2018 Bangladeshi presidential election
The Bangladeshi presidential election of 2018 was held on February 18, 2018, as the tenure then incumbent president was set to end on April 23, 2018. Earlier, on January 25, 2018, the Election Commission announced the election schedule. President Abdul Hamid was nominated for the second time as the candidate to run for election by the ruling party. Hamid was declared president by the Election Commission as no other candidate submitted nomination papers to the commission. He was sworn in by the speaker on April 24, 2018. He was the first to be reelected as president in the history of Bangladesh.
