Azizur Rahman ministry

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Azizur Rahman ministry
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Ministry of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Date formed15 April 1979
Date dissolved24 March 1982
People and organisations
Head of state Ziaur Rahman
Abdus Sattar
Head of government Shah Azizur Rahman
History
Outgoing election 1979

Azizur Rahman ministry was created from 15 April 1979 to 24 March 1982. [1] The cabinet served under President Ziaur Rahman till the assassination of Ziaur Rahman. [2]

Contents

List of Cabinet Ministers

No.ImageNameStatusTerm
1 Shah Azizur Rahman Prime Minister [1] 15 April 1979
2 Jamal Uddin Ahmad Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Minister of Education15 April 1979 to 24 March 1982
3 S. A. Bari Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Minister of Industries
4 Muhammad Shamsul Huq Minister of Foreign Affairs
5 Abdul Momen Khan Minister of Food
6 M Majidul Huq Minister of Establishment
7 Abdul Halim Chowdhury Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperative
8 Abu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman Ministry of Home Affairs
9 Saifur Rahman Minister of Finance
10 Kazi Anwarul Haque Minister of Power, Flood control, & Water resources
11 Shamsul Huda Chaudhury Minister of Information and Broadcasting
12 Nurul Huq Minister of Ports and Shipping
13 Nurul Islam Shishu Minister of Agriculture and Forests
14 KM Obaidur Rahman Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
15 Abdul Alim Minister of Railway, Roads, and Highway
16 Habib Ullah Khan Minister of Jute
17 Abdur Rahman Biswas Minister of Religious Affairs
18 Akbar Hossain Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
19 Fashiuddin Mahtab Minister of Planning
20 M. A. Matin Minister of Youth Development
21 Emran Ali Sarkar Minister of relief and Rehabilitation
22 AKM Maidul Islam Minister of Post, Telephone, and Telegraph
23 Md. Reazuddin Ahmed Minister of Labour and Labour Welfare
24 Muhammad Yusuf Ali Minister of Textiles

State Ministers

No.ImageNamePosition
1 Abdul Baten State Minister of Education
2 Abu Ahmad Fazlul Karim Minister of Population Control
3 R. A. Ghani State Minister of Science and Technology
4 Iqbal Hasan Mahmud State Minister of Agriculture and Forests
5 Sunil Kumar Gupta State Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
6Dr. Abul Quasem State Minister for Youth Development
7 Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury State Minister of Food
8 Taslima Abed State Minister of Women Affairs
9 Mohammad Ismail State Minister of Land Administration and Land Reforms
10 Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky State Minister of Commerce
12 L. K. Siddiqi State Minister of Power, State Minister of Water Resources & Flood Control
13 Aftabuzzaman State Minister of Fisheries and Livestock
14 Sirajul Haque Montu State Minister of Textiles
15 Amirul Islam Kamal State Minister of Culture and Sports
16 Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar State Minister of Public Works and Urban Development
17 Abdus Salam Talukder State Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs
18 Syed Mahibul Hasan State Minister of Human Resources Development and Social Welfare

Deputy Ministers

No.ImageNamePosition
1 Begum Kamrun Nahar Jafar Deputy Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperative
2Professor Abdus Salam Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
3 Jafar Imam Deputy Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation
4Iqbal Hossain ChowdhuryDeputy Minister of Food
5 Mabud Fatema Kabir Deputy Minister of Health and Population Control

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