Second Mujib ministry

Second Mujib ministry
2nd Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
12 January 1972–16 March 1973
Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Date formed	12 January 1972
Date dissolved	16 March 1973
People and organisations
President	Abu Sayeed Chowdhury
Prime Minister	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Member party	Bangladesh Awami League
Status in legislature	Dominant-party majority 400 / 403 (99%)
Opposition parties	National Awami Party (Wali)   Independent
History
Election	-
Outgoing election	1973
Legislature terms	Constituent Assembly 1st Jatiya Sangsad
Predecessor	Mujib I
Successor	Mujib III

The second Mujib ministry 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^[1][2] and left office on 16 March 1973.

Cabinet

The cabinet was composed of the following ministers:^[3]

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Prime Minister	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	12 January 1972	16 March 1973		AL
Minister of Agriculture	Phani Bhushan Majumder	12 January 1972	date unknown		AL
	Sheikh Abdul Aziz		16 March 1973		AL
Minister of Commerce	Mansur Ali	12 January 1972	date unknown		AL
	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	[4]
Minister of Education	M. Yousuf Ali	12 January 1972	16 March 1973		AL	[4]
Minister of Finance	Tajuddin Ahmad	12 January 1972	16 March 1973		AL	[4]
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
	Abdul Malek Ukil		16 March 1973		AL
Minister of Home Affairs	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	12 January 1972	date unknown		AL	[4]
	Abdul Mannan		16 March 1973		AL
Minister of Industries	Syed Nazrul Islam	12 January 1972	20 January 1972		AL	[4]
	Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi	20 January 1972	16 March 1973		AL	[5]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	12 January 1972	date unknown		AL	[4]
	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
	Abdur Rab Serniabat		16 March 1973		AL
Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs	Kamal Hossain	12 January 1972	16 March 1973		AL	[4]
Minister of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives	Phani Bhushan Majumder	12 January 1972	date unknown		AL
	Sheikh Abdul Aziz		date unknown		AL
	Shamsul Haq	20 January 1972	16 March 1973			[5]
Minister of Planning	Tajuddin Ahmad	12 January 1972	16 March 1973		AL	[4]
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			[note 1][6]
Minister of Power, Flood Control and Irrigation	Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad	12 January 1972	16 March 1973		AL	[note 2]
Minister of Public Works and Housing	Muhammad Yusuf Ali	12 January 1972	date unknown		AL
	Kamal Hossain		date unknown		AL
	Matiur Rahman	20 January 1972	16 March 1973			[5]
Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation	A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman	12 January 1972	16 March 1973		AL	[4]
Minister of Shipping, Inland waterwaysand Water Transport	M. A. G. Osmani	12 April 1972	16 March 1973		AL	[7][6]

Notes

1. Title varied, "Power" was dropped in March 1974
2. Title varied

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. "Mujib Takes Four More Cabinet Posts". Waterloo Daily Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. Associated Press. 31 January 1972.
5. "Mujib adds to team". The Canberra Times. Australian Associated Press-Reuter. 21 January 1972.
6. "Ministers quite as Mujib gets tough". New Straits Times. Singapore. Reuter. 9 July 1974.
7. Aziz, Md. Abdul (1999). "Bongobir Osmani: Portrait of a Leader". In Ahmed, Sharif Uddin (ed.). Sylhet: History and Heritage. Bangladesh Itihas Samiti. p. 818. 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.