The 84-year-old Nobel laureate will lead a provisional executive branch with 16 advisers who will govern the Asian country, which is in a severe economic and social crisis, worsened by protests that began on July 1 and left more than 400 people dead.
The Nobel Prize Mohammed Yunus took office on Thursday as the new head of the interim government of Bangladesh in Dhaka, ending a four-day power vacuum after the the resignation and flight of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Last Monday.
The economist of 84 years will head a provisional executive power with sixteen advisers who will govern the Asian country, which is immersed in a serious economic and social crisis, worsened after the crisis. protests that started on July 1 in which more than 400 people died.
At this time, only thirteen of the profiles that will accompany Yunus in the provisional cabinet have taken office, including student leaders Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud, two of the key leaders of the Student Movement Against Discrimination.
For his part, the director of the National Institute of Mental Health, Bidhan Ranjan Roy; the veteran of the Bangladesh liberation war, Farooq-e-Azam; and another member of the executive branch has been unable to take office because they are abroad.
The former governor of the Bangladesh Bank Salahuddin Ahmed; Professor of Law at the University of Dhaka, Asif Nazrul; Yunus’ co-worker at the microcredit bank Grameen, Nurjahan Begum; the human rights activist, Adilur Rahman Khan; or the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Touhid Hossainare some of the names that complete the diverse provisional government.
There will also be a lawyer specializing in environmental matters, Syeda Rizwana Hasan; the Islamic leader, Khalid Hasan; the director of the non-profit organization Brotee, Sharmeen Murshid and the essayist Farida Behind.
Head of government Yunus has already expressed interest that the interim government will be a step between the “era of Sheikh Hasina”, who was in power continuously from 2009 until last Monday, and the time of a new government that may emerge from the ballot boxes.
The holding of fresh general elections in Bangladesh has not yet been confirmed, but the country’s President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday dissolution of parliament elected last January.
Former Prime Minister Hasina remains in power since Monday in New Delhi (India)awaiting clarity about her next destination, expected to be far from the front lines of her country’s politics.
Source: EITB
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