Tarique Rahman sworn in as Bangladesh’s new prime minister
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Tarique Rahman has been sworn in as the country’s new prime minister following his party’s decisive parliamentary election victory.
Rahman officially assumed office on Tuesday after the BNP’s landslide win in last week’s parliamentary elections, the first held since the 2024 uprising that led to the overthrow of the government under former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Rahman, 60, is the son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia and former president Ziaur Rahman. His term is set to last for five years.
The oath of office was administered by President Mohammed Shahabuddin, with dozens of Cabinet members and other government officials also sworn in during the ceremony.
The BNP and its allies secured 212 seats in the 350-member Parliament. The opposition, an 11-party alliance led by the Jamaat-e-Islami Party, won 77 seats.
The newly formed National Citizen Party (NCP), created by student leaders who spearheaded the 2024 uprising, won six seats as part of the alliance.
After 17 years in self-exile in London, Rahman returned to Bangladesh in December, just months before his mother passed away.
The elections were overseen by an interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, which assumed office following Hasina’s ousting.
Dignitaries from across the region attended the swearing-in ceremony, including Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, and an Indian delegation, along with representatives from Nepal, Sri Lanka, and other countries.
The Bangladesh Awami League, led by Hasina, was barred from participating in the elections. The Yunus administration also prohibited all activities of her party, which had governed Bangladesh for 15 years.
Sheikh Hasina, living in exile in India since August 5, 2024, has denounced the election as unfair.
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