Minister of Education (Bangladesh) explained

Native Name:Bengali: বাংলাদেশের শিক্ষামন্ত্রী
Flag:Flag of Bangladesh.svg
Flagcaption:Flag of Bangladesh
Flagsize:160px
Insignia:Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Government Seal of Bangladesh
Incumbent:Wahiduddin Mahmud
Incumbentsince:16 August 2024
Status:Cabinet Minister
Department:Ministry of Education
Style:The Honourable (official)
Reports To: Prime Minister
Parliament
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
First:Muhammad Yusuf Ali
Formation:29 December 1971
Seat:Bangladesh Secretariat

The Minister of Education is the head of the Ministry of Education and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of Bangladesh.

Native Name:Bengali: বাংলাদেশের শিক্ষামন্ত্রী
Flag:Flag of Bangladesh.svg
Flagcaption:Flag of Bangladesh
Flagsize:160px
Insignia:Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Government Seal of Bangladesh
Incumbent:Wahiduddin Mahmud
Incumbentsince:16 August 2024
Status:Cabinet Minister
Department:Ministry of Education
Style:The Honourable (official)
Reports To: Prime Minister
Parliament
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
First:Muhammad Yusuf Ali
Formation:29 December 1971
Seat:Bangladesh Secretariat

The Minister of Education is the head of the Ministry of Education and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of Bangladesh.

List of ministers

No.PortraitName[1] DesignationTook officeLeft officeHead of Cabinet
1Muhammad Yusuf AliMinister29 December 197126 January 1975Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
2Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury26 January 1975
6 November 1975
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad
3Ziaur RahmanChief of Army10 November 197526 November 1975 Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem
4Abul FazalAdviser26 November 197522 June 1977
Shah Azizur Rahman
5Syed Ali Ahsan22 June 197729 June 1978
6Kazi Zafar AhmedMinister4 July 197811 October 1978
7Abdul BatenState Minister11 October 197815 April 1979
8Shah Azizur RahmanPrime Minister15 April 197911 February 1982
9Tafazzal Hossain KhanMinister11 February 198224 March 1982Hussain Muhammad Ershad
10Abdul Majid KhanAdviser26 May 198211 December 1983
11Abdul Majid KhanMinister11 December 19831 June 1984
12Shamsul Huda Chaudhury1 June 198415 January 1985
13Shamsul Huda Chaudhury4 August 198516 February 1986
14 M. A. Matin16 February 198623 March 1986
15A. K. M. Nurul Islam24 March 198625 May 1986
16M. A. Matin25 May 19869 July 1986
17Mominuddin Ahmed9 July 198630 November 1986
18Mahbubur Rahman30 November 198627 March 1988
19Anisul Islam Mahmud27 March 198810 December 1988
20Sheikh Shahidul Islam10 December 19882 May 1990
21Kazi Zafar AhmedPrime Minister2 May 19906 December 1990
22Zillur Rahman SiddiquiAdviser10 December 199016 March 1991Shahabuddin Ahmed
23A. Q. M. Badruddoza ChowdhuryMinister20 March 199119 September 1991Khaleda Zia
24Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar19 September 199119 March 1996
25Rafiqul Islam Miah19 March 199630 March 1996
26Md. Shamsul HaqueAdviser3 April 199623 June 1996Muhammad Habibur Rahman
27ASHK SadekMinister23 June 199615 July 2001Sheikh Hasina
28ASM ShahjahanAdviser16 July 200110 October 2001Latifur Rahman
29Osman FarukMinister11 October 200128 October 2006Khaleda Zia
30Iajuddin AhmedChief Advisor1 November 200611 January 2007Iajuddin Ahmed
31Ayub QuadriAdviser16 January 200726 December 2007Fakhruddin Ahmed
32Hossain Zillur RahmanAdviser10 January 20086 January 2009
33Nurul Islam NahidMinister6 January 20097 January 2019Sheikh Hasina
34Dipu Moni7 January 201911 January 2024
35Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury11 January 20245 August 2024
36Wahiduddin MahmudAdviser16 August 2024PresentDr. Muhammad Yunus

Notes and References

  1. Web site: সাবেক মন্ত্রী / উপদেষ্টাবৃন্দ . 11 November 2023 . শিক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয় . 27 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240727042630/https://moedu.gov.bd/site/page/898a6bf3-2ef4-49be-becc-24cd12d18b9a/- . live .