Government System of

Bangladesh

Corinne Abbas
November 5th 2018

Background: Formerly known as Bengal, Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan in

1971 and instated their own constitution in 1972. Turmoil and instability reigned until the
1990’s when a democratic republican process provided Bangladesh with the opportunity to
vote for reform rather than overthrow leaders through military coups and assassinations,
as was more common in prior decades. Bangladesh is now under rule of the Awami league,
and is comprised of 8 provinces. Although still a work in progress, Bangladesh has made
many strides in adopting a republic and giving its people a voice.
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BANGLADESH’S GOVERNMENT IS MADE UP OF THREE BRANCHES: LEGISLATIVE,
EXECUTIVE, and JUDICIAL.

The LEGISLATIVE The EXECUTIVE branch The JUDICIAL branch of

branch of the Bangladesh of the Bangladesh the Bangladesh
government is comprised government is made up government is made up
of the House of the of the President, the of the Supreme Court,
Nation, or a 350 seat Prime Minister, and their with the Chief Justice as
parliament with 50 seats cabinet. The President the head. There is also
reserved for women. serves a term of five the High Court, and the
Their current House years, while the Prime Appellate Court. The
Speaker is Dr. Shirin Minister, who is current Chief Justice,
Sharmin Chaudhury. To appointed by Parliament Syed Mahmud Hossain,
learn more about the and chooses people to was appointed in
legislative branch visit make up their cabinet, February of this year. To
their website: can serve for an learn more about the
http://www.parliament. indeterminate amount of judicial branch visit their
gov.bd/ time. Both positions website:
wield a great deal of http://www.supremeco
power. The current urt.gov.bd/web/
president is Abdul Hamid.
He was elected in 2013.
The current prime
minister is Sheikh Hasina.
To learn more about the
executive branch visit
their website:
http://www.bdembassy
usa.org/
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