Published : 22 Oct 2016, 11:14 AM
Updated : 08 Aug 2022, 03:54 PM
1st Council (Jun 23 to 24, 1949)
President: Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani;
General Secretary: Shamsul Haq;
2nd Council (Nov 14 to 16, 1953)
President: Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani;
General Secretary: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;
3rd Council (Sep 21 to 23, 1955)
President: Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani;
General Secretary: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;
4th Council (Feb 7 to 8, 1957)
President: Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani;
General Secretary: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;
Special Council (Jun 13 to 14, 1957)
Bashani leaves the Awami League to form the National Awami Party (NAP).
Acting President: Moulana Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish;
General Secretary: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;
5th Council (Mar 6 to 8, 1964)
President: Moulana Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish;
General Secretary: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;
6th Council (Mar 18 to 20, 1966)
President: Moulana Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish;
General Secretary: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;
7th Council (Aug 19, 1967)
President: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;
General Secretary: Tajuddin Ahmed;
8th Council (Jun 4, 1970)
President: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;
General Secretary: Tajuddin Ahmed;
9th Council (Apr 7 to 8, 1972)
President: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;
General Secretary: Zillur Rahman;
10th Council (Jan 18 to 20, 1974)
President: AHM Qamruzzaman;
General Secretary: Zillur Rahman;
11th Council (Apr 3 to 4, 1977)
Convener: Syed Zohra Tajuddin;
However, in 1976, the party reunited following the 1975 coup when Mahiuddin Ahmed and Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury served as the acting president and acting general secretary respectively.
12th Council (Mar 3 to 5, 1978)
President: Abdul Malek Ukil;
General Secretary: Abdur Razzaq;
13th Council (Feb 13 to 15, 1981)
President: Sheikh Hasina;
General Secretary: Abdur Razzaq;
Razzaq was later expelled from the party and Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury was made the acting secretary general.
14th Council (Jan 1 to 3, 1987)
President: Sheikh Hasina;
General Secretary: Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury;
15th Council (Sep 19 to 21, 1992)
President: Sheikh Hasina;
General Secretary: Zillur Rahman;
16th Council (May 6 to 7, 1997)
President: Sheikh Hasina;
General Secretary: Zillur Rahman;
17th Council (Dec 26, 2002)
President: Sheikh Hasina;
General Secretary: Adbul Jalil;
18th Council (Jul 24, 2009)
President: Sheikh Hasina;
General Secretary: Syed Ashraful Islam;
19th Council (Dec 29, 2012)
President: Sheikh Hasina;
General Secretary: Syed Ashraful Islam;
