The Vice-President of Bangladesh is the second highest constitutional office in Bangladesh when the country was governed under a presidential system. The vice-president was the first person in the presidential line of succession, in the event of a president's resignation, removal or death. The post was held by several Bangladeshi statesmen during different periods of the country's history. The inaugural office holder was Syed Nazrul Islam during the Liberation War and the final office holder was Moudud Ahmed before and during '90's Mass Uprising although Chief Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed was ceremoniously appointed on demand to the office by Ershad replacing Moudud Ahmed, so that Shahabuddin could constitutionally become acting president following Ershad's resignation in 1990. Abdus Sattar was the only vice-president to succeed to the presidency in 1981.
| Vice-President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh | |
|---|---|
| গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের উপরাষ্ট্রপতি | |
 | |
| Style | The Honorable |
| Status | Abolished |
| Residence | Jamuna State Guest House |
| Appointer | President of Bangladesh |
| Formation | 17 April 1971 |
| First holder | Syed Nazrul Islam |
| Final holder | Moudud Ahmed |
| Abolished | December 1990 |
The office was first created in the 1971 Provisional Government of Bangladesh but abolished after the war when the new constitution founded a parliamentary republic. It was however reinstated only 3 years later in 1975 through the fourth amendment to the constitution which revived the presidential system as part of founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's "Second Revolution" reforms. After the 3 November coup, the post was left vacant until President Ziaur Rahman assumed a long acting presidency in 1977. Another coup in 1982 vacated the post again all through the military government of Lieutenant General Hussain Muhammad Ershad until elections in 1986. The post was finally dissolved in the 1991 interim government by acting President Shahabuddin Ahmed after a constitutional referendum put into effect the twelfth amendment, which restored the parliamentary system.
List of officeholders
edit- Political parties
- Other factions
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Party | President | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||||||
| 1 | 
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Syed Nazrul Islam (1925–1975) |
17 April 1971 | 12 January 1972 | Bangladesh Awami League | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | Acting president during the Bangladesh Liberation War.[1] |
| (1) | 26 January 1975[2] | 15 August 1975 | BAKSAL | ||||
| 2 |
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Mohammad Mohammadullah (1921–1999) |
15 August 1975 | 6 November 1975 | Bangladesh Awami League | Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad | Served as Minister of Land under President Sheikh Mujib and was later appointed Vice President upon Mujib's death.[3] |
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Abdus Sattar (1906–1985) |
3 June 1977 | 30 May 1981 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Ziaur Rahman | Succeeded Zia as president in 1981.[4] |
| 4 | 
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Mirza Nurul Huda (1919–1991) |
24 November 1981 | 23 March 1982 | Independent | Abdus Sattar | Resigned after conflict with BNP.[5] |
| (2) | 
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Mohammad Mohammadullah (1921–1999) |
23 March 1982 | 24 March 1982 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | In office for 24 hours; deposed in the 1982 coup d'état[6] | |
| 5 | 
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A. K. M. Nurul Islam (1919–2015) |
30 November 1986 | September 1989 | Jatiya Party | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | Former Supreme Court Justice and Law Minister.[7] |
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Moudud Ahmed (1940–2021) |
September 1989 | December 1990 | Jatiya Party | Former Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister.[2] | |
References
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- ^ a b "১৯৭১ সাল থেকে ০৭-০১-২০১৯ গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি, উপ-রাষ্ট্রপতি, প্রধানমন্ত্রী ও মন্ত্রিপরিষদের সদস্যবৃন্দ". মন্ত্রিপরিষদ বিভাগ. মন্ত্রিপরিষদ বিভাগ. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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- ^ Kolbert, Elizabeth (6 October 1985). "Abdus Sattar, Ex-Leader of Bangladesh, Dies". The New York Times. Bangladesh. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ Ahmed, Salahuddin (2004). Bangladesh: Past and Present. ISBN 978-81-7648-469-5. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ "Mohammadullah, Mohammad". Banglapedia. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ "Vice President Named By Bangladesh Leader". The New York Times. Bangladesh. Reuters. 1 December 1986. Retrieved 6 November 2015.