Vice President of Bangladesh

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Vice President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের উপ-রাষ্ট্রপতি
National emblem of Bangladesh.svg
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Style
StatusAbolished
AbbreviationVP
Residence Jamuna State Guest House
AppointerAll Members of Parliament
on the advice of the President of Bangladesh
Term length Five years, renewable once
Formation17 April 1971;54 years ago (1971-04-17)
First holder Syed Nazrul Islam
Final holder Shahabuddin Ahmed
Abolished6 December 1990 [a]

The Vice President of Bangladesh was the second highest constitutional office in Bangladesh when the country was governed under a presidential system. The vice-president was the first person in the presidential line of succession, in the event of a president's resignation, removal or death. The post was held by several Bangladeshi statesmen during different periods of the country's history. The inaugural office holder was Syed Nazrul Islam during the Liberation War and the final office holder was Moudud Ahmed before and during '90's Mass Uprising although Chief Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed was ceremoniously appointed on demand to the office by Ershad replacing Moudud Ahmed, so that Shahabuddin could constitutionally become acting president following Ershad's resignation in 1990. Abdus Sattar was the only vice-president to succeed to the presidency in 1981.

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The office was first created in the 1971 Provisional Government of Bangladesh but abolished after the war when the new constitution founded a parliamentary republic. It was however reinstated only 3 years later in 1975 through the fourth amendment to the constitution which revived the presidential system as part of founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's "Second Revolution" reforms. After the 3 November coup, the post was left vacant until President Ziaur Rahman assumed a long acting presidency in 1977. Another coup in 1982 vacated the post again all through the military government of Lieutenant General Hussain Muhammad Ershad until elections in 1986. The post was finally dissolved in the 1991 interim government by acting President Shahabuddin Ahmed after a constitutional referendum put into effect the twelfth amendment, which restored the parliamentary system.

List of officeholders

Political parties
   Bangladesh Awami League
   Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BaKSAL)
   Bangladesh Nationalist Party
   Jatiya Party
Other factions
   Independent
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term in officePartyPresidentNotes
Took officeLeft officeTenure
1 Sayed nazrul islam.jpg Syed Nazrul Islam
(1925–1975)
17 April 197112 January 19724 years, 120 days Bangladesh Awami League Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Acting president during the Bangladesh Liberation War. [1]
(1)26 January 1975 [2] 15 August 1975 BAKSAL
2 Mohammad Mohammadullah
(1921–1999)
15 August 19756 November 197583 days Bangladesh Awami League Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad Served as Minister of Land under President Sheikh Mujib and was later appointed Vice President upon Mujib's death. [1]
3 President Sattar 1981 (cropped).jpg Abdus Sattar
(1906–1985)
3 June 197730 May 19813 years, 361 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party Ziaur Rahman Succeeded Zia as president in 1981. [3]
4 Mirza Nurul Huda Brussels 1976.jpg Mirza Nurul Huda
(1919–1991)
24 November 198123 March 1982119 days Independent Abdus Sattar Resigned after conflict with BNP. [4]
(2) Mohammad Mohammadullah
(1921–1999)
23 March 198224 March 19821 day Bangladesh Nationalist Party In office for 24 hours; deposed in the 1982 coup d'état [5]
5 No image.png A. K. M. Nurul Islam
(1919–2015)
30 November 198612 August 19892 years, 255 days Jatiya Party Hussain Muhammad Ershad Former Supreme Court Justice and Law Minister. [6]
6 Moudud Ahmed (01).jpg Moudud Ahmed
(1940–2021)
12 August 19895 December 19901 year, 115 daysFormer Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. [2]
7 Shahabuddin Ahmed.jpg Shahabuddin Ahmed
(1930–2022)
5 December 19906 December 19901 day Independent Former Chief Justice. After Ershad's resignation served as the Acting President of the Caretaker Government. [7]
Post abolished

References

  1. 1 2 Schottli, Jivanta; Mitra, Subrata K.; Wolf, Siegried (2015). A Political and Economic Dictionary of South Asia. ISBN   978-1-135-35576-0 . Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 "১৯৭১ সাল থেকে ০৭-০১-২০১৯ গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি, উপ-রাষ্ট্রপতি, প্রধানমন্ত্রী ও মন্ত্রিপরিষদের সদস্যবৃন্দ". মন্ত্রিপরিষদ বিভাগ. মন্ত্রিপরিষদ বিভাগ. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  3. Kolbert, Elizabeth (6 October 1985). "Abdus Sattar, Ex-Leader of Bangladesh, Dies". The New York Times . Bangladesh. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  4. Ahmed, Salahuddin (2004). Bangladesh: Past and Present. ISBN   978-81-7648-469-5 . Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  5. "Mohammadullah, Mohammad". Banglapedia. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  6. "Vice President Named By Bangladesh Leader". The New York Times . Bangladesh. Reuters. 1 December 1986. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  7. Seventy Years in a Shaky Subcontinent – Habibuz Zaman – Google Books . Retrieved 6 November 2015.

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