Second Mujib ministry
Second Mujib ministry | |
|---|---|
2nd Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Bangladesh | |
| 12 January 1972–16 March 1973 | |
Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | |
| Date formed | 12 January 1972 |
| Date dissolved | 16 March 1973 |
| People and organisations | |
| President | Abu Sayeed Chowdhury |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| Member party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Status in legislature | Dominant-party majority |
| Opposition parties | National Awami Party (Wali) Independent |
| History | |
| Election | - |
| Outgoing election | 1973 |
| Legislature terms | Constituent Assembly 1st Jatiya Sangsad |
| Predecessor | Provisional |
| Successor | Mujib III |
The second Mujib ministry was the first government of sovereign and independent Bangladesh. After independence, on 12 January 1972, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman assumed office as the second Prime Minister of Bangladesh[1][2] and left office on 16 March 1973.
Cabinet
The cabinet was composed of the following ministers:[3]
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL | |||
| Minister of Agriculture | 29 December 1971 | 12 January 1972 | AL | |||
| 13 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL | ||||
| Minister of Commerce | 12 January 1972 | date unknown | AL | |||
| 16 March 1973 | AL | |||||
| Minister of Communications | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL | |||
| Minister of Defence | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL | [4] | ||
| Minister of Education | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL | [4] | ||
| Minister of Finance | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL | [4] | ||
| Minister of Food and Civil Supplies | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL | |||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL | |||
| Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and Livestock | 16 March 1973 | |||||
| Minister of Health and Family Planning | 12 January 1972 | date unknown | AL | |||
| 16 March 1973 | AL | |||||
| Minister of Home Affairs | 12 January 1972 | date unknown | AL | [4] | ||
| 16 March 1973 | AL | |||||
| Minister of Industries | 12 January 1972 | 20 January 1972 | AL | [4] | ||
| 20 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL | [5] | |||
| Minister of Information and Broadcasting | 12 January 1972 | date unknown | AL | [4] | ||
| 16 March 1973 | AL | |||||
| Minister of Labor and Social Welfare | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL | |||
| Minister of Land Revenue | 12 January 1972 | date unknown | AL | |||
| 16 March 1973 | AL | |||||
| Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL | [4] | ||
| Minister of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives | 12 January 1972 | date unknown | AL | |||
| date unknown | AL | |||||
| 20 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | [5] | ||||
| Minister of Planning | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL | [4] | ||
| Minister of Posts, Telephones, and Telegraph | 16 March 1973 | AL | ||||
| Minister of Power, Natural Resources Scientific and Technological Research and Atomic Energy | 16 March 1973 | [note 1][6] | ||||
| Minister of Power, Flood Control and Irrigation | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL | [note 2] | ||
| Minister of Public Works and Housing | 12 January 1972 | date unknown | AL | |||
| date unknown | AL | |||||
| 20 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | [5] | ||||
| Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL | [4] | ||
| Minister of Shipping, Inland waterwaysand Water Transport | 12 April 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL | [7][6] | ||
Notes
References
- ^ "Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 1972-75". GlobalSecurity.org.
- ^ "Life and Struggle of Bangbandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman". Bangladesh Awami League. 19 December 2017.
- ^ Craig Baxter; Syedur Rahman (2003). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh (Third ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 206–210. ISBN 0-8108-4863-5.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Mujib Takes Four More Cabinet Posts". Waterloo Daily Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. Associated Press. 31 January 1972.
- ^ a b c "Mujib adds to team". The Canberra Times. Australian Associated Press-Reuter. 21 January 1972.
- ^ a b "Ministers quite as Mujib gets tough". New Straits Times. Singapore. Reuter. 9 July 1974.
- ^ Aziz, Md. Abdul (1999). "Bongobir Osmani: Portrait of a Leader". In Ahmed, Sharif Uddin (ed.). Sylhet: History and Heritage. Bangladesh Itihas Samiti. p. 818. ISBN 978-984-31-0478-6.
The post of C-in-C in Bangladesh Army was abolished on 7 April 1972 and he retired from the army for the second time. On 12 April, he became the Minister of Shipping, Inland Water Transport and Airways.