Awami League is going to form the government for the fourth consecutive time. The swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet members will be held at Bangabhaban on Thursday (January 11) at 7 pm. In addition to the Prime Minister, the list of 36 members of the new cabinet has been released. Among them 25 ministers and 11 state ministers.
Cabinet Secretary. Mahbub Hossain has given this information. Awami League president and Bangabandhu’s daughter Sheikh Hasina is going to become the prime minister for the fourth and fifth time in a row.
The voting for the 12th National Parliament election was held on January 7. Awami League won the election without BNP. Out of 299 constituencies, Awami League won 222 out of 298 constituencies declared. Apart from this, Jatiya Party won 11 seats and Bangladesh Workers Party, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSAD and Bangladesh Kalyan Party won one seat each. 62 seats were won by independent candidates.
Newly elected Members of Parliament took oath on Wednesday (January 10) morning. Sheikh Hasina was elected the leader of the parliament in the parliamentary party meeting held after the oath. Awami League president Sheikh Hasina went to Bangabhaban after Wednesday evening. There the President. Sahabuddin decided to appoint him as Prime Minister. At the same time, the President agreed to form a new cabinet under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina.
In the evening, the President will first administer the Prime Minister’s oath at Banga Bhavan. After that, the President will administer the oath to the Ministers and Ministers of State. After the oath, the cabinet secretary said that a notification will be issued by allocating offices from the cabinet department.
If the new cabinet takes oath, they will be the new government of the country. The previous cabinet will remain in place until it is sworn in. Once the new cabinet is sworn in, the previous cabinet will automatically be overruled.
Those who are taking oath as ministers
Minister of Liberation War Affairs of the current cabinet AKM Mozammel Haque (Gazipur-1), Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader (Noakhali-5), Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun (Narsingdi-4), Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan (Dhaka-12), Education Minister Dipu Moni. (Chandpur-3), Minister of Local Government. Tajul Islam (Comilla-9), Law Minister Anisul Haque (Brahmanbaria-4), Information and Broadcasting Minister Mohammad Hasan Mahmud (Chittagong-7), Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumdar (Naogaon-1), State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain (Meherpur-1), Minister of State for Religious Affairs Faridul Haque Khan (Jamalpur-2), Deputy Minister for Education Mahibul Hasan Chowdhury (Chittagong-9) and Minister for Science and Technology Architect Yafes Osman (Technocrat) will take oath as the new cabinet ministers.
Among the members of parliament who are not in the current cabinet are the ministers – Muhammad Farooq Khan (Gopalganj-1), Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali (Dinajpur-4), Md. Abdus Shahid (Moulvibazar-4), RM Ubaidul Moktadir Chowdhury (Brahmanbaria-3), Md. Abdur Rahman (Faridpur-1), Narayan Chandra Chand (Khulna-5), Abdus Salam (Mymensingh-9), Md. Jillul Hakim (Rajbari-2), Saber Hossain Chowdhury (Dhaka-9), Jahangir Kabir Nanak (Dhaka-13) and Nazmul Hasan (Kishorganj-6). Samanta Lal Sen is the minister in the technocrat quota.
Taking oath as Minister of State who-
In the current cabinet, Minister of State for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid (Dhaka-3), Minister of State for Information and Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak (Nator-3), State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury (Dinajpur-2), State Minister for Water Resources Zahid Farooq (Barisal-5) are new. The Minister of State is also in the cabinet.
Among the parliamentarians who are not in the current cabinet, Simin Hossain (Rimi) (Gazipur-4), Mohammad Ali Arafat (Dhaka-17), Md. Mohibbur Rahman (Patuakhali-4), Kujendra Lal Tripura (Khagrachari), Rumana Ali (Gazipur-3), Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury (Sylhet-2) and Ahsanul Islam (Titu) (Tangail-6) will take oath as state ministers of the new cabinet in the evening.
According to Article 56 of the Constitution, the Cabinet consists of a Prime Minister and Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers at the pleasure of the Prime Minister. Prime Minister and other Ministers, State Ministers and Deputy Ministers are appointed by the President.
However, at least 9 out of 10 of the number of cabinet members will be appointed from among the parliamentarians. Article 56 of the Constitution mentions that a maximum of 10% of the members of parliament can be nominated as cabinet members (technocrats).
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