Muhammad Yunus Sworn In As Head Of Interim Government; Full List Of Advisory Council

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus sworn in as the head of the interim government in Bangladesh after a massive people’s protest overthrew Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government days ago. Yunus will act as the chief advisor of the interim government, a post is similar to the prime minister. The advisory council consists of human rights activists, acadmicians and students protesters.

Here is the complete list of advisory council:

Dr Asif Nazrul – Dhaka University Law Department Teacher

Adilur Rahman – Human rights worker

Brig. Gen. (retired) M Sakhawat Hossain – Former Election Commissioner of Bangladesh

AF Hassan Ariff – Former Attorney General of Bangladesh and Advisor of Caretaker Government

Dr Salehuddin Ahmed – Former governor of Bangladesh Bank

Sharmeen Murshid – Chief Executive Officer of the election observation group “Brotee”

Touhid Hossain – Former Foreign Secretary

Syeda Rizwana Hasan – Chief Executive of BELA and environment specialist

Nahid Islam – Student Movement Leader

Asif Mahmud – Student Movement Leader

Farida Akhtar – Visiting Senior Fellow at IMPRI

Supradip Chakma – Chairman of Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board

Prof Dr Bidhan Ranjan Roy Poddar – National Institute of Mental Health Director

Nurjahan Begum – Trustee at Grameen Telecom

Dr AFM Khalid Hossain – Deobondi Islamic Scholar

Faruk-E-Azam Bir Protik- Freedom Fighter