Post: | Deputy Prime Minister |
Body: | the People's Republic of Bangladesh |
Native Name: | গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের উপপ্রধানমন্ত্রী |
Flag: | Flag of Bangladesh.svg |
Flagsize: | 155px |
Flagborder: | yes |
Flagcaption: | Flag of Bangladesh |
Insignia: | Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg |
Insigniasize: | 120px |
Insigniacaption: | Government Seal of Bangladesh |
Department: | Government of Bangladesh |
Incumbent: | Vacant |
Incumbentsince: | 6 December 1990 |
Style: | |
Seat: | Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka |
Appointer: | President of Bangladesh by advice on Prime Minister |
Termlength: | At the pleasure of the Prime Minister |
Constituting Instrument: | Constitution of Bangladesh |
Formation: | 15 April 1979 |
First: | Moudud Ahmed |
Last: | Kazi Zafar Ahmed |
The deputy prime minister of Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশের উপপ্রধানমন্ত্রী|translit=Bangladesher Upo-Prodhanmontri), officially Deputy Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (Bengali: গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের উপপ্রধানমন্ত্রী|translit=Gonoprojatantri Bangladesh Shorkarer Upo-Prodhanmontri) was the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the second highest ranking Parliamentary Leader of the Jatiya Sangsad. A Deputy Prime Minister might, in the absence of the Prime Minister, carry out the functions of the Cabinet as well as the responsibilities of any other independent ministry.
Portrait | Name | Term Start | Term End | Political Party | Prime Minister | President | |
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Moudud Ahmed | 15 April 1979 | 2 January 1980 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | ||||
15 April 1979 | 23 August 1979 | ||||||
Jamal Uddin Ahmad[1] | 23 August 1979 | 11 February 1982 | Ziaur Rahman Abdus Sattar | ||||
S. A. Bari[2] | 23 August 1979 | 27 November 1981 | |||||
M.A. Matin[3] | 9 July 1986 | 12 August 1989 | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | |||
Kazi Zafar Ahmed[4] | 9 July 1986 | 10 August 1987 | Mizanur Rahman Chowdhur | ||||
Moudud Ahmed[5] | 9 July 1986 | 27 March 1988 | |||||
Shah Moazzem Hossain[6] | 20 November 1987 | 6 December 1990 | Mizanur Rahman ChowdhuryMoudud AhmedKazi Zafar Ahmed | ||||
Kazi Zafar Ahmed | 27 March 1988 | 12 August 1989 | Moudud Ahmed |