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Bangladesh Awami League Bangladesh People's League বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী লীগ | |
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| Abbreviation | AL |
| President | Sheikh Hasina |
| General Secretary | Obaidul Quader |
| Founders | Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Shawkat Ali Yar Mohammad Khan Shamsul Huq |
| Founded | 23 June 1949 (as the Awami Muslim League) 26 March 1971 (current form) |
| Preceded by | AML |
| Headquarters | 23 Bangabandhu Avenue, Dhaka |
| Newspaper | Uttaran[citation needed] |
| Think tank | Centre for Research and Information |
| Student wing | Bangladesh Student League |
| Youth wing | Bangladesh Awami Jubo League |
| Women's wing | Bangladesh Mohila Awami League |
| Farmer wing | Bangladesh Krishak League |
| Trade union wing | Bangladesh Jatiya Sramik League |
| Volunteer wing | Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League |
| Armed wing | Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini (1972–1975) |
| Political position | Centre[a] |
| National affiliation | Grand Alliance |
| Colors | Green |
| Slogan | Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu "Victory to Bengal, victory to Bangabandhu" |
| Anthem | "Pralayollas" "The Ecstasy of Destruction" |
| Seats in Jatiya Sangsad | 271 / 350 |
| Mayor in City Corporations | 10 / 12 |
| Councillor in City Corporations | 480 / 640 |
| Chairmen in District Councils | 52 / 64 |
| Chairmen in Subdistrict Councils | 320 / 492 |
| Chairmen in Union Councils | 2,187 / 4,554 |
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The Bangladesh Awami League (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী লীগ, romanized: Bānglādēsh Awāmī Līg IPA: [awɐmilːg]), often simply called the Awami League or AL,[8][9] is one of the major political parties in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, Awami League successfully lead Bangladesh to the independence. One of the two most dominant parties in the country, along with its archrival Bangladesh Nationalist Party, it has been the ruling party since 2009,[10] and has since been described as authoritarian.[5][6][7]
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, and Shamsul Huq, and joined later by 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 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 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 or jailed. After the restoration of democracy in 1990, the Awami League emerged as one of the principal players of Bangladeshi politics. Since 2009, when the Awami League came to power, Bangladesh has experienced democratic backsliding.[11][12][13]
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.
- ^ "আওয়ামী লীগ ও বিএনপি দুটোই মধ্যপন্থী রাজনৈতিক দল | AL & BNP are both Centrist Parties". YouTube (in Bengali). Bobby Hajjaj. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Nazneen, Sohela (March 2009). "Bangladesh: Political Party Discourses and Women's Empowerment". South Asian Journal (24): 44–52. ISSN 1729-6242.
- ^ "Bangladesh: Political Trends and Key Players" (PDF). Observer Research Foundation.
- ^ "Bangladesh election: Voters prepare to go to polls amid 'atmosphere of fear' for opposition activists". The Independent. 23 December 2018. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
Politics in Bangladesh has been dominated for years by the rivalry between Ms Hasina's centre-left, socially and economically liberal Awami League and the more right-wing BNP with Begum Zia at its helm.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Khan, Q. M. Jalal (25 June 2021). President Ziaur Rahman: Legendary Leader of Bangladesh. Writers Republic LLC. ISBN 9781637285749.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "BSS-13 AL's new office building to be inaugurated tomorrow". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "The ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party Invited for Poll Talks". The Sentinel. 31 October 2018.
- ^ বগুড়ায় আওয়ামী মৎস্যজীবী লীগের কমিটি গঠন. Joy Jugantor (in Bengali). 11 October 2020. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Bangladesh: Violent Repression of Opposition". Human Rights Watch. 17 January 2019.
- ^ Riaz, Ali (21 September 2020). "The pathway of democratic backsliding in Bangladesh". Democratization. 28: 179–197. doi:10.1080/13510347.2020.1818069. ISSN 1351-0347. S2CID 224958514. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ 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.