Third Mujib ministry

Third Mujib ministry
3rd Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
16 March 1973–25 January 1975
Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Date formed	16 March 1973
Date dissolved	25 January 1975
People and organisations
President	Abu Sayeed Chowdhury Mohammad Mohammadullah (acting until 1974)
Prime Minister	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Member party	Bangladesh Awami League
Status in legislature	Dominant-party majority 308 / 315 (98%)
Opposition party	-
History
Election	1973
Outgoing election	-
Legislature terms	1st Jatiya Sangsad
Predecessor	Mujib II
Successor	Mujib IV

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.^[1][2]

Cabinet

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

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
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	[4]
Minister of Education	M. Yousuf Ali	16 March 1973	24 January 1975		AL	[4]
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	[note 1]
Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and Livestock	Abdur Rab Serniabat	16 March 1973	date unknown		AL
	Mollah Jalaluddin Ahmad	6 December 1973	date unknown		AL	[5]
	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman		date unknown		AL
	Tajuddin Ahmad		date unknown		AL
	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
	Mansur Ali		24 January 1975		AL
Minister of Industries	A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman	16 March 1973	date unknown		AL
	Syed Nazrul Islam		24 January 1975		AL
Minister of Information and Broadcasting	Sheikh Abdul Aziz	16 March 1973	4 October 1973		AL
	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	4 October 1973	24 January 1975		AL
Minister of Jute	Tajuddin Ahmad	16 March 1973	date unknown		AL
	Shamsul Haq	6 December 1973	8 July 1974		AL	[5][6]
	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	9 July 1974	24 January 1975		AL	[6]
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	[note 2][7]
	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			[7]
	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
	Sheikh Abdul Aziz	4 October 1973	8 July 1974		AL	[7]
	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			[note 3][7]
	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	[8]
	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	4 October 1973	date unknown		AL
	Abdul Momin		24 January 1975
Minister of Shipping, Inland Waterways and Water Transport	M. A. G. Osmani	16 March 1973	8 July 1974		AL	[9][7]
	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	9 July 1974	24 January 1975		AL	[6]

Notes

1. Otherwise included with Minister of Commerce
2. After March 1974, Minister of Land Administration and Land Reform
3. Title varied, "Power" was dropped in March 1974

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. "Cabinet Expansion". Asian Recorder. Vol. XX, no. 1. 1–7 January 1974. p. 11773.
6. "Bangladesh Shakeup". The Canberra Times. Australian Associated Press-Reuter. 10 July 1974.
7. "Ministers quite as Mujib gets tough". New Straits Times. Singapore. Reuter. 9 July 1974.
8. "Minister quits". The Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. 18 May 1973.
9. 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.