President Md Shahabuddin already allowed Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina to form a new cabinet following her party's landslide victory in the 12th parliamentary elections. After the approval of the formation of the cabinet yesterday afternoon, the Cabinet Division issued a notification regarding the formation of the cabinet. Briefing reporters after the meeting, Cabinet Division Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain said the Cabinet Division has formally invited the new cabinet members to take oath. The new cabinet members, including the prime minister, will take oath yesterday.
The full list of the ministers are: AKM Mozammel Haque (Gazipur-1), Obaidul Quader (Noakhali-5), Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun (Narsingdi-4), Asaduzzaman Khan (Dhaka-12), Deepu Moni (Chandpur-3), Md Tajul Islam (Comilla-9), Muhammad Farooq Khan (Gopalganj-1), Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali (Dinajpur-4), Anisul Haque (Brahmanbaria-4), Mohammad Hasan Mahmud (Chittagong-7), Md Abdus Shaheed (Moulvibazar-4), Sadhan Chandra Majumdar (Naogaon-1), RAM Ubaidul Moktadir Chowdhury (Brahmanbaria-3), Md Abdur Rahman (Faridpur-1), Narayan Chandra Chand (Khulna-5), Abdus Salam (Mymensingh-9), Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury (Chattogram-9), Farhad Hossain (Meherpur-1), Md Faridul Haque Khan (Jamalpur-2), Md Zillul Hakim (Rajbari-2), Saber Hossain Chowdhury (Dhaka-9), Jahangir Kabir Nanak (Dhaka-13), Nazmul Hasan (Kishoreganj-6), Architect Yafes Osman, Samanta Lal Sen.
The state ministers are: Begum Simin Hossain (Rimi) (Gazipur-4), Nasrul Hamid (Dhaka-3), Zunaid Ahmed Palak (Natore-3), Mohammad Ali Arafat (Dhaka-17), Md Mohibbur Rahman (Patuakhali-4), Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury (Dinajpur-2), Zahid Farooq (Barisal-5), Kujendra Lal Tripura (Khagrachari), Begum Rumana Ali (Gazipur-3), Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury (Sylhet-2), Ahsanul Islam (Tangail-6).
Ministers of the previous cabinet whose names are not in the list are: Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, Health Minister Zahid Maleque, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, Planning Minister MA Mannan, Jute and Textiles Minister Golam Dastgir Gazi, Fisheries and Animal Resources Minister SM Rezaul Karim, Environment Minister Shahab Uddin, Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan, Expatriate Welfare Minister Imran Ahmed, Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed, and Chattogram Hill Tracts Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushai Singh.
The President will first administer the oath of office to the Prime Minister at Bangabhaban at 7 pm today. The President will then administer the oath to ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers. After the oath, a notification will be issued by distributing the portfolios from the Cabinet Division.
If the new cabinet is sworn in, they will be the new government of the country. The previous cabinet will remain in place until he is sworn in. If the new cabinet is sworn in, the previous cabinet will be automatically dissolved.
AL is going to form the government for the fourth consecutive time with a landslide victory in the 12th parliamentary elections. At the same time, AL President Sheikh Hasina has become the Prime Minister of the country for the fourth time in a row and the fifth time overall.
The 12th parliamentary elections were held in 299 out of 300 parliamentary seats across the country on last Sunday. Meanwhile, the Election Commission announced the results of 298 seats in Mymensingh-3 constituency. The ruling AL won 222 seats, Jatiyo Party 11, Workers Party, JSD and Kalyan Party one each and independent candidates won 62 seats.
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