This article lists the prime ministers of Bangladesh, and includes persons sworn into the office of Prime Minister of Bangladesh following the Proclamation of Independence and the establishment of the Provisional Government in 1971. Moreover it also lists the chief advisers of caretaker governments of Bangladesh, which is a position equivalent to that of the Prime Minister, and is sometimes colloquially referred to as the Prime Minister.[1]
There are 10 Prime Ministers, 1 Senior Minister, 5 Chief Advisers, and 1 Acting Chief Adviser of Bangladesh so far.
Note that Prime Ministers are numbered either bracketless or with brackets, and Chief Advisors are numbered using [] brackets. Acting officeholders are not numbered and instead denoted with —.[2]
| Portrait | Name | Election | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| Provisional Government of Bangladesh (1971–1972) | ||||||||
| 1 | Tajuddin Ahmad | — | 17 April 1971 | 12 January 1972 | AL | |||
| People's Republic of Bangladesh (1972–present) | ||||||||
| 2 | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 1973 | 12 January 1972 | 25 January 1975 | AL | |||
| 3 | Muhammad Mansur Ali | — | 25 January 1975 | 15 August 1975 | BaKSAL | |||
| Post abolished (15 August 1975 – 29 June 1978) | ||||||||
| — | Mashiur Rahman | — | 29 June 1978 | 12 March 1979[†] | ||||
| Post vacant (12 March – 15 April 1979) | ||||||||
| 4 | Shah Azizur Rahman | 1979 | 15 April 1979 | 24 March 1982 | ||||
| Post abolished (24 March 1982 – 30 March 1984) | ||||||||
| 5 | Ataur Rahman Khan | — | 30 March 1984 | 1 January 1985[3] | Janadal | |||
| Post vacant (1 January 1985 – 9 July 1986) | ||||||||
| 6 | Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury | 1986 | 9 July 1986 | 27 March 1988 | JP(E) | |||
| 7 | Moudud Ahmed | 1988 | 27 March 1988 | 12 August 1989 | JP(E) | |||
| 8 | Kazi Zafar Ahmed | — | 12 August 1989 | 6 December 1990 | JP(E) | |||
| Post vacant (6 December 1990 – 20 March 1991) | ||||||||
| 9 | Khaleda Zia | 1991 1996 (Feb) | 20 March 1991 | 30 March 1996 | ||||
| [1] | Muhammad Habibur Rahman | — | 30 March 1996 | 23 June 1996 | Independent | |||
| 10 | Sheikh Hasina | 1996 (Jun) | 23 June 1996 | 15 July 2001 | AL | |||
| [2] | Latifur Rahman | — | 15 July 2001 | 10 October 2001 | Independent | |||
| (9) | Khaleda Zia | 2001 | 10 October 2001 | 29 October 2006 | BNP | |||
| [3] | Iajuddin Ahmed | — | 29 October 2006 | 11 January 2007 | Independent | |||
| [—] | Fazlul Haque | — | 11 January 2007 | 12 January 2007 | Independent | |||
| [4] | Fakhruddin Ahmed | — | 12 January 2007 | 6 January 2009 | Independent | |||
| (10) | Sheikh Hasina | 2008 2014 2018 2024 | 6 January 2009 | 5 August 2024 | AL | |||
| Post vacant (5 – 8 August 2024) | ||||||||
| [5] | Muhammad Yunus | — | 8 August 2024 | Incumbent | Independent | |||