Mohammad Abdul Hamid

Mohammad Abdul Hamid
মোহাম্মদ আবদুল হামিদ
Hamid in 2019
15th President of Bangladesh
In office 14 March 2013 – 24 April 2023 Acting: 14 March 2013 – 24 April 2013
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by	Zillur Rahman
Succeeded by	Mohammed Shahabuddin
9th Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad
In office 25 January 2009 – 24 April 2013
Deputy	Shawkat Ali
Preceded by	Jamiruddin Sircar
Succeeded by	Shawkat Ali (Acting)
In office 12 July 2001 – 28 October 2001
Deputy	Ali Ashraf
Preceded by	Humayun Rashid Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Jamiruddin Sircar
8th Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad
In office 14 July 1996 – 10 July 2001
Speaker	Humayun Rashid Chowdhury
Preceded by	L. K. Siddiqi
Succeeded by	Ali Ashraf
Member of Parliament
In office 2008–2013
Preceded by	Osman Faruk
Succeeded by	Rejwan Ahammad Taufiq
Constituency	Kishoreganj-4
In office June 1996 – 2006
Preceded by	Imdadul Haque
Succeeded by	Md. Afzal Hossain
Constituency	Kishoreganj-5
In office 1990–1996
Preceded by	Abdul Latif Bhuiyan
Succeeded by	Imdadul Haque
Constituency	Kishoreganj-5
In office 1986–1988
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	Abdul Latif Bhuiyan
Constituency	Kishoreganj-5
Personal details
Born	(1944-01-01) 1 January 1944 (age 80) Kamalpur, Bengal, British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Political party	Bangladesh Awami League
Spouse	Rashida Hamid ​ (m. 1964)​
Children	Rejwan Rasel Riad Shorna
Alma mater	Gurudayal Government College
Awards	Independence Award (2013)

Mohammad Abdul Hamid (born 1 January 1944) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the president of Bangladesh from 2013 to 2023.^[1][2] He was elected to his first term in April 2013,^[3][4] and re-elected in 2018.^[5][6] Previously, he served as the speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad from January 2009 to April 2013. He was the acting president after the death of Zillur Rahman in March 2013.^[7][4] He was the longest serving president in the history of Bangladesh.^[8][9]