Attorney General of Bangladesh

Attorney General of Bangladesh
বাংলাদেশের অ্যাটর্নি জেনারেল
Government Seal of Bangladesh
Incumbent Md Asaduzzaman since 8 August 2024
Office of the Attorney General
Style	The Honourable
Seat	Supreme Court of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nominator	Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Appointer	President of Bangladesh
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	1972
First holder	M. H. Khandaker
Deputy	Additional Attorneys-General, Deputy Attorneys-General and Assistant Attorneys-General

The attorney general of Bangladesh (Bengali: অ্যাটর্নি জেনারেল) is the Bangladeshi government's chief legal adviser and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. The attorney general is usually a highly respected Senior Advocate and is appointed by the ruling government. Md Asaduzzaman is the current and 16th attorney general for Bangladesh. The attorney general is the ex-officio chairman of the Bangladesh Bar Council and accordingly he performs the duties assigned to that post and empowered to participate in any reference to the Supreme Court of Bangladesh made by the President under article 106 of the Constitution and can express his own opinion.^[1][2]

Unlike the attorney general of the United States, the attorney general of Bangladesh does not have any executive authority, and is not a political appointee; those functions are performed by the Minister of Justice. The attorney general is assisted by the several additional attorneys-general, deputy attorneys-general, and assistant attorneys-general.^[3]

List of attorney generals

No.[4]	Name	Took office	Left office
1	M. H. Khandaker	21 January 1972	17 December 1972
2	Faqueer Shahabuddin Ahmad	18 December 1972	21 March 1976
3	Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed	22 March 1976	6 May 1976
4	Khandaker Abu Bakr	10 May 1976	13 March 1985
5	M. Nurullah	14 March 1985	6 April 1990
6	Rafique Ul Huq	7 April 1990	17 December 1990
7	Aminul Haque	18 December 1990	13 July 1995
8	M. Nurullah	26 July 1995	26 June 1996
9	K. S. Nabi[5]	31 July 1996	30 May 1998
10	Mahmudul Islam[6]	16 July 1998	9 October 2001
11	A. F. Hassan Ariff	14 October 2001	30 April 2005
12	A. J. Mohammad Ali	30 April 2005	24 January 2007
13	Fida M. Kamal	5 February 2007	16 July 2008
14	Salahuddin Ahmad	20 July 2008	12 January 2009
15	Mahbubey Alam	13 January 2009	27 September 2020
16	AM Amin Uddin	11 October 2020	7 August 2024
17	Md Asaduzzaman	8 August 2024	Present

See also

• Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• Justice ministry
• Politics of Bangladesh

References

1. "..:: Law and Justice Division ::". Archived from the original on 26 September 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
2. ".::Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission::". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
3. "15 deputy attorneys general appointed". bdnews24.com. 21 June 2007.
4. বাংলাদেশের অ্যাটর্নি জেনারেলগণের নাম ও কার্যকাল. এটর্নি জেনারেলের কার্যালয়. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
5. "Law officers call on President". The Daily Star. 9 January 1998. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
6. "Constitution expert and former attorney general Mahmudul Islam dies at 80". bdnews24.com. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2017.