The First Khaleda ministry was the Government of Bangladesh during the 5th and 6th legislative sessions of the

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the unicameral Legislature, legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for w ...

(Parliament) following the

1991 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 27 February 1991. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) emerged as the largest party in parliament, winning 140 of the 300 directly elected seats. The BNP formed a government with the support of Jamaa ...

. It began on 20 March 1991 and but had to be sworn in again on 19 September after the 12th constitutional amendment took effect following a

constitutional referendum A referendum, plebiscite, or ballot measure is a direct vote by the electorate (rather than their representatives) on a proposal, law, or political issue. A referendum may be either binding (resulting in the adoption of a new policy) or advis ...

. In accordance to the amendment, all executive powers were transferred from the president to the prime minister and thus

Khaleda Zia Begum Khaleda Zia (born August–September 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and the second fema ...

became the first female head of government of Bangladesh. The council of ministers was dissolved on 30 March 1996, when a constitutional non-partisan interim

caretaker government A caretaker government, also known as a caretaker regime, is a temporary ''ad hoc'' government that performs some governmental duties and functions in a country until a regular government is elected or formed. Depending on specific practice, it co ...

system was introduced for the holding of general elections after the February 1996 general election conducted by the ministry was boycotted by most of the opposition parties.

Ministers

Cabinet ministers

State ministers

Deputy ministers

References

{{Ministries of Bangladesh Political history of Bangladesh Cabinets established in 1991 Cabinets disestablished in 1996 Khaleda Zia ministries