List of presidents of Bangladesh

Template:Politics of Bangladesh The complete list of presidents of Bangladesh includes the persons sworn into the office as 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, as well as the 15th, the 13th and the 11th.

A list published in 2018 by Bdnews24.com appears to coincide with statements made by the country's Election Committee, making Abdul Hamid the 20th President when first elected in 2013, yet contradicts the numbering of a list published in 2016 on the President's own official website. The Bangladesh High Commission, Singapore, in 2018 lists him as the 22nd President. Other reports about previous presidents, including some by Bangladesh's newspaper of record the Daily Star, do not correspond with either list.

List of officeholders

Political parties

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Other factions

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Status

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	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Elected	Term of office			Party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 1	File:Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1950.jpg	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Template:Small Template:Efn	—	17 April 1971	12 January 1972	Template:Ayd	Bangladesh Awami League
style="background:Template:Party color;" | -	File:Sayed nazrul islam.jpg	Syed Nazrul Islam Template:Small Template:Efn	—	17 April 1971	12 January 1972	Template:Ayd	Bangladesh Awami League
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 2	File:Abu Sayeed Chowdhury at the office of the Vice-Chancellor of Dacca University, November 1970.png	Abu Sayeed Chowdhury Template:Small	—	12 January 1972	24 December 1973	Template:Ayd	Bangladesh Awami League
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" | 3	File:No image.png	Mohammad Mohammadullah Template:Small	—	24 December 1973	27 January 1974	Template:Ayd	Bangladesh Awami League
1974			27 January 1974	25 January 1975
style="background:Template:Party color;" | (1)	File:Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1950.jpg	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Template:Small	—	25 January 1975	15 August 1975 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	BAKSAL
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 4		Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad Template:Small	—	15 August 1975	6 November 1975 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	Bangladesh Awami League
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 5	File:No image.png	Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem Template:Small Template:Efn	—	6 November 1975	21 April 1977	Template:Ayd	Bangladesh Awami League
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 6	File:Ziaur Rahman 1979.jpg	Ziaur Rahman Template:Small Template:Efn	1977Template:Efn 1978Template:Efn	21 April 1977	30 May 1981 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	Military / Bangladesh Nationalist Party
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" | 7		Abdus Sattar Template:Small	—	30 May 1981	20 November 1981	Template:Ayd	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1981Template:Efn			20 November 1981	24 March 1982 Template:Small
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style="background:Template:Party color;" | 8		Ahsanuddin Chowdhury Template:Small	—	27 March 1982	10 December 1983	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 9	File:Hussain Muhammad Ershad.jpg	Hussain Muhammad Ershad Template:Small Template:Efn	1985Template:Efn 1986Template:Efn	11 December 1983	6 December 1990	Template:Ayd	Military / Jatiya Party
style="background:Template:Party color;" | -	Template:CSS image crop	Shahabuddin Ahmed Template:Small	—	6 December 1990	10 October 1991	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 10		Abdur Rahman Biswas Template:Small	1991	10 October 1991	9 October 1996	Template:Ayd	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 11	Template:CSS image crop	Shahabuddin Ahmed Template:Small	1996	9 October 1996	14 November 2001	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 12		Badruddoza Chowdhury Template:Small	2001	14 November 2001	21 June 2002	Template:Ayd	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
style="background:Template:Party color;" | -		Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar Template:Small	—	21 June 2002	6 September 2002	Template:Ayd	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 13	File:No image.png	Iajuddin Ahmed Template:Small	2002	6 September 2002	12 February 2009	Template:Ayd	Independent
style="background:Template:Party color;" | 14	File:Zillur Rahman in Dhaka on September 07, 2011.jpg	Zillur Rahman Template:Small	2009	12 February 2009	20 March 2013 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	Bangladesh Awami League
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color;" | 15	File:Abdul Hamid - 2014 (cropped).jpg	Abdul Hamid Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	—	14 March 2013	24 April 2013	Template:Ayd	Bangladesh Awami League
2013			24 April 2013	24 April 2018
2018			24 April 2018	Incumbent

See also

• Presidential elections in Bangladesh
• Caretaker government of Bangladesh
• Chief Advisor
• Prime Minister of Bangladesh
  • List of prime ministers of Bangladesh
• Politics of Bangladesh
• President of Bangladesh
• Vice President of Bangladesh

External links

• World Statesmen – Bangladesh