Last Updated on 09/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
Nobel Peace Prize winner economist Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government on Thursday evening. Four days ago, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had to resign and flee to neighboring India. 84-year-old Yunus was sworn in during a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Dhaka on Thursday night. Politicians, civil society people, generals and diplomats attended the ceremony.
After being sworn in by President Mohammad Shahabuddin, Yunus said that I will protect, support and preserve the Constitution. More than a dozen members of his cabinet, who have been given the post of advisors and not ministers, also took oath. Those who took oath also included student leaders Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud, who were opponents of Hasina and were leading the anti-reservation protests in Bangladesh.
Members of the Bangladesh Interim Government
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A 16-member council of advisers was announced in the interim government led by Mohammad Yunus. This interim government will lead crisis-hit Bangladesh for a fixed period and oversee elections to transfer power to an elected government. Others include former foreign secretary Touhid Hussain and former attorney general Hasan Arif. Award-winning environmental lawyer Sayeeda Rizwana Hasan and top professor and author Asif Nazrul were also sworn in.
Who are the 16 members of the interim government
1- | Brigadier General (Retd) M Sakhawat Hussain | Former Election Commissioner of Bangladesh |
2- | Farida Akhtar | women rights activist |
3- | Khalid Husain | Deputy Chief of Islamic Party Hefazat-e-Islam |
4- | Noorjehan Begum | Rural Telecom Trustee |
5- | Sharmeen Murshid | Freedom Fighter |
6- | Supradeep Chakma | Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board |
7- | Professor Bidhan Ranjan Roy | Director, National Institute of Mental Health |
8- | Tauheed Hussain | Former Foreign Secretary |
9- | Mohammed Nazrul Islam | Professor at Dhaka University |
10- | Adilur Rahman Khan | Human rights activist |
11- | AF Hassan Arif | Former Attorneys General |
12- | Sayeeda Rizwana Hassan | Chief Executive Officer of BELA |
13- | Nahid Islam | agitating student leader |
14- | Asif Mehmood | agitating student leader |
15- | farooq-e-azaam | Freedom Fighter |
16- | Saleh Uddin Ahmed | Former Governor of the Central Bank |
Sheikh Hasina left the country after resigning
Let us tell you that after violent protests in the neighboring country, Sheikh Hasina resigned from the post of PM and left the country. Three days after this incident, Yunus has taken oath as the head of the caretaker government. The interim government of Bangladesh has been entrusted with the task of conducting fresh elections in the country.
84-year-old economist Yunus has received support from student protesters as the head of the interim government. He returned to Dhaka from Paris on Thursday. Speaking to the media at the airport, Yunus said, ‘We will move forward with whatever path our students show us.’
Mohammad Yunus, who has become the new head of Bangladesh, has become the 32nd person who has won the Nobel Prize and will now play the role of the head of the nation. Before this, there are 31 other people in the whole world who have received the Nobel Prize and have also played the role of the head of the nation.
Who is Muhammad Yunus?
Yunus, known as the banker of the poor, and the Grameen Bank he founded have received the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. He helped millions of people come out of poverty by providing small loans of less than $100 to the poor living in the villages. These poor people were not able to get any help from big banks. His model of lending inspired many such schemes around the world. This includes developed countries like America.
In the US, Yunus also started a separate non-profit organization, Grameen America. As 84-year-old Yunus became more successful, he became more inclined towards a career in politics. He also tried to form his own party in 2007. But when his ambition started taking a bigger shape, Sheikh Hasina became angry. Hasina also accused Yunus of ‘sucking the blood of the poor’.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)