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Bangladesh switched to the parliamentary
system of government in 1991. The President, elected by parliament, is the
constitutional head of the Government and acts on the advice of the Prime
Minister. At the initiative of the then Prime Minister, former Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed, held in high esteem as a
neural non-party personality, was chosen as the President of the Republic.
Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed was also the Acting President after the fall of
the autocratic regime in December 1990 and had supervised the general
elections in 1991.
The Prime Minister, under the provision of
the Constitution, is the Head of the Government. The Prime Minister presides
over the cabinet, which is collectively responsible to Parliament. The
business of the national government is carried out by various ministries and
divisions, which together constitute the nerve center of the country's
administration. Under these bodies lie several government agencies including
departments, directorates, corporations and other statutory bodies for
executing government policies and decisions.
* Excerpted from resources of Bangladesh Embassy in
Washington D.C.
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