Md. Shahabuddin to take oath as 22nd President of Bangladesh

Md. Shahabuddin will take oath as the 22nd President of Bangladesh today in Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban at around 11 am. The speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury will administer him to take oath. 

Secretary of the President, Md. Zainal Abedin said that immediately after taking the oath the new president Md. Sahabuddin and the outgoing president Md. Abdul Hamid will officially exchange the chair.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Chief Justice Hasan Faiz Siddiqui, Government Ministers, State Ministers, Members of Parliament, Chief Election Commissioner, Supreme Court Justices, political leaders, chiefs of the three armed forces, diplomats, editors, senior journalists, and senior civil and military officials will be present at the oath-taking ceremony.

The wife of the new president Dr. Rebeka Sultana and son Arshad Adnan Roni along with other family members will also attend the event.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, cabinet members and hundreds of distinguished guests will attend the event. The program will be conducted by Cabinet Secretary Md. Mahbub Hossain. Then the new president Md. Sahabuddin will sign the oath document.

During the career of Md. Shahabuddin, he served as District and Session Judge and ACC Commissioner. He also served as the Director of the Prime Minister's Office and the coordinator assigned to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs in the Bangabandhu assassination case.

Sahabuddin was elected as Secretary General of BCS (Judiciary) Association twice in a row. After retirement from service, he was engaged in legal profession in the High Court.

He later served as the Chairman of the Judicial Inquiry Commission investigating the 2001 post-election violence. As the ACC Commissioner, Md. Sahabuddin showed firmness in dealing with the supposed corruption conspiracy against the Padma Bridge project.