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Bangladesh: Heads of State: 1971-2024

Acting President of Bangladesh [1]
17 Apr 1971 - 10 Jan 1972 Saiyd Najrul Islām = Syed Nazrul Islam
Rāṣṭrapati Ganaprajātantrī Bāṃlādeśa = President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
17 Apr 1971 - 12 Jan 1972 Baṅgabandhu Śekh Mujibur Rahmān = Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
12 Jan 1972 - 24 Dec 1973 Āby Sāīd Caudhurī = Abu Sayeed Chowdhuri
Acting President
24 Dec 1973 - 27 Jan 1974 Mohāmmad Mohāmmad Ullāh = Mohammad Mohammadullah
Rāṣṭrapati Ganaprajātantrī Bāṃlādeśa = President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
27 Jan 1974 - 25 Jan 1975 Mohāmmad Mohāmmad Ullāh = Mohammad Mohammadullah 
25 Jan 1975 - 15 Aug 1975 Baṅgabandhu Śekh Mujibur Rahmān = Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 
15 Aug 1975 - 6 Nov 1975 Khandakār Mośtāk Āhmed = Khandker Mustaque Ahmad
6 Nov 1975 - 21 Apr 1977 Ābu Sādāt Mohāmmad Sāyem = Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem
21 Apr 1977 - 30 May 1981 Jīyāur Rahmān = Ziaur Rahman
Upa-Rāṣṭrapati kartṛka astāyī Rāṣṭrapati = Vice-President acting as President
30 May 1981 - 20 Nov 1981 Ābdus Sāttār = Abdus Sattar
Rāṣṭrapati Ganaprajātantrī Bāṃlādeśa = President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
20 Nov 1981 - 24 Mar 1982 Ābdus Sāttār = Abdus Sattar 
Prathāna Sāmarika Āina Praśasaka = Chief Martial Law Administrator
24 Mar 1982 - 27 Mar 1982 Husein Muhāmmad Erśād = Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Rāṣṭrapati Ganaprajātantrī Bāṃlādeśa = President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
27 Mar 1982 - 11 Dec 1983 Ābul Phajal Mohāmmad Āhsān Uddīn Caudhurī = Abul Fazal Mohammad Ahsanuddin Choudhury
11 Dec 1983 - 6 Dec 1990 Husein Muhāmmad Erśād = Hussain Muhammad Ershad 
Upa-Rāṣṭrapati kartṛka astāyī Rāṣṭrapati = Vice-President acting as President
6 Dec 1990 - 9 Oct 1991 Śāhābuddin Āhmed = Shahabuddin Ahmed
Rāṣṭrapati Ganaprajātantrī Bāṃlādeśa = President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
9 Oct 1991 - 9 Oct 1996 Ābdur Rahmān Biśbās = Abdur Rahman Biswas
9 Oct 1996 - 14 Nov 2001 Śāhābuddin Āhmed = Shahabuddin Ahmed 
14 Nov 2001 - 21 Jun 2002 E K Ū Em Badruddojā Caudhurī = A Q M Badruddoza Chowdhury [2]
Spikāra kartṛka astāyī Rāṣṭrapati = Speaker acting as President
21 Jun 2002 - 6 Sep 2002 Mohāmmad Jamiruddīn Sarkār = Mohammad Jamiruddin Sircar
Rāṣṭrapati Ganaprajātantrī Bāṃlādeśa = President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
6 Sep 2002 - 12 Feb 2009 Iyāj Uddīn Āhmmed = Iajuddin Ahmed
12 Feb 2009 - 20 Mar 2013 Mohāmmad Jillur Rahmān = Mohammad Zillur Rahman
Spikāra kartṛka astāyī Rāṣṭrapati = Speaker acting as President
20 Mar 2013 - 24 Apr 2013 Mohāmmad Ābdul Hāmid = Mohammad Abdul Hamid
Rāṣṭrapati Ganaprajātantrī Bāṃlādeśa = President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
24 Apr 2013 - 24 Apr 2023 Mohāmmad Ābdul Hāmid = Mohammad Abdul Hamid 
24 Apr 2023 - Mohāmmad Śāhābuddin = Mohammed Shahabuddin

[1] Pending the taking office by Rāṣṭrapati Ganaprajātantrī Bāṃlādeśa = President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
[2] In full: Abdul Qasim Mohammad Badruddoza Chowdhury.