Ruler · 1921 – 1987

Abu Sayeed Chowdhury

Lived 1921 – 1987; politician, diplomat. President of Bangladesh (Bangladesh), 1972 – 1973.

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Lived: 1921 – 1987; 66 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Bangladesh
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Bangladesh

Bangladesh · the 3rd of 22 dated reigns · 1971 – 2026

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman1971 – 1972

Syed Nazrul Islam1971 – 1972

Abu Sayeed Chowdhury1972 – 1973

Mohammad Mohammadullah1973 – 1975

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman1975

Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad1975

16 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 1972 – 1973 · 1 year · came to it aged 51

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

In December of the same year he resigned and became special envoy for external relations with the rank of a minister.

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