Discover Bengal · Unfolded
❦Thirteenth Amendment and Caretaker Government
Full list of figures, martyrs, coordinators, and collectives associated with 1996.
4 profiles
Leader of the 7-Party Alliance
As BNP chairperson, she led one of the key anti-Ershad alliances that turned the uprising into a truly national confrontation.
Bangladesh's anti-Ershad movement and democratic transition in the late 1980s and 1990.
Their role helped expand, legitimize, or complete the democratic uprising that ended authoritarian rule.
Awami League leader and prime minister during the 2024 uprising
As prime minister, she led the Awami League government during the July-August 2024 crackdown and resigned on 5 August 2024 after the student-led uprising reached a decisive national rupture.
Bangladesh politics from the anti-Ershad movement through the 2024 Anti-Discrimination Movement and post-resignation transition.
Her resignation turned the protest wave into a state-transition moment and made accountability for protest repression a central public question.
Caretaker Transition Figure
Accepted as a neutral transition figure, he oversaw the caretaker handover after Ershad's fall.
Bangladesh's anti-Ershad movement and democratic transition in the late 1980s and 1990.
Their role helped expand, legitimize, or complete the democratic uprising that ended authoritarian rule.
Constitutional Intermediary
At the end of the regime, his resignation cleared the final procedural path for power to pass to Shahabuddin Ahmed.
Bangladesh's anti-Ershad movement and democratic transition in the late 1980s and 1990.
Their role helped expand, legitimize, or complete the democratic uprising that ended authoritarian rule.
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