Second Hasina ministry

Second Hasina ministry
18th Council of Ministers of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
6 January 2009–24 January 2014
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2010
Date formed	6 January 2009
Date dissolved	24 January 2014
People and organisations
President	Iajuddin Ahmed Zillur Rahman Mohammad Abdul Hamid
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
No. of ministers	32 Cabinet Ministers 21 State Ministers
Total no. of members	53
Member parties	AL ( Grand Alliance )
Status in legislature	Majority 230 / 350 (66%)
Opposition party	BNP ( Four Party Alliance )
Opposition leader	Khaleda Zia
History
Election	2008
Outgoing election	2014
Legislature terms	9th Jatiya Sangsad 10th Jatiya Sangsad
Predecessor	Fakhruddin
Successor	Hasina III

The Second Hasina ministry was the Government of Bangladesh during the 9th legislative session of the Jatiya Sangsad following the 2008 general election, and serving from 6 January 2009 until 24 January 2014. ^[1]

Cabinet reshuffles

24 January 2009

• Six state ministers were added:
  • Shahjahan Mia for Ministry of Religious Affairs
  • Abdul Mannan Khan for Ministry of Housing and Public Works
  • Muhammad Qamrul Islam for Parliamentary Affairs under the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry
  • Shamsul Hoque Tuku for Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources
  • Motahar Hossain for Ministry of Primary and Mass Education
  • Jahangir Kabir Nanak for Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development & Cooperatives ^[2]

3 May 2009

• Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj resigned as the state minister for home affairs. ^{[3] [4]}

31 July 2009 ^[4]

• Shajahan Khan took charge of the Ministry of Shipping.
• Muhammad Afsarul Ameen was transferred to the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education.
• Shamsul Hoque Tuku was made the state minister for home affairs.
• Muhammad Enamul Huq was appointed as the state minister for power, energy, and mineral resources.
• Hasan Mahmud was made the state minister for forest and environment.
• Mostafizur Rahman Fizar was made the state minister for land.
• Promode Mankin was made the state minister for cultural affairs.
• Mujibur Rahman Fakir was made the state minister for health and family welfare.
• Mahbubur Rahman was made the state minister for water resources.
• Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury was made the state minister for women and children affairs.

4 December 2011

• Ministry of Railways is bifurcated from Ministry of Communications. ^[5]
• Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology is split into Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and Ministry of Science and Technology.

6 December 2011 ^[6]

• Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology is split to Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Ministry of Science and Technology.
  • Syed Abul Hossain took charge of ICT Ministry and Yafes Osman became Science and Technology minister.
• Obaidul Quader took charge of Ministry of Communications which belonged to Syed Abul Hossain.
• Suranjit Sengupta took charge of the Ministry of Railways.
• Commerce Minister Faruk Khan and Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister GM Quader swapped their portfolios.

18 April 2012 ^[7]

• Suranjit Sengupta resigned from the Ministry of Railways.

22 August 2012 ^[8]

• Syed Abul Hossain resigned from ICT Ministry.

16 September 2012 ^[9]

• Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir was made the minister of home affairs.
• Sahara Khatun was made the minister of posts and telecommunications.
• Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju was made the minister of labour and employment.
• Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain was made the minister of expatriate welfare and overseas employment.
• Mujibul Hoque was made the minister of railways.
• Mostafa Faruque Mohammad was made the minister of information and communication technology (ICT).
• Food and disaster management ministry was bifurcated.
  • Abdur Razzak became the minister of food.
  • Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali became the minister of disaster management and relief.
• Hasanul Haq Inu was made the information minister.
• Abul Kalam Azad was moved to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs.
• Abdul Hyee was made the minister of fisheries and livestock.
• Omor Faruk Chowdhury was made the minister of industries.

