President of Bangladesh

The **President of Bangladesh** is the Head of State of Bangladesh.  Since 1991, Bangladesh is a parliamentary democracy.  This makes the President a mostly ceremonial post elected by the parliament.   The President lives at the Bangabhaban Palace which is his office and home.

## List of officeholders

- Political parties

- Other factions

- Status

- Symbols
 Died in office

|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Portrait|rowspan="2"|Name|rowspan="2"|Election|colspan="3"|Term of office|rowspan="2"|Political party||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|—|17 April 1971|12 January 1972||AL|||||||
||Syed Nazrul Islam|—|17 April 1971|12 January 1972||AL|||||||
||Abu Sayeed Chowdhury|—|12 January 1972|24 December 1973||AL|||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Mohammad Mohammadullah|—|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|24 December 1973|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|27 January 1974|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|AL|
|1974|27 January 1974|25 January 1975|||||||||||
||Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|—|25 January 1975|15 August 1975||BaKSAL|||||||
||Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad|—|15 August 1975|6 November 1975||AL|||||||
||Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem|—|6 November 1975|21 April 1977||AL|||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Ziaur Rahman|1977|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|21 April 1977|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|12 June 1978|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Military / Jagodal / BNP|
|1978|12 June 1978|30 May 1981|||||||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Abdus Sattar|—|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|30 May 1981|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|20 November 1981|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|BNP|
|1981|20 November 1981|24 March 1982|||||||||||
|colspan="8"|Post vacant (24 – 27 March 1982)||||||||||||
||Ahsanuddin Chowdhury|—|27 March 1982|10 December 1983||Independent|||||||
||Hussain Muhammad Ershad|1985 1986|11 December 1983|6 December 1990||Military / Janadal / JP(E)|||||||
||Shahabuddin Ahmed|—|6 December 1990|10 October 1991||Independent|||||||
||Abdur Rahman Biswas|1991|10 October 1991|9 October 1996||BNP|||||||
||Shahabuddin Ahmed|1996|9 October 1996|14 November 2001||Independent|||||||
||Badruddoza Chowdhury|2001|14 November 2001|21 June 2002||BNP|||||||
||Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar|—|21 June 2002|6 September 2002||BNP|||||||
||Iajuddin Ahmed|2002|6 September 2002|12 February 2009||Independent|||||||
||Zillur Rahman|2009|12 February 2009|20 March 2013<sup>[†]</sup>||AL|||||||
|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|Mohammad Abdul Hamid|—|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|14 March 2013|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|24 April 2013|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|AL|
|2013|24 April 2013|24 April 2018|||||||||||
|2018|24 April 2018|24 April 2023|||||||||||
||Mohammed Shahabuddin|2023|24 April 2023|_Incumbent_||AL|||||||

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: President
- **body**: Bangladesh
- **flag**: Seal of the President of Bangladesh.svg
- **flagsize**: 110px
- **flagcaption**: Presidential Coat of Arms
- **insigniasize**: 150px
- **insigniacaption**: Presidential Standard
- **image**: Mohammed Shahabuddin.jpg
- **incumbent**: Shahabuddin Chuppu
- **incumbentsince**: 24 April 2023
- **style**: The Honorable
- **residence**: Bangabhaban, Bangabhaban Palace
- **termlength**: Five years, renewable once
- **formation**: 26 March 1971
- **inaugural**: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- **website**: http://www.bangladesh.gov.bd/