Vice President of Bangladesh

Vice-President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের উপরাষ্ট্রপতি
Style	The Honorable
Residence	Jamuna State House Hare Road, Ramna, Dhaka
Appointer	President of Bangladesh
Formation	17 April 1971
First holder	Syed Nazrul Islam
Final holder	Moudud Ahmed
Abolished	6 December 1990

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The Vice-President of Bangladesh was formerly the second highest constitutional office in Bangladesh when the country was governed under a presidential system. The vice-president was the first person in the presidential line of succession, in the event of a president's resignation, removal or death. The post was held by several Bangladeshi statesmen during different periods of the country's history. The inaugural office holder was Syed Nazrul Islam during the Liberation War and the final office holder was Moudud Ahmed before and during '90's Mass Uprising. Abdus Sattar was the only vice-president to succeed to the presidency in 1981.

The office was first created in the 1971 Provisional Government of Bangladesh but abolished after the war when the new constitution founded a parliamentary republic. It was however reinstated only 3 years later in 1975 through the fourth amendment to the constitution which revived the presidential system as part of founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's "Second Revolution" reforms. A military junta interim government formed after a series of coup d'états reabolished the post the same year until President Major General Ziaur Rahman revived it in 1977 after a presidential confidence referendum. It was abolished once again in the military government of Hussain Muhammad Ershad after the 1982 coup but reinstated following elections in 1986. The post was finally dissolved in the 1991 interim government by Acting President Shahabuddin Ahmed after a constitutional referendum, through the twelfth amendment which restored the parliamentary system.

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Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Took office		Party	President	Notes
			Took office	Left office
		Syed Nazrul Islam (1925–1975)	17 April 1971	12 January 1972	Bangladesh Awami League	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	Acting president during the Bangladesh Liberation War.[1]
			26 January 1975[2]	15 August 1975	BAKSAL
		Mohammad Mohammadullah (1921–1999)	15 August 1975	3 November 1975	Bangladesh Awami League	Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad	Served as Minister of Land under President Sheikh Mujib and was later appointed Vice President upon Mujib's death.[3]
		Abdus Sattar (1906–1985)	June 1977	30 May 1981	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	Ziaur Rahman	Succeeded Zia as president in 1981.[4]
		Mirza Nurul Huda (1919–1991)	24 November 1981	23 March 1982	Independent	Abdus Sattar	Resigned after conflict with BNP.[5]
		Mohammad Mohammadullah (1921–1999)	23 March 1982	24 March 1982	Bangladesh Nationalist Party		In office for 24 hours; deposed in the 1982 coup d'état[6]
		A. K. M. Nurul Islam (1919–2015)	30 November 1986	September 1989	Jatiya Party	Hussain Muhammad Ershad	Former Supreme Court Justice and Law Minister.[7]
		Moudud Ahmed (1940–2021)	September 1989	December 1990	Jatiya Party		Former Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister.[2]