18 November 2013 ^[10]

• Amir Hossain Amu
• Tofail Ahmed
• Rashed Khan Menon as the minister of home. ^[11]
• Anisul Islam Mahmud
• Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali as the foreign minister. ^[11]
• A.B.M. Ruhul Amin Howlader
• Rowshan Ershad as the minister for health and family welfare. ^[12]
• Mujibul Haque as the state minister of youth and sports. ^[13]
• Salma Islam

Cabinet

The cabinet was composed of the following ministers:

Minister	Secretariat and Executive offices	State Minister
Sheikh Hasina Wazed	Prime Minister of Bangladesh Armed Forces Division Cabinet Division Ministry of Public Administration Ministry of Defence
Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju	Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Ministry of Finance	Abul Maal Abdul Muhith	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Agriculture	Matia Chowdhury	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Textiles and Jute	Abdul Latif Siddiqui	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Planning	A K Khandker	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Industries	Dilip Barua	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Education	Nurul Islam Nahid	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock	Muhammad Abdul Latif Biswas	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Social Welfare	Enamul Hoque Mostofa Shaheed	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Food and Disaster Management	Muhammad Abdur Razzaque	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs	Shafique Ahmed	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives	Syed Ashraful Islam	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Land	Rezaul Karim Hira	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare	A.F.M Ruhal Haque	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Water Resources	Ramesh Chandra Sen	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Primary and Mass Education	Muhammad Afsarul Ameen	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Labour and Employment	Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain	6 January 2009	16 September 2012		AL	[9]
Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment	Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain	16 September 2012	24 January 2014		AL	[9]
Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology (defunct in Dec 2011)	Syed Abul Hossain	6 January 2009	6 December 2011		AL	[6]
Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)	Syed Abul Hossain	6 December 2011	22 August 2012		AL	[8]
	Mostafa Faruk Mohammad	13 September 2012	24 January 2014		AL	[9]
Ministry of Communications	Syed Abul Hossain	6 January 2009	6 December 2011		AL	[6]
	Obaidul Quader	6 December 2011	24 January 2014		AL	[6]
Ministry of Cultural Affairs	Abul Kalam Azad	16 September 2012	24 January 2014		AL	[9]
Ministry of Information	Abul Kalam Azad	6 January 2009	16 September 2012		AL	[9]
	Hasanul Haq Inu	16 September 2012	24 January 2014		JSD	[9]
Ministry of Railways	Suranjit Sengupta	6 December 2011	18 April 2012		AL	[6]
	Mujibul Haque Mujib	16 September 2012	24 January 2014		AL	[9]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Dipu Moni	6 January 2009	21 November 2013		AL	[11]
	Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali	21 November 2013	24 January 2014		AL	[11]
Ministry of Home Affairs	Sahara Khatun	6 January 2009	16 September 2012		AL	[9]
	Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir	16 September 2012	24 January 2014		AL
Ministry of Commerce	Faruk Khan	6 January 2009	11 December 2011		AL	[6]
	GM Quader	11 December 2011	24 January 2014		AL	[6]
Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism	GM Quader	6 January 2009	11 December 2011		AL	[6]
	Faruk Khan	11 December 2011	24 January 2014		AL	[6]
Ministry of Shipping	Shajahan Khan	31 July 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[4]

State ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Ministry of Home Affairs	Tanjim Ahmad	6 January 2009	31 May 2009		AL	[14]
Ministry of Primary and Mass Education	Motahar Hossain	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Water Resources	Mahbubur Rahman	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare	Mozibur Rahman Fakir	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Land	Mostafizur Rahman	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives	Jahangir Kabir Nanak	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs	Muhammad Qamrul Islam	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[14]
Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs	Dipankar Talukdar		24 January 2014		AL
Ministry of Cultural Affairs	Promode Mankin	31 July 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[4]
Ministry of Environment and Forest	Hasan Mahmud	31 July 2009	24 January 2014		AL	[15]
Ministry of Industries	Omor Faruk Chowdhury	16 September 2012	24 January 2014		AL	[9]
Ministry of Liberation War Affairs	AB Tajul Islam		24 January 2014		AL
Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology	Syed Abul Hossain	2009	2011		AL
	Yafes Osman	2012	24 January 2014		AL
Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources	Muhammad Enamul Huq		24 January 2014		AL
Ministry of Religious Affairs	Muhammad Shahjahan Miah		24 January 2014		AL
Ministry of Women and Children Affairs	Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury		24 January 2014		AL
Ministry of Youth and Sports	Ahad Ali Sarker	6 January 2009	21 November 2013		AL	[16]
	Mujibul Haque	21 November 2013	12 January 2014		JP(E)	[13]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Muhammad Hasan Mahmud	6 January 2009	31 July 2009		AL	[4]
Ministry of Home Affairs	Shamsul Hoque Tuku	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL
Ministry of Labour and Employment	Monnujan Sufian	6 January 2009	24 January 2014		AL

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