Minister of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)

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Minister of Home Affairs
বাংলাদেশের স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী
Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg
Flag of Bangladesh.svg
The Home Minister of Bangladesh, Asaduzzaman Khan.jpg
Incumbent
Asaduzzaman Khan
since 15 July 2015
Style The Honourable (official)
StatusCabinet Minister
Member of
Reports to Flag of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.svg Prime Minister
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Parliament
Seat Bangladesh Secretariat
Nominator Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Appointer President of Bangladesh
on the advice of the Prime Minister
Term length 5 years or
Prime Minister's pleasures
Formation10 April 1971
First holder Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman
Salary
  • ৳ 105,000 Monthly (over US$ 1,122 monthly)
  • ৳ 1,260,000 annually (over US$ 13,475 annually)
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

No.PortraitNameDesignationFrom [1] [2] Till [1] Head of Government
1 A h m kamarujjaman.jpg Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman Minister10 April 197111 January 1972 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
2 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1950.jpg Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Prime minister11 January 197212 April 1972
3 Abdul Mannan Minister12 April 197216 January 1973
4 Abdul Malek Ukil Minister16 January 19731 February 1974
(1) Monsur ali.jpg Muhammad Mansur Ali Minister1 February 197415 August 1975
5 Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad Minister15 August 19757 November 1975 Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad
6 Ziaur Rahman 1979.jpg Ziaur Rahman DCMLA7 November 19756 July 1978 Ziaur Rahman
7 Abu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman Minister6 July 197827 November 1981
8 M.A. Matin Minister27 November 198124 March 1982 Abdus Sattar
9 Hussain M. Ershad-2.jpg Hussain Muhammad Ershad CMM24 March 198217 July 1982 Hussain Muhammad Ershad
10 Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury Minister17 July 198219 July 1983
11 Abdul Mannan Siddique Minister19 July 198317 February 1986
12 Mahmudul Hasan Minister17 February 19861 December 1986
(8) M.A. Matin Minister1 December 198621 March 1989
13 Mahmudul Hasan Minister21 March 19896 December 1990
14 Shahabuddin Ahmed President6 December 19907 April 1991 Shahabuddin Ahmed
15 Khaleda Zia former Prime Minister of Bangladesh cropped.jpg Khaleda Zia Prime minister7 April 199119 September 1991 Khaleda Zia
16 Abdul Matin Chowdhury Minister19 September 199121 March 1996
17 Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain.jpg Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain Minister21 March 199630 March 1996
18 Habibur Rahman.jpg Muhammad Habibur Rahman Chief adviser30 March 199624 June 1996 Muhammad Habibur Rahman
19 Rafiqul Islam, Bangladeshi politician.jpg Rafiqul Islam Minister24 June 19962 March 1999 Sheikh Hasina
20 Mohammed Nasim Rashtrapati Bhavan 2016.jpg Mohammed Nasim Minister2 March 199916 July 2001
21 Latifur Rahman Chief Adviser16 July 200111 October 2001 Latifur Rahman
22 Altaf Hossain Chowdhury Minister11 October 200126 March 2004 Khaleda Zia
23 Babar 2012.jpg Lutfozzaman Babar State minister28 March 200428 October 2006
24 Iajuddin Ahmed Chief adviser29 October 200611 January 2007 Iajuddin Ahmed
25 M. A. Matin Adviser16 January 20086 January 2009 Fakhruddin Ahmed
26 Sahara Khatun in New Delhi on 24 February 2012.jpg Sahara Khatun Minister7 January 200917 September 2012 Sheikh Hasina
27 Alamgir mohiuddin Khan.jpg Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir Minister18 September 201221 November 2013
28 Sheikh Hasina, Honourable Prime Minister of Bangladesh (cropped).jpg Sheikh Hasina Prime minister21 November 201314 July 2015
29 Asaduzzaman Khan kamal.jpeg Asaduzzaman Khan Minister15 July 2015incumbent

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References

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  2. "সচিবালয়ের তালিকায় নাম নেই সেই স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রীর". jagonews24.com. Retrieved 23 June 2020.