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Dhaka. Bangladesh President Mohammad Shahabuddin has resigned. This information was given by his colleague. There were still about two years left in his tenure, but in the last few days, discussions about his resignation had gained momentum. Local media and political sources say the reason for leaving the post is health. At the same time, Bangladeshi media reports and independent revelations have surfaced the name of Cabinet Secretary Naseemul Ghani as a possible successor to the top post.

President Mohammad Shahabuddin was elected for a five-year term in April 2023. After the student movement in July-August 2024, the Awami League government of the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted from power. Sheikh Hasina came to India on 5 August 2024 and has been living here since then. Even after that political change, Shahabuddin was the only top official to remain in his constitutional post.

Mohammad Shahabuddin was born in northwestern Pabna district. He was a leader of the student and youth wing of the Awami League in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Not only this, Shahabuddin also participated in the Liberation War of 1971 and was imprisoned for protesting after the assassination of Bangladesh’s founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with his family members in a military coup on August 15, 1975.