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The Bangladesh Awami League is a major political party in Bangladesh that was founded in 1949. It advocates for Bengali nationalism and led the struggle for independence from Pakistan through civil disobedience movements in the 1960s-1970s. The party won Bangladesh's first post-independence elections in 1973 but its leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated in 1975. Since returning to power in 2008 under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Awami League has overseen rapid economic growth and strengthened foreign relations.

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Awami League

The Bangladesh Awami League is a major political party in Bangladesh that was founded in 1949. It advocates for Bengali nationalism and led the struggle for independence from Pakistan through civil disobedience movements in the 1960s-1970s. The party won Bangladesh's first post-independence elections in 1973 but its leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated in 1975. Since returning to power in 2008 under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Awami League has overseen rapid economic growth and strengthened foreign relations.

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Awami League

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Bangladesh Awami League

বাাংলাদেশ আওযামী লীগ


বাাংলাদেশ গণসাংঘ

Abbreviation AL

President Sheikh Hasina

General Secretary Obaidul Quader

Founders Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani


Yar Mohammad Khan
Shamsul Huq

Founded 23 June 1949 (70 years ago)

Split from Muslim League

Preceded by Awami Muslim League

Headquarters Dhaka

Newspaper Uttaran

Think tank Centre for Research and


Information

Student wing Chhatra League

Youth wing Awami Jubo League

Women's wing Mohila Awami League


Farmer wing Krishak League

Trade union wing Jatiya Sramik League

Volunteer wing Awami Swechasebak League

Armed wing Mukti Bahini (1971)

Ideology Bengali nationalism


Social liberalism[1]
Economic liberalism[1]

Political position Centre[2][3] to centre-left[1]

National affiliation Grand Alliance

Colors Green

Slogan "Joy Bangla" (Bengali)


"Victory to Bengal"

Anthem "Pralayollas" (Bengali)


"The Ecstasy of Destruction"

Seats in the Jatiya 301 / 350


Sangsad

Election symbol

Party flag

Website
albd.org

 Politics of Bangladesh
 Political parties
 Elections

The Bangladesh Awami League (Bengali: বাাংলাদেশ আওযামী লীগ; translated from Urdu:
Bangladesh People's League), often simply called the Awami League or AL,[4][5] is a major political
party in Bangladesh.
The All Pakistan Awami Muslim League was founded in Dhaka, the capital of the Pakistani province
of East Bengal, in 1949 by Bengali nationalists Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Shawkat Ali, Yar
Mohammad Khan, Shamsul Huq, and joined later Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy who went on to
become Prime Minister of Pakistan. The Pakistan Awami Muslim League was established as the
Bengali alternative to the domination of the Muslim League in Pakistan and over centralisation of the
government. The party quickly gained 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, the founding father of Bangladesh, led
the struggle for independence, first through massive populist and civil disobedience movements,
such as the Six Point Movement and 1971 Non-Cooperation Movement, and then during the
Bangladesh Liberation War.
After the emergence of independent Bangladesh, the Awami League won the first general elections
in 1973 but was overthrown in 1975 after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The party
was forced by subsequent military regimes onto the political sidelines and many of its senior leaders
and activists were executed and jailed. After the restoration of democracy in 1990, the Awami
League emerged as one of the principal players of Bangladeshi politics.
Since coming to power in 2008, the Awami League has led Bangladesh through a massive GDP
growth, and strengthened Bangladesh's foreign relations with countries such as US, Germany, UK,
Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, France, Italy and Japan.[6]
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.
The incumbent Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has headed the party since 1981.

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