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Bangladesh appoints ruling party leader as head
Bangladesh elected Mirza Fakhr Islam Mirza, a leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, as head of state today after winning a parliamentary majority with 255 votes to his opponent's 88. He has become the opposition leader and now serves as the country's president. Although the position is largely ceremonial, it carries the powers of the head of state and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. This move comes after the party returned to power in February following the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government and the end of the opposition period. Mirza, who is 78 years old, has served as the party's general secretary since 2016 and has been one of the prominent opposition leaders. He began his political career as a teacher and studied economics at the University of Dhaka, later holding several ministerial posts. He is expected to take the constitutional oath later.
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