| Agency Name: | People's Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs |
| Nativename: | Bengali পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয় |
| Seal: | Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg |
| Formed: | 15 July 1998 |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Bangladesh |
| Headquarters: | Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka[1] |
| Minister1 Name: | Supradip Chakma |
| Chief1 Name: | Md. Moshiur Rahman |
| Chief1 Position: | Secretary |
| Website: | mochta.gov.bd |
The Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs (Bengali: পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয়; Pārbatya caṭṭagrāma biṣaẏaka mantraṇālaẏa) is the government ministry of Bangladesh responsible for Chittagong Hill Tracts.[2] The Chittagong Hill Tracts have been inhabited by various ethnic groups and non-tribal people for ages. While the non-Bengali ethnic groups possess cultural distinctiveness, they are also an integral part of the original population. Since independence, the government of Bangladesh has been adopting and implementing various development projects for the overall development of the region. An agreement was executed on December 2, 1997 between the National Committee for Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Chittagong Hill Tracts People's Association. According to the terms of the agreement, the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs was formed on July 15, 1998.[3]
| Portrait | Minister | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| 1 | Kalparanjan Chakma | 1 January 1998 | 15 July 2001 | Bangladesh Awami League | Hasina I | Sheikh Hasina | |||
| 2 | Latifur Rahman (Chief Adviser) | 15 July 2001 | 10 October 2001 | Independent | Latifur | Self | |||
| 3 | Moni Swapan Dewan (Deputy Minister) | 10 October 2001 | 29 October 2006 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Khaleda II | Khaleda Zia | |||
| 4 | Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury (Adviser) | 29 October 2006 | 11 January 2007 | Independent | Iajuddin | Iajuddin Ahmed | |||
| 5 | Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury (Adviser) | 11 January 2007 | 8 January 2008 | Independent | Fakhruddin | Fakhruddin Ahmed | |||
| 6 | Fakhruddin Ahmed (Chief Adviser) | 8 January 2008 | 6 January 2009 | ||||||
| 7 | Dipankar Talukdar (State Minister) | 6 January 2009 | 24 January 2014 | Bangladesh Awami League | Hasina II | Sheikh Hasina | |||
| 8 | Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing (State Minister until 9 January 2019) | 24 January 2014 | 9 January 2024 | Hasina III | |||||
| Hasina IV | |||||||||
| 9 | Kujendra Lal Tripura (State Minister) | 11 January 2024 | 5 August 2024 | Hasina V | |||||
| 10 | Supradip Chakma (Adviser) | 8 August 2024 | Incumbent | Independent | Yunus | Muhammad Yunus | |||