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Bangladesh

Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most-populous and among the most densely populated countries, with a population of around 169 million in an area of 148,460 square kilometres

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 2,559 entities connected with Bangladesh. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in Bangladesh. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting Bangladesh

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in Bangladesh.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 2,006 entities identified as PEPs connected with Bangladesh.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Interim Prime Minister1--
President2--
President of Bangladesh-41
Prime Minister1--
Prime Minister of Bangladesh-5-
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh-23
Election Commissioner of Bangladesh-1-
First Lady of Bangladesh-1-
Land Minister of Bangladesh-31
Min of Liberation War1--
Minister of Agriculture1-1
Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs-1-
Minister of Civil Aviation & Tourism1--
Minister of Commerce13-
Minister of Cultural Affairs-1-
Minister of Defense1--
Minister of Disaster Management and Relief11-
Minister of Education121
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change-11
Minister of Environment, Forest, & Climate Change1--
Minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment--1
Minister of Finance111
Minister of Fisheries and Livestock111
Minister of Food12-
Minister of Foreign Affairs1--
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh-52
Minister of Health & Family Welfare1--
Minister of Health and Family Welfare-41
Minister of Home Affairs1--
Minister of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)-11
Minister of Housing & Public Works1--
Minister of Housing and Public Works-1-
Minister of Industries1--
Minister of Information and Broadcasting-11
Minister of Land1--
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs--1
Minister of Law, Justice, & Parliamentary Affairs1--
Minister of Liberation War Affairs--1
Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives1-1
Minister of Planning111
Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology-2-
Minister of Power, Energy, & Mineral Resources1--
Minister of Public Admin.1--
Minister of Railways111
Minister of Religious Affairs1--
Minister of Road Transport and Bridges11-
Minister of Science and Technology1--
Minister of Shipping1--
Minister of Social Welfare1-1
Minister of State for Cultural Affairs1--
Minister of State for Expatriates' Welfare & Overseas Employment1--
Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting1--
Minister of State for Labor & Employment1--
Minister of State for Posts, Telecommunications, & Information Technology1--
Minister of State for Primary & Mass Education1--
Minister of Textiles & Jute111
Minister of Water Resources1--
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Leader of the House-2-
Leader of the Opposition-4-
member of the 8th Jatiya Sangsad-71
Member of the Jatiyo Sangshad-320196
National judicial branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Attorney General of Bangladesh-51
Chief Justice of Bangladesh-102
National securityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Chief of Air Staff-51
Chief of Army Staff-62
Chief of Naval Staff (Bangladesh)-71
Central banking and financial integrityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Governor of Bangladesh Bank-31
Governor, Bangladesh Bank1--
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassador of Bangladesh to Japan-21
ambassador of China to Bangladesh--1
ambassador of France to Bangladesh-41
ambassador of India to Bangladesh-2-
ambassador of Indonesia to Bangladesh--1
ambassador of Iran to Bangladesh-1-
ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh-41
ambassador of Norway to Bangladesh--1
ambassador of Palestine to Bangladesh-11
ambassador of South Korea to Bangladesh--1
ambassador of Spain to Bangladesh-42
Ambassador to the US1--
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Bangladesh-4-
United States Ambassador to Bangladesh-7-

Intergovernmental positions

Number of known occupants
International bodiesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the Parliament of Bangladesh-243152
Adviser for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Interim Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh1--
Chief Adviser of the interim Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh1--
President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh1--
Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad--1

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...