1st Council (Jun 23 to 24, 1949)President: Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani;General Secretary: Shamsul Haq;2nd Council (Nov 14 to 16, 1953)President: Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani;General Secretary: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;3rd Council (Sep 21 to 23, 1955)President: Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani;General Secretary: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;4th Council (Feb 7 to 8, 1957)President: Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani;General Secretary: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;Special Council (Jun 13 to 14, 1957)Bashani leaves the Awami League to form the National Awami Party (NAP). Acting President: Moulana Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish;General Secretary: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;5th Council (Mar 6 to 8, 1964)President: Moulana Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish;General Secretary: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;6th Council (Mar 18 to 20, 1966)President: Moulana Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish;General Secretary: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;7th Council (Aug 19, 1967)President: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;General Secretary: Tajuddin Ahmed;8th Council (Jun 4, 1970)President: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;General Secretary: Tajuddin Ahmed;9th Council (Apr 7 to 8, 1972)President: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman;General Secretary: Zillur Rahman;10th Council (Jan 18 to 20, 1974)President: AHM Qamruzzaman;General Secretary: Zillur Rahman;11th Council (Apr 3 to 4, 1977)Convener: Syed Zohra Tajuddin;However, in 1976, the party reunited following the 1975 coup when Mahiuddin Ahmed and Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury served as the acting president and acting general secretary respectively. 12th Council (Mar 3 to 5, 1978)President: Abdul Malek Ukil;General Secretary: Abdur Razzaq;13th Council (Feb 13 to 15, 1981)President: Sheikh Hasina;General Secretary: Abdur Razzaq;Razzaq was later expelled from the party and Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury was made the acting secretary general. 14th Council (Jan 1 to 3, 1987)President: Sheikh Hasina;General Secretary: Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury;15th Council (Sep 19 to 21, 1992)President: Sheikh Hasina;General Secretary: Zillur Rahman;16th Council (May 6 to 7, 1997)President: Sheikh Hasina;General Secretary: Zillur Rahman;17th Council (Dec 26, 2002)President: Sheikh Hasina;General Secretary: Adbul Jalil;18th Council (Jul 24, 2009)President: Sheikh Hasina;General Secretary: Syed Ashraful Islam;19th Council (Dec 29, 2012)President: Sheikh Hasina;General Secretary: Syed Ashraful Islam;

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