||
| January 30, 2019 | July 22, 2022 | 11th Parliament | |||||
| August 22, 2022 | January 30, 2024 | Shamsul Hoque Tuku | 11th Parliament | ||||
| January 30, 2024 | Incumbent | 12th Parliament | |||||
Sansad or Sangsad is the word for "Assembly", association, council or "Parliament" in several Indo-Aryan languages, derived from a Sanskrit root. It may also mean:
The Jatiya Sangsad, often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for women. Elected occupants are called members of Parliament, or MPs. The 12th national parliamentary election was held on 7 January 2024. Elections to the body are held every five years, unless a parliament is dissolved earlier by the president of Bangladesh.
Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban or National Parliament Building, is the house of the Parliament of Bangladesh, located at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar besides St. Joseph Higher Secondary School in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. Designed while the country was still part of Pakistan by architect Louis Kahn, the complex is one of the largest legislative complexes in the world, covering 208 acres (840,000 m2).
The Jatiya Party is a centre-right, conservative, nationalist political party in Bangladesh and is currently the main opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad, against the Awami League. The current chairman of the party is Begum Rowshan Ershad. On 3 January 2019, the party announced its decision to join the Bangladesh Awami League-led Grand Alliance after having been in opposition for the previous parliamentary term. However, the party backtracked the next day and announced that it intended to remain part of the opposition. Currently, it holds Rangpur out of Bangladesh's 12 city corporations.
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 1 October 2001. The 300 seats of the Jatiya Sangsad were contested by 1,935 candidates representing 54 parties and 484 independents. The elections were the second to be held under the caretaker government concept, introduced in 1996.
Abdul Malek Ukil was the President of Bangladesh Awami League, Speaker of Parliament, Home Minister, Health Minister, a member of Parliament for many years and a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He was one of the drafters of the Constitution of Bangladesh and also one of the founding members of East Bengal Muslim Students League.
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 27 February 1991. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) emerged as the largest party in parliament, winning 140 of the 300 directly elected seats. The BNP formed a government with the support of the Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, and on 20 March Khaleda Zia was sworn in for her first term as Prime Minister.
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 12 June 1996. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, which won 146 of the 300 directly elected seats, beginning Sheikh Hasina's first-term as Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 74.96%, the highest to date. This election was the second to be held in 1996, following controversial elections held in February a few months earlier.
The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Constitution of Bangladesh consisting the executive represented by the president, prime minister and cabinet. The legislature represented by the Jatiya Sangsad and the judiciary, represented by the Supreme Court. Bangladesh is a unitary state and the central government has the authority to govern over the entirety of the nation. The seat of the government is located in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
The Leader of the Opposition leads the Official Opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad, the national parliament of Bangladesh. The Leader of the Opposition is the leader of the largest political party in the Jatiya Sangsad that is not in government. That is usually the leader of the second largest political party in the Jatiya Sangsad.
The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 4 November 1972 and became effective on 16 December 1972 one year after Bangladesh's victory in the War of Liberation. As of 2018 the Constitution has been amended 17 times. The procedure for amendments is demarcated in Article 142, a bill must be presented in the Jatiya Sangsad with the support of no less than two-thirds of all its members . Amending the Constitution of Bangladesh is the process of making changes to the nation's supreme law.
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A Member of Parliament (MP) in Bangladesh is a member of the unicameral Jatiya Sangsad or House of the Nation. A majority of members are elected directly in general elections, while a minority of seats are reserved exclusively for women and allocated on a proportional basis. The Constitution specifies that Parliament consists of 300 directly-elected members, while 50 seats are reserved for women. The individual who leads the largest party or alliance in parliament usually becomes Prime Minister of Bangladesh.