Minister of Religious Affairs (Bangladesh) explained

Post:Minister of Religious Affairs
Insignia:Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg
Insigniasize:60px
Department:Ministry of Religious Affairs
Incumbent:A F M Khalid Hossain
Nominator:Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Appointer:President of Bangladesh
Termlength:5 years
Website:mora.gov.bd

Minister of Religious Affairs is Minister in charge of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Government of Bangladesh. He is also the Minister of all departments and agencies under the Ministry of Religious Affairs. Prior to 1980, religion-related matters were looked after first under the Ministry of Education and later under the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Religion. It started its journey on January 25, 1980 through separate ministries and ministers.[1] Here are the names of all the ministers, advisors, state ministers and deputy ministers.[2]

List of office holders

No.PortraitNameTitleStartEnd
1Mahbubur RahmanMinister7 January 198420 June 1987
2Nurul IslamMinister21 June 198726 March 1990
3Abdul MannanMinister1 August 198628 August 1988
4Muhammad WakkasState Minister1 August 198628 August 1988
5Shamsul IslamMinister27 March 199029 September 1993
6Md Nurul IslamState Minister23 June 199615 July 2001
7M. Nazim Uddin Al AzadMinister10 October 20012 July 2002
8Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain KaikobadState Minister3 August 20021 July 2003
9Keramat Ali TalukdarState Minister2 July 20032 July 2004
10Abdul MannanState Minister3 July 200431 December 2005
11Mosharraf Hossain ShahjahanState Minister27 February 200614 May 2007
12A.S.M. Matiur RahmanAdvisor15 May 20078 January 2009
13A. F. Hassan AriffAdvisor9 January 200824 January 2009
14Shahjahan MiaState Minister25 January 200920 November 2013
15Mujibul Haque MujibMinister21 November 201311 January 2014
16Motiur RahmanMinister12 January 20149 December 2018
17Mozammel HaqueMinister11 December 20186 January 2019
18Sheikh Md AbdullahState Minister7 January 201913 June 2020
18Md Faridul Haq KhanMinister24 November 20205 August 2024
19A F M Khalid HossainAdviser8 August 2024Present

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Introduction - Ministry of Religious Affairs. 25 June 2020. Ministry of Religious Affairs.
  2. Web site: Names and tenure of Ministers / State Ministers / Advisers working in the Ministry of Religious Affairs. 25 June 2020. Ministry of Religious Affairs.