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{{Politics of Bangladesh}}
The complete '''list of presidents of Bangladesh''' includes the persons sworn into the office as [[President of Bangladesh|President]] of [[Bangladesh]] following the [[Bangladeshi Declaration of Independence]] in 1971.

== Numbering ==
After [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], the first President of Bangladesh, there is no single numbering system for the subsequent presidents that is universally accepted and followed, even by government representatives. Different sources may calculate the numbering in different ways, depending whether they count acting presidents, how multiple terms are treated, whether the count is by number of terms or number of individuals, and other factors. For example, [[A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury]], although he served only a single term, has been described in a government publication and in the press as the 16th President of Bangladesh,<ref>{{cite book|title=Bangladesh Quarterly|quote=Professor AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, who took over as the Foreign Minister after the victory of the 4-party alliance in the parliamentary election of 1 October, was sworn-in as the 16th President of the country at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban on 14 November evening.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dqdQAQAAMAAJ&q=%2216th+president%22|publisher=Department of Films & Publications, Government of Bangladesh|volume=22|pages=21|date=2001|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Country Report: Bangladesh|quote=In mid-November parliament chose A Q M Badruddoza Chowdhury, another BNP member and the sole candidate, as the 16th president of Bangladesh, succeeding Shahabuddin Ahmed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TckbAQAAMAAJ&dq=%2522Shahabuddin+Ahmed%2522|publisher=The Unit|date=2001 |via=Google Books}}</ref> as well as the 15th,<ref>{{cite news|quote=Badruddoza, the country's 15th president, spoke in favour of increasing the power of the president.|accessdate=2018-11-01|title=Polls still in doubt as key issues unresolved|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-62393|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=8 November 2008}}</ref> the 13th<ref>{{cite book|title=Data India - Issues 27-52|quote=Psor A Q M Badruddoza Chowdhury, founding secretary-general of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was on Nov 14 sworn-in as Bangladesh's 13th President.|pages=1052|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PwluAAAAMAAJ&dq=%2213th+president%22|publisher=[[Press Institute of India]]|date=2001 |via=Google Books}}</ref> and the 11th.<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-10-29|title=New president for Bangladesh|quote=Foreign Minister AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury has been elected unopposed as Bangladesh's 11th president.|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1652312.stm|date=12 November 2001|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

A list published in 2018 by [[Bdnews24.com]] appears to coincide with statements made by the country's Election Committee, making [[Abdul Hamid (politician)|Abdul Hamid]] the 20th President when first elected in 2013,<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-11-01|title=President Md Abdul Hamid elected for a second term|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/02/07/president-md-abdul-hamid-elected-for-a-second-term}}</ref> yet contradicts the numbering of a list published in 2016 on the President's own official website.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=bn:সাবেক রাষ্ট্রপতিগণ (সূত্র: মন্ত্রিপরিষদ বিভাগ)|trans-title=Former Presidents (sources: Cabinet Division)|url=https://bangabhaban.portal.gov.bd/site/page/a84fcc05-3409-4180-ab61-c213937ea89a |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220032925/https://bangabhaban.portal.gov.bd/site/page/a84fcc05-3409-4180-ab61-c213937ea89a|archive-date=20 February 2018|url-status=live|website=President's Office - Bangabhaban|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> The Bangladesh High Commission, Singapore, in 2018 lists him as the 22nd President.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bdhc.sg/|title=Bangladesh High Commission, Singapore|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> Other reports about previous presidents, including some by Bangladesh's [[newspaper of record]] the [[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|Daily Star]], do not correspond with either list.<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-11-01|title=Death anniversary of Abu Sayeed Chowdhury today|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-149111|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=2 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-11-01|title=BNP chalks out programmes marking Zia's birth anniversary|quote=BNP will hold a discussion at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh today afternoon, marking party founder Ziaur Rahman's 80th birth anniversary, said a party press release yesterday. ... Born on January 19, 1936 at Bagbari in Bogra, Zia had become the country's 7th president and formed Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/bnp-chalks-out-programme-marking-zias-birth-anniversary-203368|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=18 January 2016}}</ref>

== List of officeholders ==
;''Political parties''
*{{legend|{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}|[[Bangladesh Awami League]] / [[Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League|BAKSAL]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
*{{legend|{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}|[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
*{{legend|{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}|[[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

