Minister of Religious Affairs (Bangladesh)

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People's Republic of Bangladesh
Adviser of Religious Affairs
বাংলাদেশের ধর্ম বিষয়ক উপদেষ্টা
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A F M Khalid Hossain at Srijanghar Youth Mehfil 2022.jpg
since 9 August 2024
Style
Type Cabinet minister
Status Adviser
Member of
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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
Inaugural holder Mahbubur Rahman
Formation7 January 1984;41 years ago (7 January 1984)
Salary৳245000 (US$2,000)
per month
(incl. allowances)
Website mora.gov.bd

The minister of religious affairs is the minister in charge of the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the government of Bangladesh. He is also the minister of all departments and agencies under the Ministry of Religious Affairs. Prior to 1980, religion-related matters were looked after first under the Ministry of Education and later under the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Religion. It started its journey on January 25, 1980 through separate ministries and ministers. [1]

Contents

List of officeholders

Here are the names of all the ministers, advisors, state ministers and deputy ministers. [2]

No.PortraitNameTitleStartEnd
1 Mahbubur Rahman Minister15 March 19841 June 1984
2 Khandaker Abu Bakr Minister1 June 198415 January 1985
3 K. M. Aminul Islam Minister9 November 198516 February 1986
4 A. K. M. Nurul Islam State Minister4 July 198525 May 1986
5 Shamsul Huda Chaudhury Minister16 February 198623 March 1986
6 Shamsul Huda Chaudhury Minister25 May 19869 July 1986
7 Abdul Mannan Minister9 July 198614 June 1988
8 M. Nazim Uddin Al Azad Deputy Minister10 December 198824 December 1989
9 M. Nazim Uddin Al Azad Minister24 December 19892 May 1990
10 Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad State Minister2 May 19906 December 1990
11 M A Khaleq Advisor26 December 199015 March 1991
12 Abdul Mannan State Minister20 March 199114 February 1993
13 Mohammad Keramat Ali Minister14 August 199318 October 1995
14 M. A. Mannan State Minister18 November 199519 March 1996
15 Fazlur Rahman Potol State Minister19 March 199630 March 1996
16Abdur Rahman KhanAdvisor3 April 199623 June 1996
17 Md. Nurul Islam State Minister23 June 199615 July 2001
18 Dr. Abdul Malik.jpg Abdul Malik Advisor16 July 200110 October 2001
19 Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan State Minister10 October 200129 October 2006
20 Mahbubul Alam (journalist) Advisor1 November 200611 January 2007
20 A. S. M. Matiur Rahman Advisor17 January 20078 January 2008
21 A. F. Hassan Ariff Advisor10 January 20086 January 2009
22 Sheikh Hasina Darshana Jardosh G20 New Delhi 2023 (cropped).jpg Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister6 January 200924 January 2009
23 Shahjahan Mia State Minister24 January 200921 November 2013
24 Mujibul Haque Mujib (portrait).jpg Mujibul Haque Mujib Minister21 November 201312 January 2014
25 Motiur Rahman Minister12 January 201410 December 2018
26 The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Ms. Sheikh Hasina paying homage at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi, at Rajghat, in Delhi on April 08, 2017 (cropped).jpg AKM Mozammel Haque Minister11 December 20187 January 2019
27 Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah State Minister7 January 201913 June 2020
28 Sheikh Hasina Darshana Jardosh G20 New Delhi 2023 (cropped).jpg Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister14 June 202024 November 2020
29 Md Faridul Haq Khan Minister24 November 20205 August 2024
30 A F M Khalid Hossain at Srijanghar Youth Mehfil 2022.jpg A F M Khalid Hossain Adviser8 August 2024Present

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Introduction - Ministry of Religious Affairs". Ministry of Religious Affairs. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Names and tenure of Ministers / State Ministers / Advisers working in the Ministry of Religious Affairs". Ministry of Religious Affairs. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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