Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ya kasance shugaban zartarwa na jihar da ba a san shi ba har yanzu a matsayin Bangladesh (a lokacin mulkin mallaka na Bangladesh).
Yakin 'yanci na Bangladesh, lokacin da har yanzu ake kira Gabashin Pakistan, kafin a kama shi, a kai shi Yammacin Pakistan, kuma a tsare shi a kurkukun Pakistan. Saboda haka kurkuku ya haifar da rashi a lokacin dukan lokacin yakin, wanda ya kasance kusan shekara guda. A cikin rashi, an nada Syed Nazrul Islam, mataimakin shugaban gwamnatin wucin gadi na Bangladesh a matsayin shugaban zartarwa). Sheikh Mujibur Rahman shi ne wanda ya kafa Bangladesh kuma ya yi tsokaci a matsayin 'Uban Al'ummar Bangladesh'. Ya jagoranci kungiyar Awami, ya zama shugaban kasa daga Afrilu 1971 zuwa 1972; ya kasance firaminista daga 1972 kuma shugaban kasa a 1975. Ana kiransa Sheikh Mujib, kuma tare da taken girmamawa na Bangabandhu (বঙ্গবন্ধু Bôngobondhu, "Abokin Bengal"). Babbar 'yarsa Sheikh Hasina Wajed ita ce shugabar kungiyar Awami League da kuma Firayim Ministan Bangladesh na yanzu. Ya gabatar da manufofin jihar Bangladesh bisa ga ka'idodi huɗu na asali: kishin ƙasa, rashin bin addini, dimokiradiyya da gurguzu.