Second Mujib ministry

The second Mujib cabinet 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.

Predecessor:- Provisional Government of Bangladesh

Successor:- People's Republic of Bangladesh

Cabinet

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

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officePartyRef
Prime Minister12 January 197216 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Agriculture12 January 1972date unknown Bangladesh Awami League
16 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Commerce12 January 1972date unknown Bangladesh Awami League
16 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Communications12 January 197216 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Defence12 January 197216 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League[4]
Minister of Education12 January 197216 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League[4]
Minister of Finance12 January 197216 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League[4]
Minister of Food and Civil Supplies12 January 197216 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Foreign Affairs12 January 197216 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and Livestock16 March 1973 [5]
Minister of Health and Family Planning12 January 1972date unknown Bangladesh Awami League
16 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League[5]
Minister of Home Affairs12 January 1972date unknown Bangladesh Awami League[4]
16 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League[5]
Minister of Industries12 January 197220 January 1972 Bangladesh Awami League[4]
20 January 197216 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League[6][5]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting12 January 1972date unknown Bangladesh Awami League[4]
16 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League[5]
Minister of Labor and Social Welfare12 January 197216 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Land Revenue12 January 1972date unknown Bangladesh Awami League
16 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League
Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs12 January 197216 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League[4][5]
Minister of Local Government, Rural Development,
and Cooperatives		12 January 1972date unknown Bangladesh Awami League
date unknown Bangladesh Awami League
20 January 197216 March 1973 [6][5]
Minister of Planning12 January 197216 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League[4]
Minister of Posts, Telephones, and Telegraph16 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League[5]
Minister of Power, Natural Resources
Scientific and Technological Research and Atomic Energy		16 March 1973 [note 1][7]
Minister of Power, Flood Control and Irrigation12 January 197216 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League[note 2]
Minister of Public Works and Housing12 January 1972date unknown Bangladesh Awami League
date unknown Bangladesh Awami League
20 January 197216 March 1973 [6]
Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation12 January 197216 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League[4][5]
Minister of Shipping, Inland waterwaysand Water Transport12 April 197216 March 1973 Bangladesh Awami League[8][7]

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.open access
  5. Newberry, Daniel O. (17 March 1973). "New Bangladesh Cabinet". WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks cable: 1973DACCA01186_b. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  6. "Mujib adds to team". The Canberra Times. Australian Associated Press-Reuter. 21 January 1972.
  7. "Ministers quite as Mujib gets tough". New Straits Times. Singapore. Reuter. 9 July 1974.
  8. Ahmed, Sharif Uddin (1999). Sylhet: History and Heritage. Bangladesh Itihas Samiti. 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.
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