List of ethnic minority officials in Bangladesh explained

This list comprises persons who belong to an ethnic minority group who have been elected as members of the Jatiya Sangsad and other positions within the Government of Bangladesh.

Members of Parliament

PartyPortraitNameConstituencyYear electedYear leftEthnicity
Manabendra Narayan LarmaChittagong Hill Tracts-11973[1] 1976Chakma
Upendra Lal Chakma19791982Chakma
Chaithoai RoazaChittagong Hill Tracts-219731976Marma
Raja Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury19791982Marma
Bandarban19861991
Binoy Kumar DewanRangamati19861991Chakma
Dipankar Talukdar1991February 1996Jumma
June 19962001
20082014
2018present
Parijat Kusum ChakmaFebruary 1996June 1996Chakma
Moni Swapan Dewan20012008Chakma
Ushatan Talukder20142018Chakma
Bir Bahadur Ushwe SingBandarban1991February 1996Marma
June 1996present
Saching Prue JerryFebruary 1996June 1996Marma
Kalparanjan ChakmaKhagrachhari1991February 1996Chakma
June 19962001
Jotindra Lal Tripura20082014Tripuri
Kujendra Lal Tripura2014presentTripuri
Ma Mya ChingReserved Women's Seat-301991June 1996Marma
Aye Thein RakhaineReserved Women's Seat-30June 19962001Marma
Ethinab RakhainReserved Women's Seat-720082014Marma
Basanti ChakmaReserved Women's Seat-92018presentChakma
Promode MankinMymensingh-119911996Garo
200111 May 2016Garo
Jewel Areng11 May 2016presentGaro

Supreme Court

PortraitNameOfficeYear electedYear leftEthnicity
Surendra Kumar SinhaChief Justice of Bangladesh17 January 201511 November 2017Bishnupriya Manipuri
Bhabani Prasad SinghaJustice of the High Court Division12 December 2010July 2020Bishnupriya Manipuri

Government ministries

PortraitNameOfficeYear electedYear leftEthnicity
Bir Bahadur Ushwe SingMinister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs7 January 2019PresentMarma
Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board19962002
State Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs20142018
Dipankar Talukdar20092014Jumma
Naba Bikram Kishore TripuraChairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development BoardDecember 2013April 2021Tripuri
Secretary of the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs16 June 201118 February 2018
Kujendra Lal TripuraChairman of the Task Force on Rehabilitation of India-returnee Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons12 December 2017PresentTripuri
Jyotirindra Bodhipriya LarmaChairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional CouncilPresentPresentMarma
Abdur Rahman KashgariKhatib of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque (Ministry of Religious Affairs)1963March 1971Uyghur
Amimul Ehsan BarkatiMarch 197127 October 1974Bihari
Promode MankinState Minister of Cultural Affairs31 July 200914 September 2012Garo
Dilip BaruaMinister of Industries5 January 200921 November 2013Barua
Benita RoyLand Administration and Land ReformsDecember 1975January 1976Chakma
Minister of Relief and RehabilitationFebruary 1976June 1978

Notes and References

  1. Kader, Rozina . Larma, Manabendra Narayan.