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Awami League, political organization in Pakistan and Bangladesh. It was founded in 1949 as an opposition party in Pakistan and had a moderately socialist ideology. The Awami [people's] League, with cofounder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hasina Wazed (hä'sēnä` wäzĕd`), 1947–, also has served (1996–2001) as prime minister of Bangladesh. ..... Click the link for more information. as its leader from 1953, called in 1966 for a federation of East and West Pakistan, an arrangement that would have given much greater autonomy to East Pakistan. The party's candidates won a majority in the 1970 elections, but the central government in West Pakistan banned the League after war between East and West Pakistan erupted in early 1971. When Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) won its independence in late 1971, the party was the nation's dominant political force. In 1981 and again in 1991 it was defeated in a popular election by the Bangladesh National party (BNP), but the League won the 1996 parliamentary elections, and party leader Hasina Wazed, the daughter of Mujibur Rahman, became prime minister. The League lost the 2001 elections to the BNP in a landslide. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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However, as table 1 shows, the domination of the Bangladesh Awami League (BAL) over the first parliament was more entrenched than the ways in which the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) dominated the second parliament (1979-82) or the Jatiya Party (JP) dominated the third and fourth parliaments (elected respect ively in 1986 and 1988). Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and the Jamaat-i-Islami defeated the ruling Awami League headed by Sheikh Hasina in national elections. In December 1970, East Pakistan's Awami League, headed by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, sought full autonomy for the province and won an overwhelming majority in Pakistan's National Assembly. |
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