The Cabinet Division has issued separate gazette notifications on the oath-taking and assumption of office of newly elected President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
On Friday night, the notifications, signed by Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Ghani, were issued.
The gazette notification regarding the president’s oath-taking said, “Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, elected to the office of president of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, took oath as the president today, Friday, 6 Bhadra 1433/21 August 2026, in accordance with Article 148(1) of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.”
Meanwhile, the gazette notification regarding his assumption of office said, “Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir assumed the office of the president of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh today, Friday, 6 Bhadra 1433/21 August 2026.”
BNP-nominated candidate Mirza Fakhrul, who served as the party’s secretary general and LGRD minister in the incumbent government, was elected president by members of parliament on 20 August.
On the same day, the Election Commission issued a gazette notification declaring Fakhrul the elected president.
Veteran politician Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was sworn in as Bangladesh’s 23rd president on Friday, formally beginning his five-year term, which will run until 21 August 2031, barring any unforeseen circumstances.
Acting speaker Kayser Kamal administered the presidential oath to Fakhrul at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban on Friday evening.
