Ziaur Rahman ministry | |
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7th Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Bangladesh | |
29 June 1978 – 20 November 1981 | |
Date formed | 29 June 1978 |
Date dissolved | 27 November 1981 |
People and organisations | |
President | Ziaur Rahman Abdus Sattar (acting) |
President's history | Ziaur Rahman Former Chief of Staff of Bangladesh Army (1975–78) Former Chief Martial Law Administrator (1976–79) Former President of Bangladesh (acting) (1977–78) Abdus Sattar Former Interior Minister of Pakistan (1956) Former Special Assistant to the President of Bangladesh (1975–77) Vice-President of Bangladesh (since 1977) |
Vice-President | Abdus Sattar |
Member party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Status in legislature | Single-party majority 237 / 330 (72%) |
Opposition party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Opposition leader | Asaduzzaman Khan |
History | |
Elections | 1978 (presidential) 1979 (general) |
Outgoing election | 1981 (presidential) |
Legislature terms | 2nd Jatiya Sangsad |
Predecessor | Sayem |
Successor | Sattar |
The Ziaur Rahman ministry was the second democratically elected Council of Ministers of Bangladesh, during the 2nd legislative session of the Jatiya Sangsad. It was initially formed with members of a provisional council of ministers on 29 June 1978,[1] and with members elected to the reconvened parliament the following year on 15 April,[2] a few days after the martial law promulgated since the August 1975 coup was finally withdrawn following a general election in February. The ministry served under the directly elected President Ziaur Rahman and, after his assassination, his acting president Abdus Sattar.[3] It was dissolved by Sattar after he won the snap presidential election in November and declared a new council of ministers.[4]