2002 Bangladeshi presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Bangladesh on 5 September 2002, after the resignation of the previous president A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury.^[1] The Election Commission declared Iajuddin Ahmed as the President after nomination papers of two other candidates were found to be invalid.^[2] Iajuddin Ahmed took his oath as president on 6 September 2002.^{[citation needed]}