Post: | |
Native Name: | Bengali: বাংলাদেশের পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী |
Insignia: | Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg |
Insigniasize: | 120px |
Insigniacaption: | Government Seal of Bangladesh |
Flag: | Flag of Bangladesh.svg |
Flagsize: | 140px |
Flagcaption: | Flag of Bangladesh |
Incumbent: | Md. Touhid Hossain |
Incumbentsince: | 8 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: | Interm or |
Termlength Qualified: | Chief Adviser's pleasure |
Inaugural: | Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad |
Salary: | per month (incl. allowances) |
Website: | mofa.gov.bd |
The Minister of Foreign Affairs (bn|পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী; Pororashtrya Montri; or simply the Foreign Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Head of Cabinet | ||
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1 | Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad | 14 April 1971 | December 1971 | Tajuddin Ahmad | ||
2 | Abdus Samad Azad | December 1971 | March 1973 | |||
Tajuddin Ahmad Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | ||||||
3 | Kamal Hossain | March 1973 | 15 August 1975 | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | ||
Muhammad Mansur Ali | ||||||
4 | Abu Sayeed Chowdhury | 15 August 1975 | 6 November 1975 | Post abolished | ||
5 | Prof. Muhammad Shamsul Huq | November 1975 | 24 March 1982 | |||
Post abolished Mashiur Rahman Shah Azizur Rahman | ||||||
6 | A R Shamsud Doha | 24 March 1982 | June 1984 | Post abolished Ataur Rahman Khan | ||
7 | Humayun Rashid Choudhury | June 1984 | July 1985 | Ataur Rahman Khan | ||
8 | Anisul Islam Mahmud | July 1985 | 6 December 1990 | |||
Ataur Rahman Khan Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury Moudud Ahmed Kazi Zafar Ahmed | ||||||
9 | Fakhruddin Ahmed | 9 December 1990 | 15 March 1991 | Post abolished | ||
10 | ASM Mustafizur Rahman | 20 March 1991 | 30 Mach 1996 | Khaleda Zia | ||
11 | Muhammad Habibur Rahman | 31 March 1996 | 23 June 1996 | Himself | ||
(2) | Abdus Samad Azad | 23 June 1996 | 15 July 2001 | Sheikh Hasina | ||
12 | Justice Latifur Rahman | 15 July 2001 | 10 October 2001 | Himself | ||
12 | A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury | 10 October 2001 | 14 November 2001 | Khaleda Zia | ||
13 | Morshed Khan | 14 November 2001 | 29 October 2006 | |||
14 | Iajuddin Ahmed | 29 October 2006 | 11 January 2007 | Himself | ||
15 | Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury | 11 January 2007 | 30 January 2009 | Fazlul Haque | ||
Fakhruddin Ahmed | ||||||
Sheikh Hasina | ||||||
16 | Dipu Moni | 30 January 2009 | 20 November 2013 | |||
17 | Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali | 20 November 2013 | 7 January 2019 | |||
18 | AK Abdul Momen | 7 January 2019 | 10 January 2024 | |||
18 | Muhammad Hasan Mahmud | 11 January 2024 | 5 August 2024 | |||
19 | Md. Touhid Hossain | 8 August 2024 | Incumbent | Muhammad Yunus |