President-elect Md Sahabuddin will take oath as the 22nd president of Bangladesh on Monday.
The oath-taking ceremony will be held at the Durbar Hall of Bangabhaban at 11am.
Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will administer the oath of the office of the president, according to Bangabhaban.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, cabinet members and hundreds of distinguished guests will attend the event. Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain will conduct the programme.
After the swearing-in ceremony, Md Sahabuddin will sign the oath documents of the office of the president.
New president Md Sahabuddin and outgoing president Md Abdul Hamid will officially alter the seat after taking the oath, President's Press Secretary Md Joynal Abedin told BSS.
Family members of the new president, including his wife Rebecca Sultana and son Arshad Adnan Rony will attend the function.
Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, members of parliament, chief election commissioner, Supreme Court judges, political leaders, chiefs of the three services, diplomats, senior journalists, including editors, and high-ranking civil and military officials will witness the event.
Earlier, the 73-year-old politician was elected as the 22nd president of Bangladesh on February 13, 2023.
Md Sahabuddin was born on December 10 in 1949 in Shibrampur's Jubilee Tank area of Pabna town. His nickname is Chuppu. His father is Sharfuddin Ansari and his mother is Khairunnessa.
Obtained his MSc degree from Rajshahi University in 1974, and later, he passed LLB and BCS (Law) examinations.
The president-elect was the general secretary of the Pabna Edward College unit of the Chhatra League, president of the Pabna District Chhatra League and Jubo League later also. He was the joint secretary of Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BKSAL) of the district unit and publicity secretary of the Awami League district unit.
Sahabuddin actively participated in the 6-Point Movement in 1966, the Bhutta (Maize) Movement in 1967, the mass uprising in 1979, the election of 1970 and the Liberation War in 1971.
He was in the frontline movement organiser of Pabna district and raised protests soon after the brutal incidents on August 15, 1975. Subsequently, he was imprisoned for three years and subjected to inhuman torture by the then-military dictators.
Md Sahabuddin was also involved in journalism (Dainik Banglar Bani) and a good number of articles were also published in different vernaculars.
During his career, he served as district and sessions judge, and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) commissioner. He also served as the director of the Prime Minister's Office and the coordinator assigned to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs in the Bangabandhu murder case.
Sahabuddin was elected secretary general of the BCS (Judiciary) Association twice in a row. After retirement from service, he was engaged in the legal profession in the High Court.
He later served as the chairman of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry in the investigation into the 2001 post-election violence.
As the ACC commissioner, Sahabuddin proved his deep firmness in dealing with the 'so-called corruption' plot against the Padma Bridge project.
This former student leader also served as a member of Bangladesh Awami League's Advisory Council and the chairman of the party's Central Publicity and Publication Sub-Committee.
Heroic Freedom Fighter and politician Md Sahabuddin will replace the 21st President Abdul Hamid.
Abdul Hamid will go on retirement after spending 10 years and 41 days as president for two consecutive terms.
He took the responsibility of the president in-charge on March 14, 2013, while the then president Md Zillur Rahman was under treatment in Singapore. After the death of Zillur Rahman, he became the acting president on March 20, 2013.
