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In 1981 Sheikh Hasina returned as Ziaur Rahman allowed her to return after the largest party faction, the Awami League elected her its president, and she proceeded to take over the party leadership and unite the factions.
Bangladesh Awami League, [a] simply known as Awami League, [b] ... Sheikh Hasina, has headed the party since 1981. Amongst the leaders of the Awami League, ...
Awami League Gazi Golam Mostafa ( Bengali : গাজী গোলাম মোস্তফা ; died 19 January 1981) was a Bangladeshi politician and former president and general secretary of the Dhaka city Awami League [ 1 ] He was also a member of the East Pakistan provincial assembly .
Presidential elections were held in Bangladesh on 15 November 1981. [1] [2] The result was a victory for the incumbent acting President Abdus Sattar of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who received 66% of the vote, beating his principal challenger Kamal Hossain of the Awami League.
The 1981 Bangladeshi presidential elections were held on 15 November 1981. The result was a victory for the incumbent acting President Abdus Sattar of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who received 65.5% of the vote, beating his principal challenger Kamal Hossain of the Awami League. Voter turnout was 54.3%.
In 1949, Moulana Bhasani discussed the possibility of forming a new political party with disaffected elements of the East Pakistan Muslim League.A committee, headed by Bhashani, as president, and Yar Mohammad Khan, as secretary, was established to organize a June 23 conference, at which the resolution creating the Awami Muslim League was adopted.
Siddiq also thanked Awami League members for helping her election as a Labour MP in 2015. Two pages on her website from 2008 and 2009 setting out her links to the party were later removed.
While living in exile in India, Hasina was elected President of the Awami League in 1981. [58] The party has been described as a "Centre-Left" party. [59] [60] [61] Under martial law, Hasina was in and out of detention throughout the 1980s. In 1984, she was put under house arrest in February and again in November. In March 1985, she was put ...