Prime Minister of Bangladesh

Prime minister of People's Republic of Bangladesh,
গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী
Seal of the prime minister of Bangladesh
Standard of the prime minister of Bangladesh
Incumbent Sheikh Hasina since 6 January 2009
Government of Bangladesh Prime Minister's Office Cabinet Division
Style	The Honourable (formal) Madame Prime Minister (informal) Her Excellency (diplomatic)
Type	Head of Government
Status	Leader of the Executive
Member of	Cabinet Parliament Armed Forces Division Planning Commission Intelligence Community
Residence	Ganabhaban, Dhaka
Seat	Primary: Prime Minister's Office, Tejgaon, Dhaka Secondary: Cabinet office, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka
Appointer	President of Bangladesh by convention, based on appointee's ability to command the confidence of the Jatiya Sangsad
Term length	At the pleasure of the President Jatiya Sangsad term is 5 years unless dissolved sooner No term limits
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Bangladesh
Inaugural holder	Tajuddin Ahmed
Formation	17 April 1971; 53 years ago (1971-04-17)
Salary	৳ 115,000 Monthly (US$ 1,352) ৳ 1,380,000 annually (US$ 16,220) [1]
Website	pmo.gov.bd

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The prime minister of Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী, romanized: Bangladesher Prodhanmontri), officially prime minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (Bengali: গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী, romanized: Gonoprojatantri Bangladesh Shorkarer Prodhanmontri) is the chief executive of the government of Bangladesh. The prime minister and the cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Parliament, to their political party and ultimately to the electorate. The prime minister is ceremonially appointed by the president of Bangladesh.

The position was taken over by the military during years of 1975–78, 1982–86 and 1990–91 due to imposed martial law. In each of these periods, the national government leadership was in control of the military with the executive authority of the president and the prime minister. During the period between 1996 and 2008, The chief adviser of the caretaker government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh exercised authority as per the constitution as the Head of government for 90 days during transition between one elected government to another. The chief adviser headed an Advisory Committee comprising ten Advisers. With powers roughly equivalent to those of the prime minister of an elected governments, his executive power was constrained with certain constitutional limitations. The system was scrapped in 2011 by 15th amendment of constitution to allow political government to conduct any General Election in future.

The current prime minister is Sheikh Hasina, appointed on 6 January 2009 by president Iajuddin Ahmed. She is the longest serving prime minister in the country's history.