Minister of Agriculture (Bangladesh)

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People's Republic of Bangladesh
Minister of Agriculture
বাংলাদেশের কৃষি মন্ত্রী
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Director General, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Major General Md. Jahangir Alam Choudhury.jpg
since 16 August 2024
Style
Type Cabinet minister
Status Adviser
Member of
Reports to Standard of the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh.svg Chief Adviser
Seat Bangladesh Secretariat
Nominator Chief Adviser of Bangladesh
Appointer President of Bangladesh
on the advice of the chief adviser
Term length Interim or the
chief adviser's pleasure
Formation12 January 1972;53 years ago (12 January 1972)
Salary245000 (US$2,000)
per month
(incl. allowances)
Website www.moa.gov.bd

The minister of agriculture of Bangladesh heads the Ministry of Agriculture within the government of Bangladesh. He is also the minister of all departments and agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture. [1]

Contents

List of ministers, advisers and state ministers

Political parties
Other factions
No.PortraitNameDesignationFrom [2] [3] To [2] Head of government
1 Phani Bhushan Majumder Minister29 December 197112 January 1972 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
2 Sheikh Abdul Aziz 13 January 197216 March 1973
3 Abdus Samad Azad, Defense.gov News Photo 001017-D-9880W-086 (cropped).jpg Abdus Samad Azad 16 March 197315 August 1975
4 AKM Azizul Haque Advisor18 June 197629 June 1978 Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem
Ziaur Rahman
5 AKM Azizul Haque Minister29 June 197813 April 1979 Ziaur Rahman
6 Nurul Islam Shishu 15 April 197920 June 1981
7 Amirul Islam Kamal 13 July 198127 November 1981 Abdus Sattar
8 Fasihuddin Mahtab 27 November 198131 July 1982 Abdus Sattar
A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury
9 Abu Zafar Obaidullah Advisor1 August 198231 May 1984 A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury
Hussain Muhammad Ershad
10 Abdul Haleem Chowdhury.jpg Abdul Haleem Chowdhury Minister29 July 198415 January 1985 Hussain Muhammad Ershad
11 Mohammad Abdul Munim 16 January 198530 November 1986
12 Mirza Ruhul Amin 1 December 19869 August 1987
13 Mohammad Mahbubuzzaman 10 August 198726 March 1988
14 Mahmudul Hasan 28 March 198831 March 1989
15 Mohammad Abdul Munim 1 April 198928 February 1990
16 Sardar Amjad Hossain 1 May 19906 December 1990
17 A. M. Anisuzzaman Advisor9 January 199115 March 1991 Shahabuddin Ahmed
18 Majid-ul-Haq Minister1 March 199127 June 1995 Khaleda Zia
19 Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan 28 June 199530 March 1996
20A. Z. A. NasiruddinAdvisor4 April 199623 June 1996 Muhammad Habibur Rahman
21 Matia Chowdhury at IRRI.jpg Matia Chowdhury Minister24 June 199615 July 2001 Sheikh Hasina
22 Syed Manzur Elahi Advisor16 July 200110 October 2001 Latifur Rahman
23 Motiur Rahman Nizami Minister10 October 200122 May 2003 Khaleda Zia
24 M. K. Anwar 22 May 200329 October 2006
25 C. M. Shafi Sami Advisor1 November 200611 December 2006 Iajuddin Ahmed
26 Md Shafiqual Haque Choudhury 12 December 200611 January 2007
27 Chowdhury Sajjadul Karim 18 January 20076 January 2009 Fakhruddin Ahmed
28 Matia Chowdhury at IRRI.jpg Matia Chowdhury Minister6 January 20097 January 2019 Sheikh Hasina
29 Dr. Muhammad Abdur Razzaque in New Delhi on February 12, 2011.jpg Mohammad Abdur Razzaque 7 January 201911 January 2024
30 Abdus Shahid (cropped).jpg Md. Abdus Shahid 11 January 20245 August 2024
31 Jahangir Alam Chowdhury adviser for the Yunus interim government.jpg Jahangir Alam Chowdhury Advisor16 August 2024Incumbent Muhammad Yunus

References

  1. মন্ত্রণালয় ও বিভাগসমূহ - Cabinet Division-Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh - মন্ত্রিপরিষদ বিভাগ-গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার. cabinet.gov.bd.
  2. 1 2 "Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World|Ministry of Industries|Government of Bangladesh". Research Papers in Economics . Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  3. Shawon, Ali Asif (10 January 2024). "New cabinet: Who are the ministers and state ministers?". Dhaka Tribune . Retrieved 5 October 2024.