| Agency Name: | Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment |
| Native Name A: | Bengali: প্রবাসী কল্যাণ ও বৈদেশিক কর্মসংস্থান মন্ত্রণালয় |
| Native Name R: | Bengali: Prabāsī kalyāṇ ō baidēśik karmasansthān mantraṇālaẏ |
| Seal: | Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg |
| Formed: | 20 December 2001 |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Bangladesh |
| Headquarters: | Secretariat, Dhaka[1] |
| Minister1 Name: | Asif Nazrul |
| Chief2 Name: | Md. Ruhul Amin |
| Chief2 Position: | Secretary |
The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (Bengali: প্রবাসী কল্যাণ ও বৈদেশিক কর্মসংস্থান মন্ত্রণালয়) is a ministry of the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. It provided information, partnerships and facilitations for all matters related to overseas Bangladeshis and overseas employment.[2] Overseas employment is very important in the socio-economic context of Bangladesh. Employment abroad not only reduces the country's unemployment, but also the remittances sent by expatriates working abroad keep the wheels of the country's economy moving. On 20 December 2001, the Government of Bangladesh established a separate Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Employment, giving increased importance to the field of foreign employment. The purpose of forming this ministry is to ensure the welfare of expatriate workers and expand foreign employment. The Ministry has been working to ensure the welfare of all migrant workers by increasing the flow of remittances and creating opportunities of securing overseas employment for workers from all regions of the country.[3]
| Portrait | Minister | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| Minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment | |||||||||
| 1 | Mohammad Quamrul Islam (State Minister) | 20 December 2001 | 9 July 2006 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Khaleda II | Khaleda Zia | |||
| 2 | Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad (State Minister) | 9 July 2006 | 29 October 2006 | ||||||
| 3 | Sufia Rahman (Adviser) | 26 October 2006 | 11 January 2007 | Independent | Iajuddin | Iajuddin Ahmed (Chief Adviser) | |||
| 4 | Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury (Adviser) | 11 January 2007 | 6 January 2009 | Independent | Fakhruddin | Fakhruddin Ahmed (Chief Adviser) | |||
| Minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment | |||||||||
| 5 | Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain | 16 September 2012 | 9 July 2015 | Awami League | Hasina II | Sheikh Hasina | |||
| Hasina III | |||||||||
| 6 | Nurul Islam | 9 July 2015 | 7 January 2019 | ||||||
| 7 | Imran Ahmad (State Minister until 12 July 2019) | 7 January 2019 | 10 January 2024 | Hasina IV | |||||
| 8 | Shafiqur Rahaman Chowdhury (State Minister) | 11 January 2024 | 6 August 2024 | Hasina V | |||||