Minister of Finance (Bangladesh)

Minister of Finance
অর্থমন্ত্রী (Artho Montri)
Government Seal of Bangladesh
Incumbent Mustafa Kamal since 7 January 2019
Ministry of Finance
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	President
Inaugural holder	Mansur Ali
Formation	14 April 1971
Website	mof.gov.bd

The Finance Minister of Bangladesh heads the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Bangladesh. It is one of the most important positions in the Cabinet and the Finance Minister must deal with all the other departments and plays an important role in deciding the funding levels for each.

The Finance Minister is responsible each year for presenting the government's budget.

List of finance ministers

Parties

  No party   Bangladesh Nationalist Party   Bangladesh Awami League   Jatiya Party

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Head of government
		M. Saifur Rahman	April 1980	May 1981		Ziaur Rahman (President)
		Abul Maal Abdul Muhith	March 1982	January 1984		Post abolished
		Hussain Muhammad Ershad	February 1984	March 1987
						Ataur Rahman Khan
						Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
		M. Syeduzzaman	March 1987	January 1988
		Wahidul Haq	January 1988	May 1988
						Moudud Ahmed
		Mohammad Abdul Munim	May 1988	September 1988
		Wahidul Haq	September 1988	May 1990
						Kazi Zafar Ahmed
		Mohammad Abdul Munim	May 1990	December 1990
		M. Saifur Rahman	March 1991	March 1996		Khaleda Zia
		Shah A M S Kibria	July 1996	July 2001		Sheikh Hasina
		M. Saifur Rahman	October 2001	October 2006		Khaleda Zia
		Abul Maal Abdul Muhith	6 January 2009	7 January 2019		Sheikh Hasina
		Mustafa Kamal	7 January 2019	incumbent

References

• Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 321. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
• Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
• Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.