The prime minister of Bangladesh, officially prime minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is the chief executive of the government of Bangladesh. The prime minister and the cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Parliament, to their political party and ultimately to the electorate. The prime minister is ceremonially appointed by the president of Bangladesh.
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. On 6 August 2024, President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved parliament after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina and ordered to form an interim government.
The Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban 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 (Bengali: জাতীয় পার্টি, romanized: Jatiyo Party, lit. 'National Party'; JaPa or JP(E)) is a political party in Bangladesh. The current chairman of the party is Ghulam Muhammed Quader. 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.
Saber Hossain Chowdhury, OF is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-9 constituency during 2008–2024. He was the president of Inter-Parliamentary Union from 2014 to 2017. He is a former president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board. He received the Order of Friendship, Russia's highest state decoration.
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 comprising the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary. 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.
Tofail Ahmed is a Bangladeshi politician. He is a 7-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Bhola-1, Bhola-2 and Bakerganj-1 constituencies during 1973–2024. Previously he served as the Minister of Commerce and Minister of Industries of the Government of Bangladesh.
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.
Shah Moazzem Hossain was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the last deputy prime minister of Bangladesh. He was elected as the Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Rangpur-6 constituency as a Jatiya Party candidate in a by-election in September 1991 and served until November 1995.
Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu was a Bangladeshi politician of the Jatiya Party and served as the Secretary General for two terms. He was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-9 constituency at the 10th Jatiya Sangsad and the Chittagong-6 constituency at the 4th Jatiya Sangsad. He served as the Cabinet Minister for Energy during Ershad's regime in the 1980s. He was appointed an advisor to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in November 2013.
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.
Nozir Hossain was a Bangladeshi politician in Sunamganj district of Sylhet Division. He was elected the first Member of Parliament from the Communist Party of Bangladesh in Sunamganj-1 seat in the 1991 Jatiya Sangsad. He joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 15 October 1993. Later, for the second time in February 1996 and for the third time in the 2001 the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was elected to the same seat.
Sirajganj-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2024 by Choyon Islam of the Awami League.
Sirajganj-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2024 by Md. Shafiqul Islam of the Awami League.
Satkhira-5 is a defunct constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh abolished in 2006.
Kishoreganj-7 is a defunct constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh abolished in 2006.
Manikganj-4 is a defunct constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh abolished in 2006.
Munshiganj-4 is a defunct constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh abolished in 2006.
Chandpur-6 is a defunct constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh abolished in 2006.
Faridpur-5 is a defunct constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh abolished in 2006.
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