People's Republic of Bangladesh Minister of Home Affairs | |
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বাংলাদেশের স্বরাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রী | |
Style |
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Type | Cabinet Minister |
Status | Adviser |
Member of | |
Reports to | 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 Chief Adviser's pleasures |
Formation | 10 April 1971 |
First holder | Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman |
Deputy | Khoda Baksh Chowdhury |
Salary | ৳245000 (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]
No. | Portrait | Name | Designation | From [1] [2] | Till [1] | Head of Government | |
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1 | Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman | Minister | 10 April 1971 | 11 January 1972 | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | ||
2 | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | Prime Minister | 11 January 1972 | 12 April 1972 | |||
3 | Abdul Mannan | Minister | 12 April 1972 | 16 January 1973 | |||
4 | Abdul Malek Ukil | Minister | 16 January 1973 | 1 February 1974 | |||
5 | Muhammad Mansur Ali | Minister | 1 February 1974 | 15 August 1975 | |||
6 | Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad | Minister | 15 August 1975 | 7 November 1975 | Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad | ||
7 | Ziaur Rahman | Deputy Chief Martial Law Administrator | 7 November 1975 | 6 July 1978 | Ziaur Rahman | ||
8 | Abu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman | Minister | 6 July 1978 | 27 November 1981 | |||
9 | M.A. Matin | Minister | 27 November 1981 | 24 March 1982 | Abdus Sattar | ||
10 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | Chief Martial Law Administrator | 24 March 1982 | 17 July 1982 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | ||
11 | Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury | Minister | 17 July 1982 | 19 July 1983 | |||
12 | Abdul Mannan Siddique | Minister | 19 July 1983 | 17 February 1986 | |||
13 | Mahmudul Hasan | Minister | 17 February 1986 | 1 December 1986 | |||
14 | M.A. Matin | Minister | 1 December 1986 | 21 March 1989 | |||
15 | Mahmudul Hasan | Minister | 21 March 1989 | 6 December 1990 | |||
16 | Shahabuddin Ahmed | President | 6 December 1990 | 7 April 1991 | Shahabuddin Ahmed | ||
17 | Khaleda Zia | Prime Minister | 7 April 1991 | 19 September 1991 | Khaleda Zia | ||
18 | Abdul Matin Chowdhury | Minister | 19 September 1991 | 21 March 1996 | |||
19 | Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain | Minister | 21 March 1996 | 30 March 1996 | |||
20 | Muhammad Habibur Rahman | Chief Adviser | 30 March 1996 | 24 June 1996 | Muhammad Habibur Rahman | ||
21 | Rafiqul Islam | Minister | 24 June 1996 | 2 March 1999 | Sheikh Hasina | ||
22 | Mohammed Nasim | Minister | 2 March 1999 | 16 July 2001 | |||
23 | Latifur Rahman | Chief Adviser | 16 July 2001 | 11 October 2001 | Latifur Rahman | ||
24 | Altaf Hossain Chowdhury | Minister | 11 October 2001 | 26 March 2004 | Khaleda Zia | ||
25 | Lutfozzaman Babar | State Minister | 28 March 2004 | 28 October 2006 | |||
26 | Iajuddin Ahmed | Chief Adviser | 29 October 2006 | 11 January 2007 | Iajuddin Ahmed | ||
27 | M. A. Matin | Adviser | 16 January 2008 | 6 January 2009 | Fakhruddin Ahmed | ||
28 | Sahara Khatun | Minister | 7 January 2009 | 17 September 2012 | Sheikh Hasina | ||
29 | Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir | Minister | 18 September 2012 | 21 November 2013 | |||
30 | Sheikh Hasina | Prime Minister | 21 November 2013 | 14 July 2015 | |||
31 | Asaduzzaman Khan | Minister | 15 July 2015 | 06 August 2024 | |||
32 | M. Sakhawat Hossain | Adviser | 9 August 2024 | 16 August 2024 | Muhammad Yunus | ||
33 | Jahangir Alam Chowdhury | Adviser | 16 August 2024 | Incumbent | |||
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