The deputy prime minister of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের উপপ্রধানমন্ত্রী, translit=Bangladesher Upo-Prodhanmontri), officially Deputy Prime Minister of the

People's Republic of Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...

( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের উপপ্রধানমন্ত্রী, translit=Gonoprojatantri Bangladesh Shorkarer Upo-Prodhanmontri) is the Deputy Prime Minister of the

Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh The Cabinet of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের মন্ত্রিসভা) is the chief executive body of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The cabinet is the collective decision-making body of the entire government under ...

and the second highest ranking Parliamentary Leader of the

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...

. A Deputy Prime Minister may, in the absence of the

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

, carry out the functions of the

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as well as the responsibilities of any other independent ministry.

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{{Reflist Deputy prime ministers Government of Bangladesh Lists of political office-holders in Bangladesh

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