Minister of Finance (Bangladesh) explained

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Native Name:	Bengali: বাংলাদেশের অর্থমন্ত্রী
Insignia:	Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Insigniacaption:	Government Seal of Bangladesh
Flag:	Flag of Bangladesh.svg
Flagsize:	140px
Flagcaption:	Flag of Bangladesh
Department:	Ministry of Finance
Incumbent:	Salehuddin Ahmed
Incumbentsince:	9 August 2024
Type:	Cabinet Minister
Status:	Adviser
Reports To:	Chief Adviser
Seat:	Bangladesh Secretariat
Nominator:	Chief Adviser of Bangladesh
Appointer:	President of Bangladesh
Appointer Qualified:	on the advice of the Chief Adviser
Termlength:	Interim or
Termlength Qualified:	Chief Adviser's pleasures
Inaugural:	Mansur Ali
Salary:	per month (incl. allowances)

The Finance Minister of Bangladesh heads the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Bangladesh.^[1] It is one of the most important positions in the Cabinet and the Finance Minister must deal with all the other departments and plays an important role in deciding the funding levels for each.

The Finance Minister is responsible each year for presenting the government's budget.

List of finance ministers

Parties

! No.! Portrait! Name! Took office! Left office! colspan="2"|Head of government|-! || | M. Saifur Rahman| April 1980| May 1981| style="background: ;" || Ziaur Rahman (President)|-! || | Abul Maal Abdul Muhith| 27 March 1982| 31 January 1984| rowspan="2" style="background: ;" | | rowspan="2"|Post abolished|-! rowspan="3"|| rowspan="3"|| rowspan="3"|Hussain Muhammad Ershad| rowspan="3"|1 February 1984| rowspan="3"|27 March 1987|-| style="background: ;" || Ataur Rahman Khan|-| rowspan="3" style="background: ;" || rowspan="3"|Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury|-! || | M. Syeduzzaman| March 1987| January 1988|-! rowspan="2"|| rowspan="2"|| rowspan="2"|Wahidul Haq| rowspan="2"|January 1988| rowspan="2"|May 1988|-| rowspan="3" style="background: ;" || rowspan="3"|Moudud Ahmed|-! || | Mohammad Abdul Munim| May 1988| September 1988|-! rowspan="2"|| rowspan="2"|| rowspan="2"|Wahidul Haq| rowspan="2"|September 1988| rowspan="2"|May 1990|-| rowspan="2" style="background: ;" || rowspan="2"|Kazi Zafar Ahmed|-! || | Mohammad Abdul Munim| May 1990| December 1990|-! || | M. Saifur Rahman| March 1991| March 1996| style="background: ;" || Khaleda Zia|-! || | Shah A M S Kibria| July 1996| July 2001| style="background: ;" || Sheikh Hasina|-! || | M. Saifur Rahman| October 2001| October 2006| style="background: ;" || Khaleda Zia|-! || | Abul Maal Abdul Muhith| 6 January 2009| 7 January 2019| style="background: ;" || rowspan="3"|Sheikh Hasina|-! |||Mustafa Kamal| 7 January 2019| 10 January 2024| style="background: ;" ||-! |||Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali| 11 January 2024| 6 August 2024| style="background: ;" ||-! |||Salehuddin Ahmed| 8 August 2024| Incumbent| style="background: ;" || rowspan="2"|Muhammad Yunus|-|}

References

Book: Rahman, Syedur . 2010 . Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh . Scarecrow Press . 321 . 978-0-8108-7453-4.
Book: Rahman, Syedur . 2010 . Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh . Scarecrow Press . 336 . 978-0-8108-7453-4.
Book: Rahman, Syedur . 2010 . Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh . Scarecrow Press . 346 . 978-0-8108-7453-4.

Notes and References

Web site: Finance Minister. Administrator. mof.gov.bd. 2013-06-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20150612034127/http://www.mof.gov.bd/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=1. 2015-06-12. dead.