February 17, 2026 | 06:51 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tarique Rahman has been sworn in as the new prime minister of Bangladesh after his Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) handily won parliamentary elections last week.
The 60-year-old is the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and assassinated President Ziaur Rahman and will serve a five-year term. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath of office for Rahman and dozens of Cabinet members and members of the new government were also sworn in.
"I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of prime minister of the government, in accordance with the law," he said during the ceremony outside the parliament building.
With his swearing in, Rahman replaces an interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus that oversaw the election, which was largely peaceful and widely accepted by international observers.
Lawmakers, who all promised loyalty to Bangladesh, were earlier sworn in to parliament by the Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin. The BNP members then chose Rahman as their leader.
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