On 15 July 2001, retired Chief Justice Latifur Rahman was sworn in as head of a caretaker government after the previous government served out its full five- year term. The principal task of the caretaker government is to oversee the national elections scheduled to be held in October 2001.

NOTE: The information regarding Bangladesh on this page is re-published from the 2001 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bangladesh Gov. Leaders 2001 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bangladesh Gov. Leaders 2001 should be addressed to the CIA.