Who is President Muhammed Shahabuddin | Bangladesh Parliament Dissolver

Sheikh Hasina Wajid’s government was toppled on Monday after massive public protests in Bangladesh, after which the army chief announced the formation of a caretaker government.

The next day, on Tuesday, the Bangladeshi president Shahabuddin dissolved the parliament there.

At present President Muhammed Shahabuddin is the only highest constitutional officer of Bangladesh.

After this initiative of President Muhammed Shahabuddin, the way for the establishment of the interim government and new elections in Bangladesh has been paved.

On the other hand, Army Chief General Waqar-ul-Zaman is also scheduled to meet with the leadership of the protesting students regarding the establishment of the interim government.

Who is President Muhammed Shahabuddin?

Shahabuddin was born in 1949 in the then-East Pakistan region of Pabna. As a student, he actively participated in his country’s independence movement from Pakistan.

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Bangladesh Freedom Movement leader and Hasina Wajid’s father Sheikh Mujibur Rehman appointed Shahabuddin as the district joint secretary of the Krishak Ceramic Awami League, a farmers’ organization.

This political organization of farmers and laborers was merged with the Awami League in 1975.

After the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the year 1975, Shahabuddin was imprisoned for three years.

As a former judge, Shahabuddin also chaired the inquiry panel that was probing the violence against Awami League members during the opposition era.

When Hasina Wajid became the prime minister of Bangladesh in April last year, Shahabuddin became the unopposed president of the country.

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