Sahabuddin was elected unopposed in the presidential election in 2023.
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President of Bangladesh Mohammad Shahabuddin has resigned from his post with two years remaining in his term. According to officials at the President's Office, 76-year-old Shahabuddin signed his resignation letter on Friday afternoon, citing health reasons. He signed his resignation letter.
Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed has accepted it. According to Bangladesh's constitutional provisions, Ahmed will now serve as acting president until a new president is selected.
After Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina, who was sentenced to death for suppressing the 2024 student movement and is currently living in exile in India, announced her return to Bangladesh, the ruling Bangladesh National Party pressured President Shahabuddin to resign.
Shahabuddin became a presidential candidate in 2023 with the support of the Awami League. At that time, he was elected unopposed. Involved in politics since his student days through the Awami League's sister organization, Shahabuddin has also served in the judiciary in the past.
He also served as commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission from 2011 to 2016. According to the provisions of Bangladesh's constitution, parliament must elect a new president within 90 days.
Shahabuddin was the last senior constitutional official of the Awami League government to remain in office even after the political upheaval of 2024.
