Ruler · 1926 – 2017

Abdur Rahman Biswas

Lived 1926 – 2017; politician. President of Bangladesh (Bangladesh), 1991 – 1996.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1926 – 2017; 91 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Bangladesh
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Bangladesh

Bangladesh · the 13th of 22 dated reigns · 1971 – 2026

9 before

A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury1982 – 1983

Hussain Muhammad Ershad1983 – 1990

Shahabuddin Ahmed1990 – 1991

Abdur Rahman Biswas1991 – 1996

Shahabuddin Ahmed1996 – 2001

A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury2001 – 2002

Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar2002

6 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1991 – 1996 · 5 years · came to it aged 65

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1996; they died in 2017

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