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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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
Chief Adviser's pleasures
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

Minister of Religious Affairs is Minister in charge of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, 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] Here are the names of all the ministers, advisors, state ministers and deputy ministers. [2]

Contents

List of office holders

No.PortraitNameTitleStartEnd
1 Mahbubur Rahman Minister7 January 198420 June 1987
2 Nurul Islam Minister21 June 198726 March 1990
3 Abdul Mannan Minister1 August 198628 August 1988
4 Muhammad Wakkas State Minister1 August 198628 August 1988
5 Shamsul Islam Minister27 March 199029 September 1993
6 Md Nurul Islam State Minister23 June 199615 July 2001
7 M. Nazim Uddin Al Azad Minister10 October 20012 July 2002
8 Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad State Minister3 August 20021 July 2003
9 Keramat Ali Talukdar State Minister2 July 20032 July 2004
10 Abdul Mannan State Minister3 July 200431 December 2005
11 Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan State Minister27 February 200614 May 2007
12 A.S.M. Matiur Rahman Advisor15 May 20078 January 2009
13 A. F. Hassan Ariff Advisor9 January 200824 January 2009
14 Shahjahan Mia State Minister25 January 200920 November 2013
15 Mujibul Haque Mujib (portrait).jpg Mujibul Haque Mujib Minister21 November 201311 January 2014
16 Motiur Rahman Minister12 January 20149 December 2018
17 Mozammel Haque Minister11 December 20186 January 2019
18 Sheikh Md Abdullah State Minister7 January 201913 June 2020
18 Md Faridul Haq Khan Minister24 November 20205 August 2024
19 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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