Back رابطة عوامي Arabic বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী লীগ Bengali/Bangla Lliga Awami Catalan Awami League Danish Awami-Liga German Σύνδεσμος Αουάμι του Μπανγκλαντές Greek Aŭamia Ligo Esperanto Liga Awami de Bangladés Spanish عوامی لیگ بنگلادش Persian Awamiliitto Finnish
Bangladesh Awami League বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী লীগ | |
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| Abbreviation | AL[1][2] |
| President | Sheikh Hasina |
| General Secretary | Obaidul Quader |
| Governing body | Central Working Committee |
| Founders | |
| Founded | 23 June 1949 (as East Pakistan Awami Muslim League) |
| Split from | Muslim League |
| Merged into | Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (1975) |
| Newspaper | Uttaran[3][4] |
| Student wing | Bangladesh Chhatra League[a] |
| Youth wing | Bangladesh Awami Jubo League |
| Women's wing | |
| Farmer wing | Bangladesh Krishak League |
| Trade union | Bangladesh Jatiya Sramik League |
| Volunteer wing | Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League |
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| Ideology | Big tent |
| Political position | Centre to centre-left |
| National affiliation | Grand Alliance |
| Colors | Green |
| Slogan | Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu ('Victory to Bengal, victory to Bangabandhu') |
| MPs in the Jatiya Sangsad | Parliament dissolved |
| Mayors in the City Corporations | 0 / 2 |
| Councillors in the City Corporations | Post dissolved |
| Chairmen’s in the District Councils | Post dissolved |
| Chairmen’s in the Subdistrict Councils | Post dissolved |
| Chairmen’s in the Union councils | Post dissolved |
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Bangladesh Awami League,[a] simply known as Awami League,[b] is one of the major political parties in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achieving the independence of Bangladesh. It's one of the two dominant parties in the country, along with their traditional rival, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
In 1949, the party was founded as the East Pakistan Awami Muslim League (after 1955, the East Pakistan Awami League) by Bengali nationalists, Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Yar Mohammad Khan and Shamsul Huq, and joined later by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy who went on to become Prime Minister of Pakistan. It was established as the socialist Bengali alternative to the domination of the Muslim League in Pakistan and over centralisation of the government. The party quickly gained a massive popular support in East Bengal (later named East Pakistan) and eventually led the forces of Bengali nationalism in the struggle against West Pakistan's military and political establishment. The party under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, led the struggle for independence, first through massive populist and civil disobedience movements, such as the Six point movement and Non-cooperation movement (1971), and then during the Bangladesh War of Independence.
After the emergence of independent Bangladesh, Awami League under the leadership of Sheikh Mujib won the first general elections. The party along with other left-wing political parties of Bangladesh were merged into Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BaKSAL) in January 1975, where Awami League politicians played the leading role in BaKSAL. After the August 1975 coup, the party was made onto the political sidelines, and many of its senior leaders and activists were executed or jailed. In 1981, Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of Sheikh Mujib, became the president of the party and continued to hold the position to this date.
The party played a crucial role in the anti-authoritarian movements against the regime of Hussain Muhammad Ershad. After the restoration of democracy amidst mass uprising in 1990, the Awami League emerged as one of the principal players of Bangladeshi politics. The party formed governments winning the 1996, 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2024 general elections. Throughout its tenure as the ruling party from 2009 to 2024 under Sheikh Hasina,[5] Bangladesh experienced significant democratic backsliding[6][7][8] and was consistently described as authoritarian,[c] and dictatorial.[d] It was finally overthrown with the Student–People's uprising in August 2024. Since then, the party remained underground.
Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister of Bangladesh, and Obaidul Quader, currently have been serving the president and the general secretary of the party, respectively. Sheikh Hasina, has headed the party since 1981. Amongst the leaders of the Awami League, five have become the President of Bangladesh, four have become the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and one became the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
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- ^ Hossain, Akram; Mahmudul, Haque (19 October 2021). Survival Strategies of Jamaat as a Religion-Based Political Opponent in Bangladesh. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 105–123. doi:10.1007/978-981-16-4314-9_7. ISBN 978-981-16-4314-9. S2CID 239951371. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ Hossain, Akram; Mahmudul, Haque (19 October 2021). Survival Strategies of Jamaat as a Religion-Based Political Opponent in Bangladesh. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 105–123. doi:10.1007/978-981-16-4314-9_7. ISBN 978-981-16-4314-9. S2CID 239951371. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ Ruud, Arild; Hasan, Mubashar (18 October 2021). Masks of Authoritarianism Hegemony, Power and Public Life in Bangladesh. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. p. 112. ISBN 9789811643149.
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- ^ Ahmed, Redwan; Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (26 July 2024). "Bangladesh student protests turn into 'mass movement against a dictator'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh democracy icon-turned-iron lady". France 24. 7 January 2024. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Sheikh Hasina forced to resign: What happened and what's next?". Al Jazeera English. 5 August 2024. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
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- ^ "'Free from dictatorship': Bangladesh protesters celebrate Sheikh Hasina's exit". India Today. 6 August 2024. Archived from the original on 24 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "'Not only Bangladesh ... ':Farooq Abdullah's cryptic lesson 'for every dictator'". The Times of India. 6 August 2024. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
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