# Second Mujib Rahman ministry

The second Mujib cabinet was the first government of sovereign and independent Bangladesh. After independence, on 12 January 1972, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman assumed office as the second Prime Minister of Bangladesh and left office on 16 March 1973.
Predecessor:- Provisional Government of Bangladesh
Successor:- People's Republic of Bangladesh

## Cabinet

The cabinet was composed of the following ministers:
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Agriculture | Phani Bhushan Majumder | 12 January 1972 | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Agriculture | Sheikh Abdul Aziz | | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Commerce | Mansur Ali | 12 January 1972 | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Commerce | Syed Nazrul Islam | | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Communications | Sheikh Abdul Aziz | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Defence | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Education | M. Yousuf Ali | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Finance | Tajuddin Ahmad | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Food and Civil Supplies | Phani Bhushan Majumder | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Abdus Samad Azad | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and Livestock | Muhammad Sohrab Hossain | | 16 March 1973 | |
| Minister of Health and Family Planning | Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury | 12 January 1972 | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Health and Family Planning | Abdul Malek Ukil | | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Home Affairs | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 12 January 1972 | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Home Affairs | Abdul Mannan | | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Industries | Syed Nazrul Islam | 12 January 1972 | 20 January 1972 | AL |
| Minister of Industries | Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi | 20 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Information and Broadcasting | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 12 January 1972 | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Information and Broadcasting | Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury | | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Labor and Social Welfare | Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Land Revenue | Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad | 12 January 1972 | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Land Revenue | Abdur Rab Serniabat | | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs | Kamal Hossain | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives | Phani Bhushan Majumder | 12 January 1972 | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives | Sheikh Abdul Aziz | | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives | Shamsul Haq | 20 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | |
| Minister of Planning | Tajuddin Ahmad | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Posts, Telephones, and Telegraph | Mollah Jalaluddin Ahmad | | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Power, Natural Resources Scientific and Technological Research and Atomic Energy | Hafiz Ahmad Choudhury | | 16 March 1973 | |
| Minister of Power, Flood Control and Irrigation | Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Public Works and Housing | Muhammad Yusuf Ali | 12 January 1972 | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Public Works and Housing | Kamal Hossain | | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Public Works and Housing | Matiur Rahman | 20 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | |
| Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation | A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman | 12 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Shipping, Inland waterwaysand Water Transport | M. A. G. Osmani | 12 April 1972 | 16 March 1973 | AL |