Minister of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)

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People's Republic of Bangladesh
Adviser of Home Affairs
বাংলাদেশের স্বরাষ্ট্র উপদেষ্টা
Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg
Flag of Bangladesh.svg
Jahangir Alam Chowdhury adviser for the Yunus interim government.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
Formation10 April 1971;54 years ago (10 April 1971)
First holder Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman
Deputy Khoda Baksh Chowdhury
Salary245000 (US$2,000)
per month
(incl. allowances)
Website mha.gov.bd

The home minister of Bangladesh is the minister in charge of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. He is also the minister of all departments and agencies under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman was the first person appointed to this office by the then Mujibnagar government formed during the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971. [1]

List of Ministers, Advisers and State Ministers

Political parties
Other factions
PortraitOfficeholder
(birth–death)
Constituency
Term of officeDesignationAdministration
FromToPeriod
A h m kamarujjaman.jpg Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman
(1926–1975)
MP for Rajshahi
10 April
1971
11 January
1972
276 daysMinister Mujib
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1950.jpg Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
(1920–1975)
MP for Gopalganj-3
11 January
1972
12 April
1972
92 daysCMLA / Minister Mujib
Abdul Mannan
(1929–2005)
MP for Dhaka
12 April
1972
16 January
1973
279 daysMinister Mujib
Abdul Malek Ukil
(1924–1987)
MP for Noakhali
16 January
1973
1 February
1974
1 year, 16 daysMinister Mujib
Monsur ali.jpg Muhammad Mansur Ali
(1919–1975)
MP for Sirajganj
1 February
1974
15 August
1975
1 year, 195 daysMinister Mujib
Khandaker Mushtaque Ahmad.png Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad
(1918–1996)
15 August
1975
7 November
1975
84 daysMinister Mostaq
Ziaur Rahman 1979.jpg Ziaur Rahman
(1936–1981)
7 November
1975
6 July
1978
2 years, 241 daysCMLA / Minister Zia
Abu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman
(1934–1996)
MP for Khulna-2
6 July
1978
27 November
1981
3 years, 144 daysMinister Zia
M. A. Matin
(1932–2012)
MP for Pabna-5
27 November
1981
24 March
1982
117 daysMinister Sattar
Hussain M. Ershad-2.jpg Hussain Muhammad Ershad
(1930–2019)
24 March
1982
17 July
1982
115 daysCMLA / Minister Ershad
Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury
MP
17 July
1982
19 July
1983
1 year, 2 daysMinister Ershad
Abdul Mannan Siddique
(?–2000)
19 July
1983
17 February
1986
2 years, 213 daysMinister Ershad
Mahmudul Hasan 17 February
1986
1 December
1986
287 daysMinister Ershad
M. A. Matin
MP for Pabna-5
1 December
1986
21 March
1989
2 years, 110 daysMinister Ershad
Mahmudul Hasan (general) 21 March
1989
6 December
1990
1 year, 260 daysMinister Ershad
Khaleda Zia former Prime Minister of Bangladesh cropped.jpg Khaleda Zia
(born 1945)
MP for Bogra-6
7 April
1991
19 September
1991
165 daysPrime Minister Khaleda I
Abdul Matin Chowdhury
(1944–2012)
MP for Narayanganj-1
19 September
1991
21 March
1996
4 years, 184 daysMinister Khaleda I
Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain.jpg Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain
(b. 1934)
MP for Panchagarh-1
21 March
1996
30 March
1996
9 daysMinister Khaleda I
Habibur Rahman.jpg Muhammad Habibur Rahman
(1928–2010)
30 March
1996
24 June
1996
86 daysChief Adviser Habibur
Rafiqul Islam, Bangladeshi politician.jpg Rafiqul Islam 24 June
1996
2 March
1999
2 years, 251 daysMinister Hasina I
Mohammed Nasim Rashtrapati Bhavan 2016.jpg Mohammed Nasim
(1948–2020)
2 March
1999
16 July
2001
2 years, 136 daysMinister Hasina I
Latifur Rahman
(1939–2012)
16 July
2001
11 October
2001
87 daysChief Adviser Latifur
Altaf Hossain Chowdhury
(b. 1947)
11 October
2001
26 March
2004
2 years, 167 daysMinister Khaleda II
lu[?]phujjaamaan baabr (6 aagstt 2005).jpeg Lutfozzaman Babar
(b. 1958)
28 March
2004
28 October
2006
2 years, 214 daysMinister of State Khaleda II
Iajuddin Ahmed
(born 1931)
29 October
2006
11 January
2007
74 daysChief Adviser Iajuddin
M. A. Matin
(born ?)
16 January
2008
6 January
2009
356 daysAdviser Fakhruddin
TanjimSohelTaj.jpg Sohel Taj
(b. 1970)
6 January
2009
31 May
2009
145 daysMinister of State Hasina II
Sahara Khatun in New Delhi on 24 February 2012.jpg Sahara Khatun
(1943 – 2020)
7 January
2009
17 September
2012
3 years, 254 daysMinister Hasina II
Alamgir mohiuddin Khan.jpg Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir
(b. 1942)
18 September
2012
21 November
2013
1 year, 64 daysMinister Hasina II
Sheikh Hasina, Honourable Prime Minister of Bangladesh (cropped).jpg Sheikh Hasina
(b. 1947)
MP for Gopalganj-3
21 November
2013
14 July
2015
1 year, 235 daysPrime Minister Hasina III
Asaduzzaman Khan kamal.jpeg Asaduzzaman Khan
(b. 1950)
15 July
2015
6 August
2024
9 years, 22 daysMinister
M Sakhawat Hossain (6) (cropped).jpg M. Sakhawat Hossain
(b. 1948)
9 August
2024
16 August
2024
7 daysAdviser Yunus
Director General, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Major General Md. Jahangir Alam Choudhury.jpg Jahangir Alam Chowdhury
(b. 1953)
16 August
2024
Incumbent343 daysAdviser Yunus

References

  1. "Ex Ministers". Public Security Division. Retrieved 23 June 2020.