;''Other factions''
*{{legend|{{party color|Military rule}}|[[Bangladesh Armed Forces|Military]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
*{{legend|{{party color|Independent politician}}|[[Independent politician|Independent]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

;''Status''
*{{legend|#E6E6AA|Acting President|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
! rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" | Name {{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" | Elected
! colspan="3" | Term of office
! rowspan="2" | Party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}};" | 1
| [[File:Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1950.jpg|75px]]
| [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] {{small|(1920–[[Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|1975]])}} {{efn|[[Pakistan]]i prisoner to 8 January 1972.}}
| —
| 17 April 1971
| 12 January 1972
| {{ayd|1971|4|17|1972|1|12}}
| [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
! style="background:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}};" | -
| [[File:Sayed nazrul islam.jpg|75px]]
| [[Syed Nazrul Islam]] {{small|(1925–[[3 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état|1975]])}} {{efn|Acting for Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.}}
| —
| 17 April 1971
| 12 January 1972
| {{ayd|1971|4|17|1972|1|12}}
| [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}};" | 2
| [[File:Abu Sayeed Chowdhury at the office of the Vice-Chancellor of Dacca University, November 1970.png|75px]]
| [[Abu Sayeed Chowdhury]] {{small|(1921–1987)}}
| —
| 12 January 1972
| 24 December 1973
| {{ayd|1972|1|12|1973|12|24}}
| [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}};" | 3
| rowspan=2| [[File:No image.png|75px]]
| rowspan=2| [[Mohammad Mohammadullah]] {{small|(1921–1999)}}
| —
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" | 24 December 1973
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" | 27 January 1974
| rowspan=2| {{ayd|1973|12|24|1975|1|25}}
| rowspan=2| [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|-
| [[1974 Bangladeshi presidential election|1974]]
| 27 January 1974
| 25 January 1975
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}};" | (1)
| [[File:Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1950.jpg|75px]]
| [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] {{small|(1920–[[Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|1975]])}}
| —
| 25 January 1975
| 15 August 1975 {{small|(''[[Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|assassinated]] in a [[15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état|coup d'état]].'')}}
| {{ayd|1975|1|25|1975|8|15}}
| [[Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League|BAKSAL]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}};" | 4
|
| [[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad]] {{small|(1918–1996)}}
| —
| 15 August 1975
| 6 November 1975 {{small|(''[[3 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état|deposed]].'')}}
| {{ayd|1975|8|15|1975|11|6}}
| [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}};" | 5
| [[File:No image.png|75px]]
| [[Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem]] {{small|(1916–1997)}} {{efn|Also [[Chief Martial Law Administrator]] (24 August 1975 – 4 November 1975 and 7 November 1975 – 29 November 1976).}}
| —
| 6 November 1975
| 21 April 1977
| {{ayd|1975|11|6|1977|4|21}}
| [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}};" | 6
| [[File:Ziaur Rahman 1979.jpg|75px]]
| [[Ziaur Rahman]] {{small|(1936–1981)}} {{efn|Also Chief Martial Law Administrator (29 November 1976 – 6 April 1979).}}
| [[1977 Bangladeshi presidential confidence referendum|1977]]{{efn|name=Referendum|Referendum.}} [[1978 Bangladeshi presidential election|1978]]{{efn|name=Direct election|Direct election.}}
| 21 April 1977
| 30 May 1981 {{small|(''[[Assassination of Ziaur Rahman|assassinated]].'')}}
| {{ayd|1977|4|21|1981|5|30}}
| [[Bangladesh Armed Forces|Military]] / [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}};" | 7
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan=2| [[Abdus Sattar (president)|Abdus Sattar]] {{small|(1906–1985)}}
| —
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 30 May 1981
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 20 November 1981
| rowspan=2| {{ayd|1981|5|30|1982|3|24}}
| rowspan=2| [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
|-
| [[1981 Bangladeshi presidential election|1981]]{{efn|name=Direct election}}
| 20 November 1981
| 24 March 1982 {{small|(''[[1982 Bangladesh coup d'état|deposed]].'')}}
