Mayor of Barisal City

Mayor of The Barisal City Corporation
Incumbent
Ahsan Habib Kamal (Bangladesh Nationalist Party)
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

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   Party
— Ahsan Habib Kamal[a] 2002 2003 Bangladesh Nationalist Party[1][2]
1 Majibor Rahman Sarwar 2003 2007 Bangladesh Nationalist Party[2][3]
— Awlad Hossain Dilu[b] 2007 2008 Bangladesh Nationalist Party[4][5]
2 Shawkat Hossain Hiron 2008 2013 Bangladesh Awami League[5][6]
3 Ahsan Habib Kamal 2013 incumbent Bangladesh Nationalist Party[6][7]

Notes

  • a Ahsan Habib Kamal served as acting mayor from when Barisal City Corporation was created until the first city election could be held.
  • b Awlad Hossain Dilu served as acting mayor while Sarwar was under arrest.

References

  1. ↑ Palit, Tapan (2012). "Barisal City Corporation". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. 1 2 "Picking Mayors". The Daily Star. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "BCC's activities being hampered in absence of mayor, fund crisis". The Financial Express. Dhaka. UNB. 13 July 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "BCC disowns 'arbitrary' decisions of Mayor Sarwar". The Daily Star. 11 August 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. 1 2 "City mayors sworn in". Bangladesh News. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  6. 1 2 "PM administers oath to four city mayors". The Financial Express. Dhaka. UNB. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Barisal mayor takes office". The Daily Star. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
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