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🇧🇩 Bangladesh
Parliamentary republic
SystemParliamentary republic
Head of statePresident Mohammed Shahabuddin (ceremonial)
Head of governmentPrime Minister Tarique Rahman (Bangladesh Nationalist Party, since February 2026)
LegislatureJatiya Sangsad · 350 seats including 50 reserved for women
ElectionsCompetitive elections resumed in 2026 after the 2024 uprising, though the long-ruling Awami League was banned from the vote
Last election2026-02-12 · general election, a two-thirds landslide for the BNP alongside a constitutional referendum
Next election2031 · general election due
The student-led July Uprising of 2024 ended Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule, and a caretaker government under Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus steered reforms until the February 2026 election, described as the year's biggest democratic exercise. Tarique Rahman returned from long exile in London to lead the BNP to power, with Jamaat-e-Islami as the second force and the Awami League excluded. Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia in 2025 over the uprising's suppression, and relations with India, where she fled, remain tense.
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