# Third Mujib ministry

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 |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Agriculture | Abdus Samad Azad | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Commerce | Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Communications | Muhammad Mansur Ali | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Defence | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Education | M. Yousuf Ali | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Finance | vacant | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | |
| Minister of Food and Civil Supplies | Abdul Momin | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Kamal Hossain | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Foreign Trade | A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman | 16 March 1973 | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and Livestock | Abdur Rab Serniabat | 16 March 1973 | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and Livestock | Mollah Jalaluddin Ahmad | 6 December 1973 | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and Livestock | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and Livestock | Tajuddin Ahmad | | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and Livestock | vacant | | 24 January 1975 | |
| Minister of Health and Family Planning | Abdul Mannan | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Home Affairs | Abdul Malek Ukil | 16 March 1973 | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Home Affairs | Mansur Ali | | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Industries | A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman | 16 March 1973 | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Industries | Syed Nazrul Islam | | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Information and Broadcasting | Sheikh Abdul Aziz | 16 March 1973 | 4 October 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Information and Broadcasting | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 4 October 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Jute | Tajuddin Ahmad | 16 March 1973 | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Jute | Shamsul Haq | 6 December 1973 | 8 July 1974 | AL |
| Minister of Jute | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 9 July 1974 | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Labor and Social Welfare | Abdul Mannan | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Land Revenue | Mollah Jalaluddin Ahmad | 16 March 1973 | 8 July 1974 | AL |
| Minister of Land Revenue | Phani Bhushan Majumder | | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs | Manoranjan Dhar | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives | Matiur Rahman | 16 March 1973 | 8 July 1974 | |
| Minister of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives | Abdus Samad Azad | | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Planning | Vacant | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | |
| Minister of Posts, Telephones, and Telegraph | M. A. G. Osmani | 16 March 1973 | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Posts, Telephones, and Telegraph | Sheikh Abdul Aziz | 4 October 1973 | 8 July 1974 | AL |
| Minister of Posts, Telephones, and Telegraph | Mansur Ali | | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Power, Natural Resources Scientific and Technological Research and Atomic Energy | Hafiz Ahmad Choudhury | 16 March 1973 | 8 July 1974 | |
| Minister of Power, Natural Resources Scientific and Technological Research and Atomic Energy | Kamal Hossain | | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Power, Flood Control and Irrigation | Abdur Rab Serniabat | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | AL |
| Minister of Public Works and Housing | Muhammad Sohrab Hossain | 16 March 1973 | 24 January 1975 | |
| Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation | Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury | 16 March 1973 | May 1973 | AL |
| Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 4 October 1973 | date unknown | AL |
| Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation | Abdul Momin | | 24 January 1975 | |
| Minister of Shipping, Inland Waterways and Water Transport | M. A. G. Osmani | 16 March 1973 | 8 July 1974 | AL |
| Minister of Shipping, Inland Waterways and Water Transport | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 9 July 1974 | 24 January 1975 | AL |