Hasina returns as prime minister after the 2008 election
On 6 January 2009 Sheikh Hasina took the oath again after the December 2008 election, starting the long second premiership. In the causal graph this event strengthens Democratic Resilience, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.
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On 6 January 2009 Sheikh Hasina took the oath again after the December 2008 election, starting the long second premiership.
Context
A caretaker had sat. The 1/11 period had just ended. An oath is still ordinary rotation.
RAB already existed (2004). Digital Bangladesh and later DSA are neighbouring later rows.
Bangladesh’s prime minister chairs the cabinet and can order security forces under statute. She does not write an Indian extradition order, a UN body-count as if it were a gazette, a 2026 Tarique Rahman cabinet minute, or an ICJ merits judgment. She fled on 5 August 2024; as of August 2026 she is in India, not in office. Country is Bangladesh, not Pakistan. A RAB warrant is not a completed finding that every disappeared person was thereby a militant. Allegation of a stolen 2018 count is stored as a contested election, not as a completed steal. A 2026 Delhi audio is not a return.
Why it matters
The path is democratic resilience: a completed post-caretaker rotation starts a long executive spell.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Sheikh Hasina
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.8 · verified
Voters chose AL. She took the oath. The caretaker handed over.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactHasina returns as prime minister after the 2008 election
- strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
- strengthensIndicators (3)Having a say in government
impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 6 January 2009 · verified
A completed post-caretaker rotation is ordinary succession after 1/11.
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.28 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.7)
Observed
29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).
20212023 Above normal = better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.
Above normal = better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Reuters — Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh prime ministerReuters · High credibility · verified
- 2.Cabinet Division — first Hasina ministry, 23 June 1996Cabinet Division Bangladesh · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Cabinet Division Bangladesh carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.
Established: a 6 January 2009 second premiership start, independently reported.
Not established: that she remains PM in 2026, or a unique later GDP coefficient from noon.
She took the oath. The caretaker handed over.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Hasina returns as prime minister after the 2008 election, not a later speech about Hasina returns as prime minister after the 2008 election.
Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to Voters chose AL. She took the oath. The caretaker handed over. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorSheikh Hasina
- contributed toFactHasina returns as prime minister after the 2008 election
- strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
- strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government
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Factrail. (2026). Hasina returns as prime minister after the 2008 election. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/bd-hasina-pm-2009
https://factrail.ai/facts/bd-hasina-pm-2009
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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