Third_Sheikh_Mujib_cabinet

Third Mujib ministry

Third Mujib ministry

Bangladeshi Government after the first post-independence elections

The third Mujib cabinet 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

The cabinet was composed of the following ministers:[3]

More information Portfolio, Minister ...

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Otherwise included with Minister of Commerce
  2. [N 2]
    After March 1974, Minister of Land Administration and Land Reform
  3. [N 3]
    Title varied, "Power" was dropped in March 1974

References

  1. [1]
    "Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 1972-75". GlobalSecurity.org.
  2. [2]
    "Life and Struggle of Bangbandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman". Bangladesh Awami League. 19 December 2017.
  3. [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. [4]
    "Mujib Takes Four More Cabinet Posts". Waterloo Daily Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. Associated Press. 31 January 1972.Open access icon
  5. [5]
    "Cabinet Expansion". Asian Recorder. Vol. XX, no. 1. 1–7 January 1974. p. 11773.
  6. [6]
    "Bangladesh Shakeup". The Canberra Times. Australian Associated Press-Reuter. 10 July 1974.
  7. [7]
    "Ministers quite as Mujib gets tough". New Straits Times. Singapore. Reuter. 9 July 1974.
  8. [8]
    "Minister quits". The Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. 18 May 1973.
  9. [9]
    Ahmed, Sharif Uddin (1999). Sylhet: History and Heritage. Bangladesh Itihas Samiti. 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.
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