List of People's Republic of Bangladesh governments

This is a list of successive governments of the People's Republic of Bangladesh from the time of the establishment of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh on 10 April 1971.^[1]

List

Government	Term	President		Prime Minister		Cabinet	Government type	Party		Election	Parliamentary strength	Note
Provisional government[2][3]	1971–1972		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman acting Syed Nazrul Islam		Tajuddin Ahmed	Mujib I	Provisional		AL	None	—	Formed by the exiled AL leaders.
Constituent assembly[4]	1972–1973		Abu Sayeed Chowdhury		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	Mujib II	Provisional		AL	1970	400/403	Formed by all pro-independence elected MPs and MLAs of East Pakistan.
First Jatiyo Sangsad[5][6]	1973-1973		Abu Sayeed Chowdhury		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	Mujib III	Parliamentary		AL	1973	308/315	AL disbanded by Mujib.
	1973–1975		Mohammad Mohammadullah
One party rule[7][8]	1975-1975		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman		Muhammad Mansur Ali	Mujib IV	Presidential		BaKSAL	None	—	Fourth Amendment made BaKSAL the sole legal party.
First Martial Law[9]	1975-1975		Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad	Post abolished		Mostaq	Presidential		AL military backed	None	—	Mujib assassinated in a military coup.
	1975–1977		Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem			Sayem						Mostaq deposed by military coup.
	1977–1978		Ziaur Rahman			Junta			Military	1977		CMLA Zia took charge of the president.
	1978-1979				Mashiur Rahman	Zia (Provisional)			JaGoDal/ BNP	1978		Zia won the first direct presidential election.
Second Jatiyo Sangsad[10][11]	1979–1982		Ziaur Rahman		Shah Azizur Rahman	Zia (Elected)	Presidential		BNP	1979	237/330	Martial law was lifted on 9 April 1979
	1981-1982		Abdus Sattar			Sattar						Satter took charge after the Assassination of Zia
Second Martial Law[12]	1982–1983		Ahsanuddin Chowdhury	Post abolished		Junta	Presidential		Independent military backed	None	—	Sattar deposed bymilitary coup.
	1983-1984		Hossain Mohammad Ershad						Military			CMLA Ershad declare himself to the president.
	1984–1985		Hossain Mohammad Ershad		Ataur Rahman Khan	Ershad	Presidential		JaNaDal	1985		Ershad gave him legitimacy by holding confidence referendum.
Third Jatiyo Sangsad	1986-1988		Hossain Mohammad Ershad		Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury	Ershad	Presidential		JP-E	1986	183/330	Ershad won 1986 presidential election.
Fourth Jatiyo Sangsad[13]	1988-1989		Hossain Mohammad Ershad		Moudud Ahmed	Ershad	Presidential		JP-E	1988	251/300	Ousted by popular uprising
	1989-1990				Kazi Zafar Ahmed
First Caretaker Government[14]	1990-1991		Shahabuddin Ahmed	vacant		Shahabuddin	Caretaker		Impartial	None	—	Formed by political consensus of 3 alliances.
Fifth Jatiyo Sangsad[15]	1991-1996		Abdur Rahman Biswas		Khaleda Zia	Khaleda I	Parliamentary		BNP with outside support of JI	1991	168/330	Considered as the first free, fair and inclusive election.
Sixth Jatiyo Sangsad[16]	1991-1996		Abdur Rahman Biswas		Khaleda Zia	Khaleda I	Parliamentary		BNP	1996	308/330	All major party boycotted the election.
Second Caretaker Government[17]	1996-1996		Abdur Rahman Biswas		CA Muhammad Habibur Rahman	Habib	Caretaker		Independent	None	—	Khaleda resigned because of opposition demand and handed over power to impartial caretaker govt.
Seventh Jatiyo Sangsad[18]	1996-1996		Abdur Rahman Biswas		Sheikh Hasina	Hasina I	Parliamentary		AL	1996	211/330	Hasina became PM after most close contested election in the history of Bangladesh.
	1996-2001		Shahabuddin Ahmed						JP-E
									JaSaD
Third Caretaker Government[19]	2001-2001		Shahabuddin Ahmed		CA Latifur Rahman	Latif	Caretaker		Independent	None	—	Hasina peacefully handed over power to the neutral caretaker government for conduct of election.
Eighth Jatiyo Sangsad[20]	2001-2001		Shahabuddin Ahmed		Khaleda Zia	Khaleda II	Parliamentary		BNP	2001	210/300	Extension of age of retirement of the CJB caused political tension and resulted in 1-11 political crisis.
	2001-2002		Badruddoza Chowdhury
	2002-2002		Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar						JeI
	2002-2006		Iajuddin Ahmed
Fourth Caretaker government[21][22]	2006-2007		Iajuddin Ahmed		CA Iajuddin Ahmed	Iajuddin	Caretaker		Independent	None	—	President declared himself as the CA without exploring other options.
	2007-2007				CA Fazlul Haque[a]	None						State of emergency declared.
	2007-2009				CA Fakhruddin Ahmed[b]	Fakhruddin			Independent military backed			Formed as a result of direct military intervention.
Ninth Jatiyo Sangsad[23]	2009-2009		Iajuddin Ahmed		Sheikh Hasina	Hasina II	Parliamentary		AL	2008	302/350	Fifteenth Amendment was brought to abolish Caretaker government despite opposition from other parties.
	2009-2013		Zillur Rahman						JP-E
	2013-2014		Mohammad Abdul Hamid						JaSaD
Tenth Jatiyo Sangsad[24]	2014-2018		Mohammad Abdul Hamid		Sheikh Hasina	Hasina III	Parliamentary		AL	2014	328/350	All opposition boycotted the election. 154 out of 300 MPs got elected unopposed.
									JP-E
									JaSaD
									WPB
									JP-M
Eleventh Jatiyo Sangsad[25]	2018-2023		Mohammad Abdul Hamid		Sheikh Hasina	Hasina IV	Parliamentary		AL	2018	300/350	Opposition and independent news sources claimed the election to be rigged.
	2023-2024		Mohammed Shahabuddin
Twelfth Jatiyo Sangsad[26]	2024-2024		Mohammed Shahabuddin		Sheikh Hasina	Hasina V	Parliamentary		AL	2024	271/350	Hasina ousted by popular uprising.
There was no Government (official or unofficial) from noon of 5 August 2024 to evening of 8 August 2024[27][28]
Interim Government rule[29][30]	2024-		Mohammad Shahabuddin		CA Mohammad Yunus	Yunus	Interim		Impartial	None	—	Formed based on political consent of all parties but AL

Notes

1. With the official title Chief Advisor equivalent to the post of Prime Minister.
2. With the official title Chief Advisor equivalent to the post of Prime Minister.