Second Mujib ministry

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Second Mujib ministry
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2nd Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
12 January 1972–16 March 1973
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1950.jpg
Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Date formed12 January 1972
Date dissolved16 March 1973
People and organisations
President Abu Sayeed Chowdhury
Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Member party  Bangladesh Awami League
Status in legislature Dominant-party majority
400 / 403(99%)
Opposition parties  National Awami Party (Wali)
  Independent
History
Election-
Outgoing election 1973
Legislature terms Constituent Assembly
1st Jatiya Sangsad
Predecessor Mujib I
Successor Mujib III

The second Mujib ministry was the first government of sovereign and independent Bangladesh. After independence, on 12 January 1972, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman assumed office as the second Prime Minister of Bangladesh [1] [2] and left office on 16 March 1973.

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Cabinet

The cabinet was composed of the following ministers: [3]

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficePartyRef
Prime Minister 12 January 197216 March 1973  AL
Minister of Agriculture 12 January 1972date unknown  AL
16 March 1973  AL
Minister of Commerce 12 January 1972date unknown  AL
16 March 1973  AL
Minister of Communications 12 January 197216 March 1973  AL
Minister of Defence 12 January 197216 March 1973  AL [4]
Minister of Education 12 January 197216 March 1973  AL [4]
Minister of Finance 12 January 197216 March 1973  AL [4]
Minister of Food and Civil Supplies 12 January 197216 March 1973  AL
Minister of Foreign Affairs 12 January 197216 March 1973  AL
Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and Livestock 16 March 1973 
Minister of Health and Family Planning 12 January 1972date unknown  AL
16 March 1973  AL
Minister of Home Affairs 12 January 1972date unknown  AL [4]
16 March 1973  AL
Minister of Industries 12 January 197220 January 1972  AL [4]
20 January 197216 March 1973  AL [5]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting 12 January 1972date unknown  AL [4]
16 March 1973  AL
Minister of Labor and Social Welfare 12 January 197216 March 1973  AL
Minister of Land Revenue 12 January 1972date unknown  AL
16 March 1973  AL
Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs 12 January 197216 March 1973  AL [4]
Minister of Local Government, Rural Development,
and Cooperatives
12 January 1972date unknown  AL
date unknown  AL
20 January 197216 March 1973  [5]
Minister of Planning 12 January 197216 March 1973  AL [4]
Minister of Posts, Telephones, and Telegraph 16 March 1973  AL
Minister of Power, Natural Resources
Scientific and Technological Research and Atomic Energy
16 March 1973  [note 1] [6]
Minister of Power, Flood Control and Irrigation 12 January 197216 March 1973  AL [note 2]
Minister of Public Works and Housing 12 January 1972date unknown  AL
date unknown  AL
20 January 197216 March 1973  [5]
Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation 12 January 197216 March 1973  AL [4]
Minister of Shipping, Inland waterwaysand Water Transport 12 April 197216 March 1973  AL [7] [6]

Notes

  1. Title varied, "Power" was dropped in March 1974
  2. Title varied

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