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.

Prime Minister's seal (left) and Prime Minister's flag (right)

• 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 prime minister of Bangladesh by direct popular vote on 7 March 1973.
• Bottom left: Khaleda Zia, the first female prime minister of Bangladesh, was 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 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

  Bangladesh Awami League (BAL)

  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)Constituency	Election	Term of office			Political party (Coalition)	Ministry
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
Provisional Government of Bangladesh (1971–1972)
1		Tajuddin Ahmad (1925–1975) MP for Dhaka-20	—	17 April 1971	12 January 1972	270 days	AL	Mujib I
People's Republic of Bangladesh (1972–present)
2		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) MP for Dhaka-12	1973	12 January 1972	16 March 1973	3 years, 13 days	AL	Mujib II
				16 March 1973	25 January 1975			Mujib III
3		Muhammad Mansur Ali (1917–1975) MP for Pabna-1	—	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 (1924–1979) Senior Minister MP for Rangpur-1	—	29 June 1978	12 March 1979[†]	256 days	Jagodal / BNP	Zia
Post vacant (12 March – 15 April 1979)
4		Shah Azizur Rahman (1925–1988) MP for Kushtia-3	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 (1905–1991)	—	30 March 1984	1 January 1985	277 days	Janadal	Ershad
Post vacant (1 January 1985 – 9 July 1986)
6		Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury (1928–2006) MP for Chandpur-4	1986	9 July 1986	27 March 1988	1 year, 262 days	JP(E)	Ershad
7		Moudud Ahmed (1940–2021) MP for Noakhali-1	1988	27 March 1988	12 August 1989	1 year, 138 days
8		Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1939–2015) MP for Comilla-12	—	12 August 1989	6 December 1990 (Fled on the president's resignation)	1 year, 116 days
Post vacant (6 December 1990 – 20 March 1991)
9		Khaleda Zia (born 1945) MP for Feni-1	1991	20 March 1991	15 February 1996	5 years, 10 days	BNP	Khaleda I
			1996 (Feb)	15 February 1996	30 March 1996
[1]		Muhammad Habibur Rahman (1928–2014) Chief Adviser of Caretaker Government	—	30 March 1996	23 June 1996	85 days	Independent	Habibur
10		Sheikh Hasina (born 1947) MP for Gopalganj-3	1996 (Jun)	23 June 1996	15 July 2001	5 years, 22 days	AL	Hasina I
[2]		Latifur Rahman (1936–2017) Chief Adviser of Caretaker Government	—	15 July 2001	10 October 2001	87 days	Independent	Latifur
(9)		Khaleda Zia (born 1945) MP for Bogra-6	2001	10 October 2001	29 October 2006	5 years, 19 days	BNP (Four Party Alliance)	Khaleda II
[3]		Iajuddin Ahmed (1931–2012) Chief Adviser of Caretaker Government	—	29 October 2006	11 January 2007	74 days	Independent	Iajuddin
[—]		Fazlul Haque (1938–2023) Acting Chief Adviser of Caretaker Government	—	11 January 2007	12 January 2007	1 day	Independent	—
[4]		Fakhruddin Ahmed (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 (born 1947) MP for Gopalganj-3	2008	6 January 2009	12 January 2014	15 years, 212 days	AL (Grand Alliance)	Hasina II
			2014	12 January 2014	7 January 2019			Hasina III
			2018	7 January 2019	11 January 2024			Hasina IV
			2024	11 January 2024	5 August 2024 (Resigned)			Hasina V
Post vacant (5 – 8 August 2024)
[5]		Muhammad Yunus (born 1940) Chief Adviser of Interim Government	—	8 August 2024	Incumbent	90 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

External links

• World Statesmen – Bangladesh