| Agency Name: | People's Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives |
| Native Name A: | স্থানীয় সরকার, পল্লী উন্নয়ন ও সমবায় মন্ত্রণালয় |
| Seal: | Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg |
| Formed: | 20 December 2001 |
| Type: | Ministry |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Bangladesh |
| Headquarters: | Secretariat, Dhaka[1] |
| Chief1 Name: | Muhammad Ibrahim |
| Chief1 Position: | Secretary, Local Government Division |
| Chief2 Name: | Md. Mashiur Rahman, ndc |
| Chief2 Position: | Secretary, Rural Development and Co-operatives Division |
The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives (Bengali: স্থানীয় সরকার, পল্লী উন্নয়ন ও সমবায় মন্ত্রণালয়) is a ministry of the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. It is responsible for the housing and building, regional and rural policy, municipal and cities administration and finances, and the conduct of elections.[2]
The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives contains two divisions:
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Head of government | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||||
| Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives | |||||||||||
| 1 | Abdus Salam Talukder | 20 March 1991 | 30 March 1996 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Khaleda I | Khaleda Zia | |||||
| C1 | Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed | 31 March 1996 | 23 June 1996 | Independent | Latifur | Habibur Rahman | |||||
| 2 | Zillur Rahman | 23 January 1996 | 15 July 2001 | Awami League | Hasina I | Sheikh Hasina | |||||
| C2 | Bimalendu Bikash Roy Chowdhury | 15 July 2001 | 10 October 2001 | Independent | Latifur | Latifur Rahman | |||||
| 3 | Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan | 10 October 2001 | 28 October 2006 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Khaleda II | Khaleda Zia | |||||
| C3 | M. Azizul Haq | 26 October 2006 | 11 January 2007 | Independent | Iajuddin | Iajuddin Ahmed | |||||
| C4 | Anwarul Iqbal | 12 January 2007 | 6 January 2009 | Fakhruddin | Fakhruddin Ahmed | ||||||
| 5 | Sayed Ashraful Islam | 6 January 2009 | 14 January 2014 | Awami League | Hasina II | Sheikh Hasina | |||||
| 14 January 2014 | 9 July 2015 | Hasina III | |||||||||
| 6 | Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain | 9 July 2015 | 7 January 2019 | ||||||||
| 7 | Md Tazul Islam | 7 January 2019 | 19 May 2019 | Hasina IV | |||||||
| Minister for Local Government Division | 19 May 2019 | 10 January 2024 | |||||||||
| (7A) | Md Tazul Islam | ||||||||||
| Minister for Rural Development and Co-operatives Division | |||||||||||
| 7B | Swapan Bhattacharjee (State Minister) | ||||||||||
| Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives | |||||||||||
| (7) | Md Tazul Islam | 11 January 2024 | 9 August 2024 | Awami League | Hasina V | Sheikh Hasina | |||||
| C5 | A. F. Hassan Ariff Adviser | 9 August 2024 | Incumbent | Independent | Yunus | Muhammad Yunus | |||||