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]

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officePartyRef
Prime MinisterSheikh Mujibur Rahman16 March 197324 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of AgricultureAbdus Samad Azad16 March 197324 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League[4]
Minister of CommerceKhondaker Mostaq Ahmad16 March 197324 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of CommunicationsMuhammad Mansur Ali16 March 197324 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of DefenceSheikh Mujibur Rahman16 March 197324 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League[5]
Minister of EducationM. Yousuf Ali16 March 197324 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League[5]
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 Bangladesh Awami League[4]
Minister of Foreign TradeA. H. M. Qamaruzzaman16 March 1973date unknown Bangladesh Awami League[note 1][4]
Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and LivestockAbdur Rab Serniabat16 March 1973date unknown Bangladesh Awami League[4]
Mollah Jalaluddin Ahmaddate unknown Bangladesh Awami League
Sheikh Mujibur Rahmandate unknown Bangladesh Awami League
Tajuddin Ahmaddate unknown Bangladesh Awami League
vacant24 January 1975 
Minister of Health and Family PlanningAbdul Mannan16 March 197324 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League[4]
Minister of Home AffairsAbdul Malek Ukil16 March 1973date unknown Bangladesh Awami League[4]
Mansur Ali24 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of IndustriesA. H. M. Qamaruzzaman16 March 1973date unknown Bangladesh Awami League[4]
Syed Nazrul Islam24 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Information and BroadcastingSheikh Abdul Aziz16 March 19734 October 1973 Bangladesh Awami League[4][6]
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman4 October 197324 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League[6]
Minister of JuteTajuddin Ahmad16 March 1973date unknown Bangladesh Awami League[4]
Shamsul Haq8 July 1974 Bangladesh Awami League[7]
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman9 July 197424 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League[7]
Minister of Labor and Social WelfareAbdul Mannan16 March 197324 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Land RevenueMollah Jalaluddin Ahmad16 March 19738 July 1974 Bangladesh Awami League[note 2][8]
Phani Bhushan Majumder24 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Law and Parliamentary AffairsManoranjan Dhar16 March 197324 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League[4]
Minister of Local Government, Rural Development,
and Cooperatives		Matiur Rahman16 March 19738 July 1974 [4][8]
Abdus Samad Azad24 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of PlanningVacant16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Posts, Telephones, and TelegraphM. A. G. Osmani16 March 1973date unknown Bangladesh Awami League[4]
Sheikh Abdul Aziz4 October 19738 July 1974 Bangladesh Awami League[6][8]
Mansur Ali24 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Power, Natural Resources
Scientific and Technological Research and Atomic Energy		Hafiz Ahmad Choudhury16 March 19738 July 1974 [note 3][8]
Kamal Hossain24 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Power, Flood Control and IrrigationAbdur Rab Serniabat16 March 197324 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Public Works and HousingMuhammad Sohrab Hossain16 March 197324 January 1975 
Minister of Relief and RehabilitationMizanur Rahman Chowdhury16 March 1973May 1973 Bangladesh Awami League[4][9]
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman4 October 1973date unknown Bangladesh Awami League[6]
Abdul Momin24 January 1975 
Minister of Shipping, Inland waterwaysand Water TransportM. A. G. Osmani16 March 19738 July 1974 Bangladesh Awami League[10][8]
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman9 July 197424 January 1975 Bangladesh Awami League[7]

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. Newberry, Daniel O. (17 March 1973). "New Bangladesh Cabinet". WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks cable: 1973DACCA01186_b. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  5. "Mujib Takes Four More Cabinet Posts". Waterloo Daily Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. Associated Press. 31 January 1972.
  6. Newberry, Daniel O. (5 October 1973). "Cabinet Changes". WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks cable: 1973DACCA04480_b. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  7. "Bangladesh Shakeup". The Canberra Times. Australian Associated Press-Reuter. 10 July 1974.
  8. "Ministers quite as Mujib gets tough". New Straits Times. Singapore. Reuter. 9 July 1974.
  9. "Minister quits". The Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. 18 May 1973.
  10. 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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