Bangladesh elects ruling party’s Alamgir as president

Bangladesh elects ruling party’s Alamgir as president  Dawn

Bangladesh elects Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir by parliamentary vote, filling vacancy after Shahabuddin's resignation.

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was a long-time secretary-general of BNP and steered the political movement against the 15-year rule of Hasina

A total of 349 members of Parliament were eligible to vote in what was the first contested presidential election since Oct. 1991, when the nation became a parliamentary democracy. Every presidential election since then had been uncontested, drawing no challengers to the ruling party’s candidate.

Bangladesh's Parliament has elected Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as president after the former president's resignation

The longtime opposition figure's party came to power after the 2024 revolution, which ousted the government of Sheikh Hasina.

Bangladesh elects ruling party veteran Alamgir as president  Reuters