Vice President of Bangladesh

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Vice-President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের উপরাষ্ট্রপতি
National emblem of Bangladesh.svg
Style The Honorable
Residence Jamuna State House
Hare Road, Ramna, Dhaka
Appointer President of Bangladesh
Formation17 April 1971
First holder Syed Nazrul Islam
Final holder Shahabuddin Ahmed
Abolished6 December 1990

The vice-president of Bangladesh was formerly 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 during the Bangladesh Liberation War. The final office holder was Shahabuddin Ahmed. Abdus Sattar was the only vice-president to succeed to the presidency in 1981.

The office was first created in the Provisional Government of Bangladesh in 1971. It was later revived in 1977, abolished in the 1982 coup d'état; and reinstated in 1986. It was abolished again during the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution.

List of officeholders

Political parties
   Bangladesh Awami League
   Bangladesh Nationalist Party
   Jatiya Party
Other factions
   Independent
PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officePartyPresidentNotes
Took officeLeft office
Sayed nazrul islam.jpg Syed Nazrul Islam
(1925–1975)
17 April 197112 January 1972 Bangladesh Awami League Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Acting President during the Bangladesh Liberation War. [1]
No image.png Mohammad Mohammadullah
(1925–1975)
15 August 19753 November 1975 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. [2]
No image.png Abdus Sattar
(1906–1985)
June 197730 May 1981 Bangladesh Nationalist Party Ziaur Rahman Succeeded Zia as president in 1981. [3]
Mirza Nurul Huda Brussels 1976.jpg Mirza Nurul Huda
(1919–1991)
24 November 198123 March 1982 Independent Abdus Sattar Resigned after conflict with BNP. [4]
No image.png Mohammad Mohammadullah
(1921–1999)
23 March 198224 March 1982 Bangladesh Nationalist Party In office for 24 hours; deposed in the 1982 coup d'état [5]
No image.png A. K. M. Nurul Islam
(1919–2015)
30 November 1986September 1989 Jatiya Party Hussain Muhammad Ershad Former Supreme Court Justice and Law Minister. [6]
No image.png Moudud Ahmed
(1940–2021)
September 1989December 1990 Jatiya Party Former Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister.

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