Minister of Home Affairs (Bangladesh) explained

Native Name:বাংলাদেশের স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী
Flag:Flag of Bangladesh.svg
Flagsize:120px
Flagcaption:Flag of Bangladesh
Insignia:Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg
Insigniasize:80px
Insigniacaption:Government Seal of Bangladesh
Incumbent:Jahangir Alam Chowdhury
Incumbentsince:16 August 2024
Style:The Honourable (official)
Status:Adviser
Reports To: Chief Adviser
President
Seat:Bangladesh Secretariat
Nominator:Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Appointer:President of Bangladesh
Appointer Qualified:on the advice of the Prime Minister
Termlength:5 years or
Termlength Qualified:Prime Minister's pleasures
Formation:10 April 1971
First:Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman
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[2] Tillalign=center colspan=2Head of Government
1Abul Hasnat Muhammad QamaruzzamanMinister10 April 197111 January 1972Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
2Sheikh Mujibur RahmanPrime minister11 January 197212 April 1972
3Abdul MannanMinister12 April 197216 January 1973
4Abdul Malek UkilMinister16 January 19731 February 1974
5Muhammad Mansur AliMinister1 February 197415 August 1975
6Khondaker Mostaq AhmadMinister15 August 19757 November 1975Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad
7Ziaur RahmanDCMLA7 November 19756 July 1978Ziaur Rahman
8Abu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur RahmanMinister6 July 197827 November 1981
9M.A. MatinMinister27 November 198124 March 1982Abdus Sattar
10Hussain Muhammad ErshadCMM24 March 198217 July 1982Hussain Muhammad Ershad
11Mohabbat Jan ChowdhuryMinister17 July 198219 July 1983
12Abdul Mannan SiddiqueMinister19 July 198317 February 1986
13Mahmudul HasanMinister17 February 19861 December 1986
14M.A. MatinMinister1 December 198621 March 1989
15Mahmudul HasanMinister21 March 19896 December 1990
16Shahabuddin AhmedPresident6 December 19907 April 1991Shahabuddin Ahmed
17Khaleda ZiaPrime minister7 April 199119 September 1991Khaleda Zia
18Abdul Matin ChowdhuryMinister19 September 199121 March 1996
19Khandaker Mosharraf HossainMinister21 March 199630 March 1996
20Muhammad Habibur RahmanChief adviser30 March 199624 June 1996Muhammad Habibur Rahman
21Rafiqul IslamMinister24 June 19962 March 1999Sheikh Hasina
22Mohammed NasimMinister2 March 199916 July 2001
23Latifur RahmanChief Adviser16 July 200111 October 2001Latifur Rahman
24Altaf Hossain ChowdhuryMinister11 October 200126 March 2004Khaleda Zia
25Lutfozzaman BabarState minister28 March 200428 October 2006
26Iajuddin AhmedChief adviser 29 October 200611 January 2007Iajuddin Ahmed
27M. A. MatinAdviser16 January 20086 January 2009Fakhruddin Ahmed
28Sahara KhatunMinister7 January 200917 September 2012Sheikh Hasina
29Muhiuddin Khan AlamgirMinister18 September 201221 November 2013
30Sheikh HasinaPrime minister21 November 201314 July 2015
31Asaduzzaman KhanMinister15 July 201506 August 2024
32Jahangir Alam ChowdhuryAdviser 16 August 2024incumbentMuhammad Yunus

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ex Ministers . Public Security Division . 23 June 2020.
  2. Web site: সচিবালয়ের তালিকায় নাম নেই সেই স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রীর . jagonews24.com . 23 June 2020.

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