Mayor of Barisal City
| Mayor of The Barisal City Corporation | |
|---|---|
since 2013 | |
| Residence | Alekanda |
| Term length | 3 years |
The Mayor of the Barisal City is head of the Barisal City Corporation. The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Barisal City.
The Mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhabon; it has jurisdiction over all thirty wards of Barisal City
Current mayor
The current mayor is Ahsan Habib Kamal, elected as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2013 with 64% of the vote.
History of the office
Nagor Bhabon
Deputy Mayors
The Mayor of Barisal City may appoint several Deputy Mayors to assist him and to oversee major offices within the executive branch of the city government. The current deputy mayors are:
List
To date, 3 individuals have served as mayor. This list does not include all acting mayors, particularly those appointed by the mayor to cover short periods when the mayor would be away from the city. It does include people who served as acting mayor for at least six months due to a vacancy in the office of the mayor, but who were not officially elected as mayor. The acting mayors are not included in the count of mayors.
| # | Mayor | Term start | Term end | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Ahsan Habib Kamal[a] | 2002 | 2003 | bgcolor=Template:Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color| | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[1][2] |
| 1 | Majibor Rahman Sarwar | 2003 | 2007 | bgcolor=Template:Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color| | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[2][3] |
| — | Awlad Hossain Dilu[b] | 2007 | 2008 | bgcolor=Template:Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color| | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[4][5] |
| 2 | Shawkat Hossain Hiron | 2008 | 2013 | bgcolor=Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color| | Bangladesh Awami League[5][6] |
| 3 | Ahsan Habib Kamal | 2013 | incumbent | bgcolor=Template:Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color| | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[6][7] |
Notes
References
- ^ Palit, Tapan (2012). "Barisal City Corporation". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ a b "Picking Mayors". The Daily Star. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "BCC's activities being hampered in absence of mayor, fund crisis". The Financial Express. Dhaka. UNB. 13 July 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "BCC disowns 'arbitrary' decisions of Mayor Sarwar". The Daily Star. 11 August 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ a b "City mayors sworn in". Bangladesh News. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ a b "PM administers oath to four city mayors". The Financial Express. Dhaka. UNB. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ "Barisal mayor takes office". The Daily Star. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2017.