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| Deputy Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh | |
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| গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের উপ-প্রধানমন্ত্রী | |
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| Status | Abolished |
| Abbreviation | DPM |
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| Seat | Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka |
| Appointer | President on the advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the Prime Minister |
| Formation | 17 April 1979 |
| First holder | Moudud Ahmed |
| Final holder | Shah Moazzem Hossain |
| Abolished | 6 December 1990[a] |
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The deputy prime minister of Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশের উপ-প্রধানমন্ত্রী, romanized: Bangladesher Upo-Prodhanmontri), officially Deputy Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (Bengali: গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের উপ-প্রধানমন্ত্রী, romanized: Gonoprojatantri Bangladesh Shorkarer Upo-Prodhanmontri) was the second chief executive 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
(Birth–Death) |
Term Start | Term End | Political Party | Prime Minister | President | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moudud Ahmed[1]
1940-2021 |
15 April 1979 | 2 January 1980 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Shah Azizur Rahman | ||||||
| 2 | A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury[1]
Senior Deputy Prime Minister 1930-2024 |
15 April 1979 | 23 August 1979 | ||||||||
| 3 | Jamal Uddin Ahmad[2] 1929-2015 |
23 August 1979 | 11 February 1982 |
21 April 1977 - 30 May 1981 |
30 May 1981 - 24 March 1982 | ||||||
| 4 | S. A. Bari[3] 1927-1987 |
23 August 1979 | 27 November 1981 | ||||||||
| (1) | Moudud Ahmed[4] 1940-2021 |
9 July 1986 | 27 March 1988 | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | |||||||
| 6 | Kazi Zafar Ahmed[5]
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9 July 1986 | 10 August 1987 | ||||||||
| 7 | M.A. Matin[6]
1932-2012 |
9 July 1986 | 13 August 1989 |
9 July 1986 - 27 March 1988 |
27 March 1988 - 12 August 1989 |
12 August 1989 - 6 December 1990 | |||||
| 8 | Shah Moazzem Hossain[7] 1939-2022 |
20 November 1987 | 6 December 1990 | ||||||||
| (6) | Kazi Zafar Ahmed[5] 1939-2015 |
27 March 1988 | 12 August 1989 | ||||||||
| Post abolished | |||||||||||
| # | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term Start | Term End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moudud Ahmed
1940-2021 |
15 April 1979 | 2 January 1980 | ||||
| Post abolished | |||||||
| # | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term Start | Term End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury 1930-2024 |
15 April 1979 | 23 August 1979 | ||||
| 3 | Jamal Uddin Ahmad 1929-2015 |
23 August 1979 | 11 February 1982 | ||||
| 4 | S. A. Bari 1927-1987 |
23 August 1979 | 27 November 1981 | ||||
| Post abolished | |||||||
| # | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term Start | Term End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | Moudud Ahmed 1940-2021 |
9 July 1986 | 27 March 1988 | ||||
| 6 | Kazi Zafar Ahmed
1939-2015 |
9 July 1986 | 10 August 1987 | ||||
| (6) | 27 March 1988 | 12 August 1989 | |||||
| 7 | M.A. Matin
1932-2012 |
9 July 1986 | 13 August 1989 | ||||
| 8 | Shah Moazzem Hossain 1939-2022 |
20 November 1987 | 6 December 1990 | ||||
| Post abolished | |||||||