Justice Mohammad Fazlul Haque ( bn, ম. ফজলুল হক, ''Fojlul Hoq'') (born 30 June 1938) is a former High Court judge of

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served as the advisor of the non-partisan

caretaker government of Bangladesh The Caretaker Government of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকার) was a form of government in which Bangladesh used to be ruled by a selected government for an interim period du ...

in 2007.

Caretaker government

Fazlul Haque was appointed as one of the ten advisers of the non-party

under the leadership of

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and Chief Advisor

Iajuddin Ahmed Iajuddin Ahmed (1 February 193110 December 2012) was the President of Bangladesh, serving from 6 September 2002 until 12 February 2009. From late October 2006 to January 2007, he also served as Chief Advisor of the caretaker government. From Oc ...

on October 31, 2006, the equivalent of a government Minister, holding multiple

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s. During the political crisis in late 2006 when the Chief Adviser acted out of his own accord and decided to hold elections anyway even if

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didn't contest, Justice Haque, along with other advisers, repeatedly held meetings fruitlessly with Awami League leaders to ensure fair elections in the January 22, 2007. although he did not resign en masse with the four advisers to protest against the difference in opinion with the Chief Adviser. When the Chief Adviser finally consented to resign from office on January 11, 2007, Justice Haque was appointed the new chief of the caretaker government until a replacement was available. The replacement, Dr

Fakhruddin Ahmed Fakhruddin Ahmed (born 1 May 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank. On 12 January 2007, he was appointed Chief Adviser (Head of the Government) of the non-p ...

was available in a day, on January 12, thus completing the shortest tenure of a head of government in Bangladesh. During 2007 and 2008, he was investigated and charged by the Anti-Corruption Commission in a bribery scandal, which lasted at least through 2010. His son confessed to corruption to the Truth and Accountability Commission.

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1938 births Prime Ministers of Bangladesh Living people Advisors of Caretaker Government of Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-politician-stub