Bangladesh elects ruling party’s Alamgir as president
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir won 255 votes to become the 23rd president of the South Asian country of 170 million people.
Lawmakers in Bangladesh have elected Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, a veteran of the ruling party, as the country's president on Thursday. This marks the first presidential election in 35 years where more than one candidate contested the position. Alamgir, 78, who is the secretary-general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and a local government minister, received 255 votes, while his opposition opponent Oli Ahmad, backed by an 11-party alliance, garnered 88 votes.
President-elect Alamgir expressed his hope for a "happy, prosperous, and welfare-oriented state" during his campaign. The presidency vote comes after the resignation of the previous president, Mohammed Shahabuddin, citing ill health. President-elect Alamgir's election follows Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's BNP's landslide victory in February, during the first elections held since a 2024 uprising ousted the government of Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in hiding in India after being found guilty of crimes against humanity.
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