General Secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party

The general secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party is the executive officer of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), a major political party in Bangladesh. The secretary general has direct control over all departments in the party. The secretary general also serves as an advisor to all departments when not directly making decisions. The secretary general has holistic view over a wide range of issues, ranging from staff appointments to dismissal and approval of the Party's executive branch members. The secretary general is also responsible for verifying documents, including election expenditures, and delegating functions among the party's organisational editors in consultation with the party chairman.^{[citation needed]}

General Secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party
বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দলের মহাসচিব
Incumbent Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir[1] since 20 March 2011
National Standing Committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Type	Party executive
Reports to	Standing committee
Appointer	Chairperson
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Inaugural holder	A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury
Formation	1 September 1978

List of general secretaries

General Secretary	Start of term	End of term	Chairperson
A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury	1979	1981	Ziaur Rahman
			Abdus Sattar
Nurul Islam Shishu	1981	1985
			Khaleda Zia
Abu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman[2]	1985	1986
KM Obaidur Rahman[3]	1986	1988
Abdus Salam Talukder[4]	1991	1996
Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan[5]	1996	2007
Khandaker Delwar Hossain[6]	2007	2011
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir[7][8]	2011	Present
			Tarique Rahman (acting)