Awami League

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Awami League is a major political party in Bangladesh that led the country’s independence movement and has dominated its political landscape for decades.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bangladeshi political party
political party
abbreviation AL
associatedWith Language Movement legacy
Six-Point Movement
chairperson Sheikh Hasina
color green
red
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh
electoralAlliance Grand Alliance
foundedIn Dhaka
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: East Pakistan
founder Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani
Shamsul Huq
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
foundingDate 1949-06-23
generalSecretary Obaidul Quader
governingPeriod 1972-1975
1996-2001
2009-2014
2014-2019
2019-2024
headquarters Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue
surface form: Bangabandhu Avenue, Dhaka
ideology Bangladeshi nationalism
progressivism
secularism
social democracy
keyFigure Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
labourWing Jatiya Sramik League
language Bengali
laterName Awami League self-link
opposedTo Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Jamaat-e-Islami
surface form: Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh
originalName Awami League self-linksurface differs
surface form: East Pakistan Awami Muslim League
parliamentaryStatus ruling party of Bangladesh since 2009
parliamentName Jatiya Sangsad
politicalPosition centre-left
president Sheikh Hasina
promotes secular constitution of Bangladesh
religionWing Awami League self-linksurface differs
surface form: Awami Olama League
roleInHistory led the Bangladesh independence movement
played a central role in the 1971 Liberation War
studentWing Bangladesh Chhatra League
supports war crimes trials for 1971 atrocities
symbol boat
website https://www.albd.org
womenWing Bangladesh Mohila Awami League
youthWing Bangladesh Awami Jubo League

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Bangladesh famine of 1974 governmentInPower Awami League
this entity surface form: Awami League government
Bengali nationalism articulatedBy Awami League
A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton politicalAffiliation Awami League
this entity surface form: Bangladesh Awami League
Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan memberOfPoliticalParty Awami League
this entity surface form: Awami League (Pakistan)
Operation Searchlight opponent Awami League
this entity surface form: Awami League supporters
Operation Searchlight target Awami League
this entity surface form: Awami League leadership
Awami League originalName Awami League self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: East Pakistan Awami Muslim League
Awami League laterName Awami League self-link
Awami League religionWing Awami League self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Awami Olama League
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman founderOf Awami League
this entity surface form: Awami League government of independent Bangladesh