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 formed12 January 1972
Date dissolved16 March 1973
People and organisations
PresidentAbu Sayeed Chowdhury
Prime MinisterSheikh Mujibur Rahman
Member party  Bangladesh Awami League
Status in legislatureDominant-party majority
400 / 403 (99%)
Opposition parties  National Awami Party (Wali)
  Independent
History
Election-
Outgoing election1973
Legislature termsConstituent Assembly
1st Jatiya Sangsad
PredecessorMujib I
SuccessorMujib 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 Minister12 January 197216 March 1973 AL
Minister of Agriculture12 January 1972date unknown AL
16 March 1973 AL
Minister of Commerce12 January 1972date unknown AL
16 March 1973 AL
Minister of Communications12 January 197216 March 1973 AL
Minister of Defence12 January 197216 March 1973 AL[4]
Minister of Education12 January 197216 March 1973 AL[4]
Minister of Finance12 January 197216 March 1973 AL[4]
Minister of Food and Civil Supplies12 January 197216 March 1973 AL
Minister of Foreign Affairs12 January 197216 March 1973 AL
Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and Livestock16 March 1973 
Minister of Health and Family Planning12 January 1972date unknown AL
16 March 1973 AL
Minister of Home Affairs12 January 1972date unknown AL[4]
16 March 1973 AL
Minister of Industries12 January 197220 January 1972 AL[4]
20 January 197216 March 1973 AL[5]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting12 January 1972date unknown AL[4]
16 March 1973 AL
Minister of Labor and Social Welfare12 January 197216 March 1973 AL
Minister of Land Revenue12 January 1972date unknown AL
16 March 1973 AL
Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs12 January 197216 March 1973 AL[4]
Minister of Local Government, Rural Development,
and Cooperatives		12 January 1972date unknown AL
date unknown AL
20 January 197216 March 1973 [5]
Minister of Planning12 January 197216 March 1973 AL[4]
Minister of Posts, Telephones, and Telegraph16 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 Irrigation12 January 197216 March 1973 AL[note 2]
Minister of Public Works and Housing12 January 1972date unknown AL
date unknown AL
20 January 197216 March 1973 [5]
Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation12 January 197216 March 1973 AL[4]
Minister of Shipping, Inland waterwaysand Water Transport12 April 197216 March 1973 AL[7][6]

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 1972-75". GlobalSecurity.org.
  2. ^ "Life and Struggle of Bangbandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman". Bangladesh Awami League. 19 December 2017.
  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. ^ 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.Open access icon
  5. ^ a b c "Mujib adds to team". The Canberra Times. Australian Associated Press-Reuter. 21 January 1972.
  6. ^ a b "Ministers quite as Mujib gets tough". New Straits Times. Singapore. Reuter. 9 July 1974.
  7. ^ 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.