# Hasina returns as prime minister after the 2008 election

Date: 2009

## The fact

On 6 January 2009 [Sheikh Hasina](/people/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.

## Evidence and sources

Cabinet Division Bangladesh carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is [democratic resilience](/drivers/democratic-resilience): a completed post-caretaker rotation starts a long executive spell.

## What is established and what is not

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.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

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. Hasina returns as prime minister after the 2008 election on 2009-01-06 is not a licence to treat every later Cabinet Division Bangladesh communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Hasina returns as prime minister after the 2008 election into a personality. 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.

## People

- Sheikh Hasina: https://factrail.ai/people/sheikh-hasina

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bangladesh-politics-idUSTRE5050K420090106
- https://www.cabinet.gov.bd/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/bd-hasina-pm-2009