|-
| colspan="8" |''Post vacant (24 – 27 March 1982)''{{efn|During this period, [[Chief of Army Staff (Bangladesh)|Chief of Army Staff]] [[Lieutenant general (Bangladesh)|Lt. Gen.]] [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]] served as Chief Martial Law Administrator and ''de facto'' head of state.}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 8
| 
| [[A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury|Ahsanuddin Chowdhury]] {{small|(1915–2001)}}
| —
| 27 March 1982
| 10 December 1983
| {{ayd|1982|3|27|1983|12|10}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}};" | 9
| [[File:Hussain Muhammad Ershad.jpg|75px]]
| [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]] {{small|(1930–2019)}} {{efn|Served as Chief Martial Law Administrator until 30 March 1984.}}
| [[1985 Bangladeshi military rule referendum|1985]]{{efn|name=Referendum}} [[1986 Bangladeshi presidential election|1986]]{{efn|name=Direct election}}
| 11 December 1983
| 6 December 1990
| {{ayd|1983|12|11|1990|12|6}}
| [[Bangladesh Armed Forces|Military]] / [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | -
| {{CSS image crop|Image=Bill Clinton with Shahabuddin Ahmed and Sheikh Hasina.jpg|bSize=375|cWidth=75|cHeight=94|oTop=56|oLeft=49|Location=center}}
| [[Shahabuddin Ahmed]] {{small|(born 1930)}}
| —
| 6 December 1990
| 10 October 1991
| {{ayd|1990|12|6|1991|10|10}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}};" | 10
| 
| [[Abdur Rahman Biswas]] {{small|(1926–2017)}}
| [[1991 Bangladeshi presidential election|1991]]
| 10 October 1991
| 9 October 1996
| {{ayd|1991|10|10|1996|10|9}}
| [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 11
| {{CSS image crop|Image=Bill Clinton with Shahabuddin Ahmed and Sheikh Hasina.jpg|bSize=375|cWidth=75|cHeight=94|oTop=56|oLeft=49|Location=center}}
| [[Shahabuddin Ahmed]] {{small|(born 1930)}}
| [[1996 Bangladeshi presidential election|1996]]
| 9 October 1996
| 14 November 2001
| {{ayd|1996|10|9|2001|11|14}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}};" | 12
|
| [[A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury|Badruddoza Chowdhury]] {{small|(born 1932)}}
| [[2001 Bangladeshi presidential election|2001]]
| 14 November 2001
| 21 June 2002
| {{ayd|2001|11|14|2002|6|21}}
| [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
! style="background:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}};" | -
|
| [[Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar]] {{small|(born 1931)}}
| —
| 21 June 2002
| 6 September 2002
| {{ayd|2002|6|21|2002|9|6}}
| [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | 13
| [[File:No image.png|75px]]
| [[Iajuddin Ahmed]] {{small|(1931–2012)}}
| [[2002 Bangladeshi presidential election|2002]]
| 6 September 2002
| 12 February 2009
| {{ayd|2002|9|6|2009|2|12}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}};" | 14
| [[File:Zillur Rahman in Dhaka on September 07, 2011.jpg|75px]]
| [[Zillur Rahman]] {{small|(1929–2013)}}
| [[2009 Bangladeshi presidential election|2009]]
| 12 February 2009
| 20 March 2013 {{small|(''died in office.'')}}
| {{ayd|2009|2|12|2013|3|20}}
| [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|-
! rowspan=3 style="background:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}};" | 15
| rowspan=3| [[File:Abdul Hamid - 2014 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=3| [[Abdul Hamid (politician)|Abdul Hamid]] {{small|(born 1944)}}{{efn|Acting for Zillur Rahman until 20 March 2013.}}
| —
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 14 March 2013
| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 24 April 2013
| rowspan=3| {{ayd|2013|3|14}}
| rowspan=3| [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|-
| [[2013 Bangladeshi presidential election|2013]]
| 24 April 2013
| 24 April 2018
|-
| [[2018 Bangladeshi presidential election|2018]]
| 24 April 2018
| ''Incumbent''
|}

== See also ==
* [[Presidential elections in Bangladesh]]
* [[Caretaker government of Bangladesh]]
* [[Chief Advisor of Bangladesh|Chief Advisor]]
* [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]]
** [[List of prime ministers of Bangladesh]]
* [[Politics of Bangladesh]]
* [[President of Bangladesh]]
* [[Vice President of Bangladesh]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Bangladesh.html World Statesmen – Bangladesh]

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{{Years in Bangladesh}}

[[Category:Lists of national presidents|Bangladesh]]
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[[Category:Lists of political office-holders in Bangladesh|Presidents]]

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