Third Mujib ministry

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]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party Ref
Prime Minister16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Agriculture16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Commerce16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Communications16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Defence16 March 197324 January 1975 AL[4]
Minister of Education16 March 197324 January 1975 AL[4]
Minister of Finance
vacant
16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Food and Civil Supplies16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Foreign Affairs16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Foreign Trade16 March 1973date unknown AL[note 1]
Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and Livestock16 March 1973date unknown AL
6 December 1973date unknown AL[5]
date unknown AL
date unknown AL
vacant
24 January 1975 
Minister of Health and Family Planning16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Home Affairs16 March 1973date unknown AL
24 January 1975 AL
Minister of Industries16 March 1973date unknown AL
24 January 1975 AL
Minister of Information and Broadcasting16 March 19734 October 1973 AL
4 October 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Jute16 March 1973date unknown AL
6 December 19738 July 1974 AL[5][6]
9 July 197424 January 1975 AL[6]
Minister of Labor and Social Welfare16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Land Revenue16 March 19738 July 1974 AL[note 2][7]
24 January 1975 AL
Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Local Government, Rural Development,
and Cooperatives		16 March 19738 July 1974 [7]
24 January 1975 AL
Minister of Planning
Vacant
16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Posts, Telephones, and Telegraph16 March 1973date unknown AL
4 October 19738 July 1974 AL[7]
24 January 1975 AL
Minister of Power, Natural Resources
Scientific and Technological Research and Atomic Energy		16 March 19738 July 1974 [note 3][7]
24 January 1975 AL
Minister of Power, Flood Control and Irrigation16 March 197324 January 1975 AL
Minister of Public Works and Housing16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation16 March 1973May 1973 AL[8]
4 October 1973date unknown AL
Abdul Momin
24 January 1975 
Minister of Shipping, Inland Waterways and Water Transport16 March 19738 July 1974 AL[9][7]
9 July 197424 January 1975 AL[6]

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. ^ a b "Mujib Takes Four More Cabinet Posts". Waterloo Daily Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. Associated Press. 31 January 1972.Open access icon
  5. ^ a b "Cabinet Expansion". Asian Recorder. Vol. XX, no. 1. 1–7 January 1974. p. 11773.
  6. ^ a b c "Bangladesh Shakeup". The Canberra Times. Australian Associated Press-Reuter. 10 July 1974.
  7. ^ a b c d e "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. ^ 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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