| Post: | Vice-President |
| Body: | the People's Republic of Bangladesh |
| Native Name: | গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের উপরাষ্ট্রপতি |
| Insignia: | National emblem of Bangladesh.svg |
| Style: | The Honorable |
| Appointer: | President of Bangladesh |
| Residence: | Jamuna State House Hare Road, Ramna, Dhaka |
| Formation: | 17 April 1971 |
| First: | Syed Nazrul Islam |
| Abolished: | 6 December 1990 |
| Last: | Moudud Ahmed |
The Vice-President of Bangladesh was formerly 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. Abdus Sattar was the only vice-president to succeed to the presidency in 1981.
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. A military junta interim government formed after a series of coup d'états reabolished the post the same year until President Major General Ziaur Rahman revived it in 1977 after a presidential confidence referendum. It was abolished once again in the military government of Hussain Muhammad Ershad after the 1982 coup but reinstated following elections in 1986. The post was finally dissolved in the 1991 interim government by Acting President Shahabuddin Ahmed after a constitutional referendum, through the twelfth amendment which restored the parliamentary system.
| Portrait | Name | Took office | Party | President | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||||
| < | -- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS --> | Syed Nazrul Islam | 17 April 1971 | 12 January 1972 | Bangladesh Awami League | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | Acting president during the Bangladesh Liberation War.[1] | |
| 26 January 1975[2] | 15 August 1975 | BAKSAL | ||||||
| Mohammad Mohammadullah | 15 August 1975 | 3 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] | |||
| Abdus Sattar | June 1977 | 30 May 1981 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Ziaur Rahman | Succeeded Zia as president in 1981.[4] | |||
| Mirza Nurul Huda | 24 November 1981 | 23 March 1982 | Independent | Abdus Sattar | Resigned after conflict with BNP.[5] | |||
| Mohammad Mohammadullah | 23 March 1982 | 24 March 1982 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | In office for 24 hours; deposed in the 1982 coup d'état[6] | ||||
| A. K. M. Nurul Islam | 30 November 1986 | September 1989 | Jatiya Party | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | Former Supreme Court Justice and Law Minister.[7] | |||
| < | -- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS --> | Moudud Ahmed | September 1989 | December 1990 | Jatiya Party | Former Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. | ||