President-elect Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppu and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday met the incumbent President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban.
Prime Minister's sister Sheikh Rehana, wife of president-elect Dr Rebecca Sultana accompanied them, Press Secretary Joynal Abedin told UNB.
On their arrival, President Abdul Hamid and his wife Rashida Khanom welcomed them with flower bouquets.
President Hamid congratulated Shahabuddin for being elected President of Bangladesh and exchanged greetings on the phone. They also enquired of their health condition.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also briefed the President about the activities of ther government during the meeting.
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Shahabuddin Chuppu will be the 22nd President of Bangladesh.
Yesterday, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal declared the ruling party’s nominee the president-elect of Bangladesh.
As per the election schedule two nomination papers were submitted for Shahabuddin on Sunday and one of those was accepted as valid after scrutiny on Monday.
A gazette was issued in the afternoon in this regard.
The ruling party's nominee was declared the next president of the country as no other political party with representation in parliament proposed any name for the presidential election.
President Hamid is set to complete his tenure on April 23 this year.
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According to the constitution, a new president has to be elected within 90 to 60 days prior to the end of the incumbent president's tenure.
