Bangladesh President-elect meets outgoing president Hamid at Bangabhaban

February 17, 2023

On Tuesday, President-elect of Bangladesh met with outgoing President  at the presidential palace in Dhaka, known as the. On Monday, the election commission declared Chuppu would become Bangladesh's 22nd president.

An official from the presidential palace told : "The president-elect met president Hamid and the first lady who greeted him with a bouquet at Bangabhaban this evening (Tuesday) for the courtesy call on." The official also said that the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister were also present during Chuppu's visit.

Chuppu was an independent candidate backed by the country's ruling party, the (AL). He was elected with no opponents for the position.

With 302 members in the, the national parliament, the AL has the majority in the 350-seat parliament.

The opposition party in the parliament, the, declined to nominate a candidate for the post. The opposition party outside parliament, (BNP), was unable to nominate any candidate after all of its members resigned in December 2022.

The was scheduled for February 19 and the nomination process for the presidential election ended on Sunday.

A soldier during the of 1971, Chuppu was born in 1949 and hails from the northern. In the 1960s and 1970s, Chuppu was a student leader in the AL during the Liberation War. He is an retired district judge and has served as a member of the AL's Advisory Council.

Chuppu's inauguration is scheduled for April 24, 2023.