Attorney General of Bangladesh


The attorney general for Bangladesh is the Bangladeshi government's chief legal adviser and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. The attorney general is usually a highly respected senior advocate and is appointed by the ruling government. The attorney general is the ex-officio chairman of the Bangladesh Bar Council and accordingly he performs the duties assigned to that post and empowered to participate in any reference to the Supreme Court of Bangladesh made by the President under article 106 of the Constitution and can express his own opinion.
Unlike the attorney general of the United States, the attorney general of Bangladesh does not have any executive authority, and is not a political appointee; those functions are performed by the minister of justice. The attorney general is assisted by the several additional attorneys-general, deputy attorneys-general, and assistant attorneys-general.

List of attorneys general

No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenure
1M. H. Khandaker21 January 197217 December 1972
2Faqueer Shahabuddin Ahmad18 December 197221 March 1976
3Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed22 March 19766 May 1976
4Khandaker Abu Bakr10 May 197613 March 1985
5M. Nurullah14 March 19856 April 1990
6Rafique Ul Huq7 April 199017 December 1990
7Aminul Haque18 December 199013 July 1995
8M. Nurullah26 July 199526 June 1996
9K. S. Nabi31 July 199630 May 1998
10Mahmudul Islam16 July 19989 October 2001
11A. F. Hassan Ariff14 October 200130 April 2005
12A. J. Mohammad Ali30 April 200524 January 2007
13Fida M. Kamal5 February 200716 July 2008
14Salahuddin Ahmad20 July 200812 January 2009
15Mahbubey Alam13 January 200927 September 2020
16A. M. Amin Uddin11 October 20207 August 2024
17Md Asaduzzaman8 August 202428 December 2025