Second Mujib ministry
{{Short description|1972 government of independent Bangladesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_type = Council of Ministers
| cabinet_number = 2nd
| jurisdiction = the People's Republic of Bangladesh
| flag = Flag of Bangladesh.svg
| flag_border =
| incumbent = 12 January 1972–16 March 1973
| image = Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1950.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
| date_formed = 12 January 1972
| date_dissolved = 16 March 1973
| state_head_title = President
| government_head_title = Prime Minister
| deputy_government_head_title =
| state_head = Abu Sayeed Chowdhury
| government_head = Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
| deputy_government_head =
| members_number =
| former_members_number =
| total_number =
| political_party = {{Color box|{{party color|Awami League}}|border=darkgray}} Bangladesh Awami League
| legislature_status = Dominant-party majority {{Composition bar|400|403|{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
| opposition_parties = {{Color box|{{party color|Bangladesh National Awami Party}}|border=darkgray}} National Awami Party (Wali)
{{Color box|{{party color|Independent politician}}|border=darkgray}} Independent
| election = -
| last_election = 1973
| legislature_term = Constituent Assembly
1st Jatiya Sangsad
| previous = Provisional
| successor = Mujib III
}}
The second Mujib ministry 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{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/bangladesh/pres-mujib.htm |title=Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 1972-75 |website=GlobalSecurity.org}}{{cite web |url=https://www.albd.org/pages/7/Bangabandu-Sheikh-Mujibur-Rahman |title=Life and Struggle of Bangbandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |date=19 December 2017 |website=Bangladesh Awami League}} and left office on 16 March 1973.
Cabinet
The cabinet was composed of the following ministers:{{cite book |author1=Craig Baxter |author1-link=Craig Baxter |author2=Syedur Rahman |date=2003 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |edition=Third |location=Lanham, Maryland |publisher=Scarecrow Press |pages=206–210 |isbn=0-8108-4863-5}}
{{Cabinet table start}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Prime Minister
| minister1 = Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
| minister1_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Agriculture
| minister1 = Phani Bhushan Majumder
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = date unknown
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Sheikh Abdul Aziz
| minister2_termstart =
| minister2_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister2_party = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Commerce
| minister1 = Mansur Ali
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = date unknown
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Syed Nazrul Islam
| minister2_termstart =
| minister2_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister2_party = Bangladesh Awami League
| minister2_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Communications
| minister1 = Sheikh Abdul Aziz
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Defence
| minister1 = Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Education
| minister1 = M. Yousuf Ali
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Finance
| minister1 = Tajuddin Ahmad
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Food and Civil Supplies
| minister1 = Phani Bhushan Majumder
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Foreign Affairs
| minister1 = Abdus Samad Azad
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Forests, Fisheries, and Livestock
| minister1 = Muhammad Sohrab Hossain
| minister1_termstart =
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister1_party =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Health and Family Planning
| minister1 = Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = date unknown
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Abdul Malek Ukil
| minister2_termstart =
| minister2_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister2_party = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Home Affairs
| minister1 = Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = date unknown
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
| minister2 = Abdul Mannan
| minister2_termstart =
| minister2_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister2_party = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Industries
| minister1 = Syed Nazrul Islam
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = 20 January 1972
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
| minister2 = Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi
| minister2_termstart = 20 January 1972
| minister2_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister2_party = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Information and Broadcasting
| minister1 = Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = date unknown
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
| minister2 = Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
| minister2_termstart =
| minister2_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister2_party = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Labor and Social Welfare
| minister1 = Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
| minister1_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Land Revenue
| minister1 = Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = date unknown
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Abdur Rab Serniabat
| minister2_termstart =
| minister2_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister2_party = Bangladesh Awami League
| minister2_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs
| minister1 = Kamal Hossain
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Local Government, Rural Development,
and Cooperatives
| minister1 = Phani Bhushan Majumder
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = date unknown
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Sheikh Abdul Aziz
| minister2_termstart =
| minister2_termend = date unknown
| minister2_party = Bangladesh Awami League
| minister2_ref =
| minister3 = Shamsul Haq
| minister3_termstart = 20 January 1972
| minister3_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister3_party =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Planning
| minister1 = Tajuddin Ahmad
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Posts, Telephones, and Telegraph
| minister1 = Mollah Jalaluddin Ahmad
| minister1_termstart =
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Power, Natural Resources
Scientific and Technological Research and Atomic Energy
| minister1 = Hafiz Ahmad Choudhury
| minister1_termstart =
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister1_party =
| minister1_ref = Title varied, "Power" was dropped in March 1974{{cite news |title=Ministers quite as Mujib gets tough |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19740709&id=DastAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dX0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2922,1204411&hl=en |newspaper=New Straits Times |location=Singapore |agency=Reuter |date=9 July 1974}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Power, Flood Control and Irrigation
| minister1 = Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
| minister1_ref = Title varied
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Public Works and Housing
| minister1 = Muhammad Yusuf Ali
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = date unknown
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Kamal Hossain
| minister2_termstart =
| minister2_termend = date unknown
| minister2_party = Bangladesh Awami League
| minister2_ref =
| minister3 = Matiur Rahman
| minister3_termstart = 20 January 1972
| minister3_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister3_party =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation
| minister1 = A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1972
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Shipping, Inland waterwaysand Water Transport
| minister1 = M. A. G. Osmani
| minister1_termstart = 12 April 1972
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1973
| minister1_party = Bangladesh Awami League
| minister1_ref = {{cite book |last=Aziz |first=Md. Abdul |editor-last=Ahmed |editor-first=Sharif Uddin |chapter=Bongobir Osmani: Portrait of a Leader |title=Sylhet: History and Heritage |year=1999 |publisher=Bangladesh Itihas Samiti |isbn=978-984-31-0478-6 |page=818 |quote=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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Category:Cabinets established in 1972