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.^[1]

• Top left: Tajuddin Ahmed became the first prime minister of Bangladesh under the Provisional Government of Bangladesh on 10 April 1971.
• Top right: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman became the first elected prime minister of Bangladesh on 7 March 1973.
• Bottom left: Khaleda Zia, the first female prime minister of Bangladesh, became prime minister on 27 February 1991, 15 February 1996, and 1 October 2001.
• Bottom right: Sheikh Hasina, the longest-serving prime minister of Bangladesh, became prime minister on 12 June 1996, 29 December 2008, 5 January 2014, 30 December 2018, 7 January 2024.

List of officeholders

There have been ten prime ministers, one senior minister, five chief advisers, and one 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 —.^[2]

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 affiliations

  Independent

Status

  Acting prime minister

Symbols

^† Died in office

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party (Coalition)	Ministry
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
Provisional Government of Bangladesh (1971–1972)
1		Tajuddin Ahmad তাজউদ্দীন আহমদ (1925–1975)	—	17 April 1971	12 January 1972	270 days	AL	Mujib I
People's Republic of Bangladesh (1972–present)
2		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান (1920–1975)	1973	12 January 1972	25 January 1975	3 years, 13 days	AL	Mujib II–III
3		Muhammad Mansur Ali মুহাম্মদ মনসুর আলী (1917–1975)	—	25 January 1975	15 August 1975 (Deposed in a coup)	202 days	BaKSAL	Mujib IV
Post abolished (15 August 1975 – 29 June 1978)
—		Mashiur Rahman মশিউর রহমান (1924–1979) Senior Minister	—	29 June 1978	12 March 1979[†]	256 days	Jagodal / BNP	Zia
Post vacant (12 March – 15 April 1979)
4		Shah Azizur Rahman শাহ আজিজুর রহমান (1925–1988)	1979	15 April 1979	24 March 1982 (Deposed in a coup)	2 years, 343 days	BNP	Zia
Post abolished (24 March 1982 – 30 March 1984)
5		Ataur Rahman Khan আতাউর রহমান খান (1905–1991)	—	30 March 1984	1 January 1985[3]	277 days	Janadal	Ershad
Post vacant (1 January 1985 – 9 July 1986)
6		Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury মিজানুর রহমান চৌধুরী (1928–2006)	1986	9 July 1986	27 March 1988	1 year, 262 days	JP(E)	Ershad
7		Moudud Ahmed মওদুদ আহমেদ (1940–2021)	1988	27 March 1988	12 August 1989	1 year, 138 days	JP(E)
8		Kazi Zafar Ahmed কাজী জাফর আহমেদ (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 খালেদা জিয়া (born 1945)	1991 1996 (Feb)	20 March 1991	30 March 1996	5 years, 10 days	BNP	Khaleda I
[1]		Muhammad Habibur Rahman মুহাম্মদ হাবিবুর রহমান (1928–2014) Chief Adviser of Caretaker Government	—	30 March 1996	23 June 1996	85 days	Independent	Habibur
10		Sheikh Hasina শেখ হাসিনা (born 1947)	1996 (Jun)	23 June 1996	15 July 2001	5 years, 22 days	AL	Hasina I
[2]		Latifur Rahman লতিফুর রহমান (1936–2017) Chief Adviser of Caretaker Government	—	15 July 2001	10 October 2001	87 days	Independent	Latifur
(9)		Khaleda Zia খালেদা জিয়া (born 1945)	2001	10 October 2001	29 October 2006	5 years, 19 days	BNP (Four Party Alliance)	Khaleda II
[3]		Iajuddin Ahmed ইয়াজউদ্দিন আহম্মেদ (1931–2012) Chief Adviser of Caretaker Government [a]	—	29 October 2006	11 January 2007	74 days	Independent	Iajuddin
[—]		Fazlul Haque ম. ফজলুল হক (1938–2023) Acting Chief Adviser of Caretaker Government	—	11 January 2007	12 January 2007	1 day	Independent	—
[4]		Fakhruddin Ahmed ফখরুদ্দীন আহমেদ (born 1940) Chief Adviser of Caretaker Government	—	12 January 2007	6 January 2009	1 year, 360 days	Independent (with military support)	Fakhruddin
(10)		Sheikh Hasina শেখ হাসিনা (born 1947)	2008 2014 2018 2024	6 January 2009	5 August 2024 (Resigned due to protests)	15 years, 212 days	AL (Grand Alliance)	Hasina II–III–IV–V
Post vacant (5 – 8 August 2024)
[5]		Muhammad Yunus মুহাম্মদ ইউনূস (born 1940) Chief Adviser of Interim Government	—	8 August 2024	Incumbent	284 days	Independent	Yunus

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
• List of international trips made by prime ministers of Bangladesh

Notes

1. Simultaneously served as President.