After liberation , Chowdhury returned to Dhaka and was elected as President of Bangladesh on 12 January 1972 . On 10 April 1973 , he was again elected as President of Bangladesh , and in the same year ( December ) he resigned and become special envoy for external relations with the rank of a minister . On 8 August 1975 , he was included in the cabinet of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as minister of ports and shipping . After Rahman was assassinated , he became the minister for foreign affairs in the cabinet of President Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad in August 1975 , a position which he held till 7 November the same year
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Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Abu Sayeed Chowdhury