Third Mujib ministry

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The third Mujib cabinet was formed on 16 March 1973 after the Bangladesh Awami League won the first general election of sovereign and independent Bangladesh with a vast majority. [1] [2]

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Cabinet

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

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficePartyRef
Prime Minister 16 March 197324 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Agriculture 16 March 197324 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Commerce 16 March 197324 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Communications 16 March 197324 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Defence 16 March 197324 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League [4]
Minister of Education 16 March 197324 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League [4]
Minister of Finance
vacant
16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Food and Civil Supplies 16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Foreign Affairs 16 March 197324 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Foreign Trade 16 March 1973date unknown  Bangladesh Awami League [note 1]
Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and Livestock 16 March 1973date unknown  Bangladesh Awami League
date unknown  Bangladesh Awami League
date unknown  Bangladesh Awami League
date unknown  Bangladesh Awami League
vacant
24 January 1975 
Minister of Health and Family Planning 16 March 197324 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Home Affairs 16 March 1973date unknown  Bangladesh Awami League
24 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Industries 16 March 1973date unknown  Bangladesh Awami League
24 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Information and Broadcasting 16 March 19734 October 1973  Bangladesh Awami League
4 October 197324 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Jute 16 March 1973date unknown  Bangladesh Awami League
8 July 1974  Bangladesh Awami League [5]
9 July 197424 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League [5]
Minister of Labor and Social Welfare 16 March 197324 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Land Revenue 16 March 19738 July 1974  Bangladesh Awami League [note 2] [6]
24 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs 16 March 197324 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Local Government, Rural Development,
and Cooperatives
16 March 19738 July 1974  [6]
24 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Planning
Vacant
16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Posts, Telephones, and Telegraph 16 March 1973date unknown  Bangladesh Awami League
4 October 19738 July 1974  Bangladesh Awami League [6]
24 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Power, Natural Resources
Scientific and Technological Research and Atomic Energy
16 March 19738 July 1974  [note 3] [6]
24 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Power, Flood Control and Irrigation 16 March 197324 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Public Works and Housing 16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation 16 March 1973May 1973  Bangladesh Awami League [7]
4 October 1973date unknown  Bangladesh Awami League
Abdul Momin
24 January 1975 
Minister of Shipping, Inland Waterways and Water Transport 16 March 19738 July 1974  Bangladesh Awami League [8] [6]
9 July 197424 January 1975  Bangladesh Awami League [5]

Notes

  1. Otherwise included with Minister of Commerce
  2. After March 1974, Minister of Land Administration and Land Reform
  3. Title varied, "Power" was dropped in March 1974

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