Second Sheikh Mujib cabinet

The second Sheikh Mujib cabinet 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 and left office on 16 March 1973.[1][2]

Cabinet

The cabinet was composed of the following ministers:[3]

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficePartyRef
Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman12 January 197216 March 1973Awami League
Minister of Agriculture Phani Bhushan Majumder12 January 1972date unknownAwami League
 Sheikh Abdul Aziz16 March 1973Awami League
Minister of Commerce Mansur Ali12 January 1972date unknownAwami League
 Syed Nazrul Islam16 March 1973Awami League
Minister of Communications Sheikh Abdul Aziz12 January 197216 March 1973Awami League
Minister of Defence Sheikh Mujibur Rahman12 January 197216 March 1973Awami League[4]
Minister of Education M. Yousuf Ali12 January 197216 March 1973Awami League[4]
Minister of Finance Tajuddin Ahmad12 January 197216 March 1973Awami League[4]
Minister of Food and Civil Supplies Phani Bhushan Majumder12 January 197216 March 1973Awami League
Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdus Samad Azad12 January 197216 March 1973Awami League
Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and Livestock Muhammad Sohrab Hossain16 March 1973 [5]
Minister of Health and Family Planning Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury12 January 1972date unknownAwami League
 Abdul Malek Ukil16 March 1973Awami League[5]
Minister of Home Affairs Sheikh Mujibur Rahman12 January 1972date unknownAwami League[4]
 Abdul Mannan16 March 1973Awami League[5]
Minister of Industries Syed Nazrul Islam12 January 197220 January 1972Awami League[4]
 Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi20 January 197216 March 1973Awami League[6][5]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Mujibur Rahman12 January 1972date unknownAwami League[4]
 Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury16 March 1973Awami League[5]
Minister of Labor and Social Welfare Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury12 January 197216 March 1973Awami League
Minister of Land Revenue Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad12 January 1972date unknownAwami League
 Abdur Rab Serniabat16 March 1973Awami League
Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs Kamal Hossain12 January 197216 March 1973Awami League[4][5]
Minister of Local Government, Rural Development,
and Cooperatives
 Phani Bhushan Majumder12 January 1972date unknownAwami League
 Sheikh Abdul Azizdate unknownAwami League
 Shamsul Haq20 January 197216 March 1973 [6][5]
Minister of Planning Tajuddin Ahmad12 January 197216 March 1973Awami League[4]
Minister of Posts, Telephones, and Telegraph Mollah Jalaluddin Ahmad16 March 1973Awami League[5]
Minister of Power, Natural Resources
Scientific and Technological Research and Atomic Energy
 Hafiz Ahmad Choudhury16 March 1973 [note 1][7]
Minister of Power, Flood Control and Irrigation Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad12 January 197216 March 1973Awami League[note 2]
Minister of Public Works and Housing Muhammad Yusuf Ali12 January 1972date unknownAwami League
 Kamal Hossaindate unknownAwami League
 Matiur Rahman20 January 197216 March 1973 [6]
Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman12 January 197216 March 1973Awami League[4][5]
Minister of Shipping, Inland waterwaysand Water Transport M. A. G. Osmani12 April 197216 March 1973Awami League[8][7]

Notes

  1. Title varied, "Power" was dropped in March 1974
  2. Title varied

References

  1. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/bangladesh/pres-mujib.htm
  2. http://www.albd.org/index.php/en/party/bangabandhu-sheikh-mujib
  3. Craig Baxter; Syedur Rahman (2003). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh (Third ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 206–210. ISBN 0-8108-4863-5.
  4. "Mujib Takes Four More Cabinet Posts". Waterloo Daily Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. Associated Press. 31 January 1972.
  5. Newberry, Daniel O. (17 March 1973). "New Bangladesh Cabinet". WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks cable: 1973DACCA01186_b. Retrieved 28 May 2016. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. "Mujib adds to team". The Canberra Times. Australian Associated Press-Reuter. 21 January 1972.
  7. "Ministers quite as Mujib gets tough". New Straits Times. Singapore. Reuter. 9 July 1974.
  8. Ahmed, Sharif Uddin (1999). Sylhet: History and Heritage. Bangladesh Itihas Samiti. 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.
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