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Third Mujib ministry

3rd Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
16 March 1973–25 January 1975
Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Date formed16 March 1973
Date dissolved25 January 1975
People and organisations
PresidentAbu Sayeed Chowdhury
Mohammad Mohammadullah (acting until 1974)
Prime MinisterSheikh Mujibur Rahman
Member party  Bangladesh Awami League
Status in legislatureDominant-party majority308 / 315 (98%)
Opposition party-
History
Election1973
Outgoing election-
Legislature terms1st Jatiya Sangsad
PredecessorMujib II
SuccessorMujib IV

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.

Cabinet

The cabinet was composed of the following ministers:

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party Ref
Prime MinisterSheikh Mujibur Rahman16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of AgricultureAbdus Samad Azad16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of CommerceKhondaker Mostaq Ahmad16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of CommunicationsMuhammad Mansur Ali16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of DefenceSheikh Mujibur Rahman16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of EducationM. Yousuf Ali16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Financevacant16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Food and Civil SuppliesAbdul Momin16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Foreign AffairsKamal Hossain16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Foreign TradeA. H. M. Qamaruzzaman16 March 1973date unknown AL
Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and LivestockAbdur Rab Serniabat16 March 1973date unknown AL
Mollah Jalaluddin Ahmad6 December 1973date unknown AL
Sheikh Mujibur Rahmandate unknown AL
Tajuddin Ahmaddate unknown AL
vacant24 January 1975 
Minister of Health and Family PlanningAbdul Mannan16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Home AffairsAbdul Malek Ukil16 March 1973date unknown AL
Mansur Ali24 January 1975 AL
Minister of IndustriesA. H. M. Qamaruzzaman16 March 1973date unknown AL
Syed Nazrul Islam24 January 1975 AL
Minister of Information and BroadcastingSheikh Abdul Aziz16 March 19734 October 1973 AL
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman4 October 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of JuteTajuddin Ahmad16 March 1973date unknown AL
Shamsul Haq6 December 19738 July 1974 AL
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman9 July 197424 January 1975 AL
Minister of Labor and Social WelfareAbdul Mannan16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Land RevenueMollah Jalaluddin Ahmad16 March 19738 July 1974 AL
Phani Bhushan Majumder24 January 1975 AL
Minister of Law and Parliamentary AffairsManoranjan Dhar16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Local Government, Rural Development,
and Cooperatives		Matiur Rahman16 March 19738 July 1974 
Abdus Samad Azad24 January 1975 AL
Minister of PlanningVacant16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Posts, Telephones, and TelegraphM. A. G. Osmani16 March 1973date unknown AL
Sheikh Abdul Aziz4 October 19738 July 1974 AL
Mansur Ali24 January 1975 AL
Minister of Power, Natural Resources
Scientific and Technological Research and Atomic Energy		Hafiz Ahmad Choudhury16 March 19738 July 1974 
Kamal Hossain24 January 1975 AL
Minister of Power, Flood Control and IrrigationAbdur Rab Serniabat16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Public Works and HousingMuhammad Sohrab Hossain16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Relief and RehabilitationMizanur Rahman Chowdhury16 March 1973May 1973 AL
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman4 October 1973date unknown AL
Abdul Momin24 January 1975 
Minister of Shipping, Inland Waterways and Water TransportM. A. G. Osmani16 March 19738 July 1974 AL
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman9 July 197424 January 1975 AL

Notes

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

References

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