Second Mujib ministry | |
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![]() 2nd Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Bangladesh | |
12 January 1972-16 March 1973 | |
![]() Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | |
Date formed | 12 January 1972 |
Date dissolved | 16 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.
Cabinet
[edit]The cabinet was composed of the following ministers:[3]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 1972-75". GlobalSecurity.org.
- ^ "Life and Struggle of Bangbandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman". Bangladesh Awami League. 19 December 2017.
- ^ Craig Baxter; Syedur Rahman (2003). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh (Third ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 206–210. ISBN 0-8108-4863-5.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Mujib Takes Four More Cabinet Posts". Waterloo Daily Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. Associated Press. 31 January 1972.
- ^ a b c "Mujib adds to team". The Canberra Times. Australian Associated Press-Reuter. 21 January 1972.
- ^ a b "Ministers quite as Mujib gets tough". New Straits Times. Singapore. Reuter. 9 July 1974.
- ^ Aziz, Md. Abdul (1999). "Bongobir Osmani: Portrait of a Leader". In Ahmed, Sharif Uddin (ed.). Sylhet: History and Heritage. Bangladesh Itihas Samiti. p. 818. ISBN 978-984-31-0478-6.
The post of C-in-C in Bangladesh Army was abolished on 7 April 1972 and he retired from the army for the second time. On 12 April, he became the Minister of Shipping, Inland Water Transport and Airways.