Shahabuddin Ahmed ministry

1990 interim government of Bangladesh

Shahabuddin Ahmed ministry
Interim government of Bangladesh
9 December 1990–15 March 1991

Date formed	9 December 1990
Date dissolved	20 March 1991
People and organisations
President	Shahabuddin Ahmed (acting)
President's history	Chief Justice of Bangladesh (since Jan, 1990)
Total no. of members	18
Member party	Independent
Status in legislature	Dissolved
History
Election	-
Outgoing election	1991 (general)
Predecessor	Ershad
Successor	Khaleda I

An interim government led by the Shahabuddin Ahmed ministry was formed on 9 December 1990 in Bangladesh, following President HM Ershad's resignation on 6 December in the face of a mass uprising against his regime.^[1] Shahabuddin had taken office as the acting president of the country after he was unanimously agreed upon by the leaders of all political parties to be ceremoniously appointed by Ershad just before resigning as vice-president in place of Moudud Ahmed.^[2] He administered the oath of office to his council of advisers at Bangabhaban on 9 December 1990. During this period, he gave back freedom of the press by amending a number of law including the Special Powers Act.^[2]

Following the dissolution of the 4th term of the Jatiya Sangsad on 6 December 1990, the cabinet remained in office until 20 March 1991,^[1] when Khaleda Zia of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which emerged as the largest party in the general election held in February, was appointed as the new Prime Minister.^[3]

Background

This section is an excerpt from 1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh.[edit]

The 1990 Mass Uprising,^[a] popularly known as '90's Anti-Authoritarian Movement,^[b] was a democratic movement that took place on 4 December and led to the fall of General Hussain Muhammad Ershad in Bangladesh. The uprising was the result of a series of popular protests that started from 10 October 1990 to topple General Ershad who came to power in 1982 by imposing martial law and replaced a democratically elected President through a bloodless coup.^[4]

The uprising is marked as the starting point of parliamentary democracy in Bangladesh after nine years of military rule and paved the way for a credible election in 1991. Bangladesh Nationalist Party led 7-party alliance, Bangladesh Awami League led 8-party alliance and Leftist 5-party alliance was instrumental in staging the uprising against Ershad.

About hundred people died during the protests those led to the upsurge from 10 October till 4 December, around fifty were the casualty of the violent protests and street fights started from 27 November, after a state of emergency was declared.

General Ershad was arrested immediately after the uprising on corruption charges.

List of advisers

The following lists the advisers of the interim government:^[5]


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Adviser for꞉ Law and Justice Religious Affairs	M A Khaleq	9 December 1990	15 March 1991
Adviser for Finance	Kafiluddin Mahmood	9 December 1990	15 March 1991
Adviser for Foreign Affairs	Fakhruddin Ahmed	9 December 1990	15 March 1991
Adviser for Planning In-charge of Economic Relations Division	Rehman Sobhan	9 December 1990	15 March 1991
Adviser for꞉ Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Housing and Public Works	Wahiduddin Ahmed	15 December 1990	15 March 1991
Adviser for Education	Zillur Rahman Siddiqui	9 December 1990	15 March 1991
Adviser for: Social Welfare Women Affairs Youth and Sports	Alamgir M. A. Kabir	15 December 1990	15 March 1991
Adviser for꞉ Industries Textiles Jute	AKM Musa	16 December 1990	15 March 1991
Adviser for Health and Family Welfare	M. A. Majed	9 December 1990	15 March 1991
Adviser for꞉ Civil Aviation and Tourism Shipping	Rafiqul Islam	9 December 1990	15 March 1991
Adviser for꞉ Cultural Affairs Food	Iajuddin Ahmed	17 December 1990	15 March 1991
Adviser for Communications	A. B. M. G. Kibria	9 December 1990	15 March 1991
Adviser for꞉ Irrigation, Water Development and Flood Control Fisheries and Livestock Environment and Forest	Qazi Fazlur Rahman	17 December 1990	15 March 1991
Adviser for Commerce	Imam Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury	7 January 1991	15 March 1991
Adviser for Relief	BK Das	9 January 1990	15 March 1991
Adviser for꞉ Agriculture Land	M. Anisuzzaman	9 January 1990	15 March 1991
Adviser for Labour and Manpower In-charge of Internal Resources Division	AKM Aminul Haque	9 January 1990	15 March 1991

Notes

^ Bengali: নব্বইয়ের গণঅভ্যুত্থান
^ Bengali: নব্বইয়ের স্বৈরাচারবিরোধী আন্দোলন

References

^ ^a ^b Syedur Rahman (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 303. ISBN 9780810874534.
^ ^a ^b Islam, Sirajul (2012). "Ahmed, Justice Shahabuddin". In Islam, Sirajul; Hoque, Kazi (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
^ "BANGLADESH: parliamentary elections Jatiya Sangsad, 1991". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
^ "Bangladeshis bring down Ershad regime, 1987–1990". Non-violent Data Archive. 24 January 2014.
^ "১৯৭১ সাল থেকে ০৭-০১-২০১৯ গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি, উপ-রাষ্ট্রপতি, প্রধানমন্ত্রী ও মন্ত্রিপরিষদের সদস্যবৃন্দ এবং নির্দলীয় তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকারের প্রধান উপদেষ্টা ও উপদেষ্টা পরিষদের সদস্যবৃন্দের দপ্তর বন্টনসহ নামের তালিকা।" (PDF). মন্ত্রিপরিষদ বিভাগ. Ministry Department, Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

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