First Hasina ministry explained

Cabinet Type:	Council of Ministers
Cabinet Number:	13th
Jurisdiction:	Bangladesh
Flag:	Flag of Bangladesh.svg
Incumbent:	23 June 1996-15 July 2001
Date Formed:	23 June 1996
Date Dissolved:	15 July 2001
Government Head:	Sheikh Hasina
Members Number:	20^[1]
Opposition Leader:	Khaleda Zia
Election:	1996 (Jun)
Legislature Term:	7th Jatiya Sangsad
Predecessor:	Habibur
Successor:	Latifur

The first Hasina ministry was the Government of Bangladesh during the 7th legislative session of the Jatiya Sangsad following the 1996 general election; the 20-minister cabinet was formed on 23 June 1996 and dissolved on 15 July 2001.^[2] ^[3]

Cabinet

The cabinet was composed of the following ministers:

Shuffles

1 January 1998
- Mosharraf Hossain became the Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism
- Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury became the Minister of State for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives
- Rafiqul Islam became the Minister of State for Energy, Power and Mineral Resources
- AKM Jahangir Hossain became the Minister of State for Textiles
- Saber Hossain Chowdhury became the Deputy Minister for Shipping
- Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu became the Deputy Minister for Food
- M A Mannan was promoted to full minister of Labour and Manpower
- Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir was stripped of being the minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
- Zinnatunnessa Talukdar was made the state minister of Primary and Mass Education

Notes and References

Web site: June 23, 1996: Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh Prime Minister. gulfnews.com. en. 2019-01-11.
Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193139/http://m.gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/hasina-s-cabinet-sets-a-record-1.419613. Hasina's cabinet sets a record. 2001-06-23. 2019-01-11. 2016-03-04. Gulf News.
News: Representation of women reduced to half. https://web.archive.org/web/20180222165516/http://m.gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/representation-of-women-reduced-to-half-1.427101. 2001-10-14. Gulf News. 2018-02-22. 2019-01-11.