The third Mujib ministry was formed on 16 March 1973 after the Bangladesh Awami League won the first general election of sovereign and independent Bangladesh with a vast majority.[1][2]
Cabinet
editThe cabinet was composed of the following ministers:[3]
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prime Minister | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL | |||
Minister of Agriculture | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL | |||
Minister of Commerce | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL | |||
Minister of Communications | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL | |||
Minister of Defence | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL | [4] | ||
Minister of Education | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL | [4] | ||
Minister of Finance | vacant | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | |||
Minister of Food and Civil Supplies | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | ||||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL | |||
Minister of Foreign Trade | 16 March 1973 | date unknown | AL | [note 1] | ||
Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and Livestock | 16 March 1973 | date unknown | AL | |||
6 December 1973 | date unknown | AL | [5] | |||
date unknown | AL | |||||
date unknown | AL | |||||
vacant | 24 January 1975 | |||||
Minister of Health and Family Planning | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL | |||
Minister of Home Affairs | 16 March 1973 | date unknown | AL | |||
24 January 1975 | AL | |||||
Minister of Industries | 16 March 1973 | date unknown | AL | |||
24 January 1975 | AL | |||||
Minister of Information and Broadcasting | 16 March 1973 | 4 October 1973 | AL | |||
4 October 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL | ||||
Minister of Jute | 16 March 1973 | date unknown | AL | |||
6 December 1973 | 8 July 1974 | AL | [5][6] | |||
9 July 1974 | 24 January 1975 | AL | [6] | |||
Minister of Labor and Social Welfare | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL | |||
Minister of Land Revenue | 16 March 1973 | 8 July 1974 | AL | [note 2][7] | ||
24 January 1975 | AL | |||||
Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL | |||
Minister of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives | 16 March 1973 | 8 July 1974 | [7] | |||
24 January 1975 | AL | |||||
Minister of Planning | Vacant | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | |||
Minister of Posts, Telephones, and Telegraph | 16 March 1973 | date unknown | AL | |||
4 October 1973 | 8 July 1974 | AL | [7] | |||
24 January 1975 | AL | |||||
Minister of Power, Natural Resources Scientific and Technological Research and Atomic Energy | 16 March 1973 | 8 July 1974 | [note 3][7] | |||
24 January 1975 | AL | |||||
Minister of Power, Flood Control and Irrigation | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL | |||
Minister of Public Works and Housing | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | ||||
Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation | 16 March 1973 | May 1973 | AL | [8] | ||
4 October 1973 | date unknown | AL | ||||
Abdul Momin | 24 January 1975 | |||||
Minister of Shipping, Inland Waterways and Water Transport | 16 March 1973 | 8 July 1974 | AL | [9][7] | ||
9 July 1974 | 24 January 1975 | AL | [6] |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 1972-75". GlobalSecurity.org.
- ^ "Life and Struggle of Bangbandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman". Bangladesh Awami League. 19 December 2017.
- ^ Craig Baxter; Syedur Rahman (2003). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh (Third ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 206–210. ISBN 0-8108-4863-5.
- ^ a b "Mujib Takes Four More Cabinet Posts". Waterloo Daily Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. Associated Press. 31 January 1972.
- ^ a b "Cabinet Expansion". Asian Recorder. Vol. XX, no. 1. 1–7 January 1974. p. 11773.
- ^ a b c "Bangladesh Shakeup". The Canberra Times. Australian Associated Press-Reuter. 10 July 1974.
- ^ a b c d e "Ministers quite as Mujib gets tough". New Straits Times. Singapore. Reuter. 9 July 1974.
- ^ "Minister quits". The Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. 18 May 1973.
- ^ 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.