List of prime ministers of Bangladesh

This article lists the prime ministers of Bangladesh, and includes persons sworn into the office of Prime Minister of Bangladesh following the Proclamation of Independence and the establishment of the Provisional Government in 1971. Moreover it also lists the chief advisers of caretaker governments of Bangladesh, which is a position equivalent to that of the prime minister, and is sometimes colloquially referred to as the prime minister.

List of officeholders

There have been 10 prime ministers, 1 senior minister, 5 chief advisers, and 1 acting chief adviser of Bangladesh.

Note that prime ministers are numbered either bracketless or with ( ) brackets, and chief advisors are numbered using [ ] brackets. Acting officeholders are not numbered and instead denoted with —.

Political parties

  Awami League (AL)

  Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BaKSAL)

  Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal (Jagodal) / Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)

  Janadal / Jatiya Party (JP(E))

Other factions

  Independent

Status

  Denotes acting prime minister

Symbols

^† Died in office

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party (Coalition)
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
Provisional Government of Bangladesh (1971–1972)
1		Tajuddin Ahmad (1925–1975)	—	17 April 1971	12 January 1972	270 days	AL
People's Republic of Bangladesh (1972–present)
2		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975)	1973	12 January 1972	25 January 1975	3 years, 13 days	AL
3		Muhammad Mansur Ali (1917–1975)	—	25 January 1975	15 August 1975 (Deposed in a coup)	202 days	BaKSAL
Post abolished (15 August 1975 – 29 June 1978)
—		Mashiur Rahman (1924–1979) Senior Minister	—	29 June 1978	12 March 1979[†]	256 days	Jagodal / BNP
Post vacant (12 March – 15 April 1979)
4		Shah Azizur Rahman (1925–1988)	1979	15 April 1979	24 March 1982 (Deposed in a coup)	2 years, 343 days	BNP
Post abolished (24 March 1982 – 30 March 1984)
5		Ataur Rahman Khan (1905–1991)	—	30 March 1984	1 January 1985	277 days	Janadal
Post vacant (1 January 1985 – 9 July 1986)
6		Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury (1928–2006)	1986	9 July 1986	27 March 1988	1 year, 262 days	JP(E)
7		Moudud Ahmed (1940–2021)	1988	27 March 1988	12 August 1989	1 year, 138 days	JP(E)
8		Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1939–2015)	—	12 August 1989	6 December 1990 (Fled on the president's resignation)	1 year, 116 days	JP(E)
Post vacant (6 December 1990 – 20 March 1991)
9		Khaleda Zia (born 1945)	1991 1996 (Feb)	20 March 1991	30 March 1996	5 years, 10 days	BNP
[1]		Muhammad Habibur Rahman (1928–2014) Chief Adviser	—	30 March 1996	23 June 1996	85 days	Independent
10		Sheikh Hasina (born 1947)	1996 (Jun)	23 June 1996	15 July 2001	5 years, 22 days	AL
[2]		Latifur Rahman (1936–2017) Chief Adviser	—	15 July 2001	10 October 2001	87 days	Independent
(9)		Khaleda Zia (born 1945)	2001	10 October 2001	29 October 2006	5 years, 19 days	BNP (Four Party Alliance)
[3]		Iajuddin Ahmed (1931–2012) Chief Adviser	—	29 October 2006	11 January 2007	74 days	Independent
[—]		Fazlul Haque (born 1938) Acting Chief Adviser	—	11 January 2007	12 January 2007	1 day	Independent
[4]		Fakhruddin Ahmed (born 1940) Chief Adviser	—	12 January 2007	6 January 2009	1 year, 360 days	Independent (with military support)
(10)		Sheikh Hasina (born 1947)	2008 2014 2018 2024	6 January 2009	5 August 2024 (Resigned)	15 years, 212 days	AL (Grand Alliance)
Post vacant (5 – 8 August 2024)
[5]		Muhammad Yunus (born 1940) Chief Adviser	—	8 August 2024	Incumbent	15 days	Independent

Timeline

See also

• Caretaker government of Bangladesh
• Chief Adviser
• Prime Minister of Bengal
• Politics of Bangladesh
• President of Bangladesh
  • List of presidents of Bangladesh
• List of office-holders in the Government of Bangladesh
• Vice President of Bangladesh
• Prime Minister of Bangladesh

External links

• World Statesmen – Bangladesh