Minister of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh)

Minister of Foreign Affairs
বাংলাদেশের পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী (Pororashtrya Montri)
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Incumbent AK Abdul Momen since 7 January 2019
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Government of Bangladesh
Style	The Honourable (official)
Status	Cabinet Minister
Member of	Cabinet Parliament
Reports to	Prime Minister Parliament
Seat	Bangladesh Secretariat
Nominator	Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Appointer	President of Bangladesh on the advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	5 years or Prime Minister's pleasure
Formation	14 April 1971
First holder	Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad
Deputy	State Minister of Foreign Affairs
Salary	৳ 105,000 Monthly (over US$ 1,122 monthly) ৳ 1,260,000 annually (over US$ 13,475 annually)
Website	mofa.gov.bd

The Minister of Foreign Affairs (Bengali: পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী; Pororashtrya Montri; or simply the Foreign Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

List of foreign ministers

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Head of Cabinet
1		Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad	14 April 1971	December 1971	Tajuddin Ahmad
2		Abdus Samad Azad	December 1971	March 1973
					Tajuddin Ahmad Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
3		Kamal Hossain	March 1973	15 August 1975	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
					Muhammad Mansur Ali
4		Abu Sayeed Chowdhury	15 August 1975	November 1975	Post abolished
5		Prof. Muhammad Shamsul Huq	November 1975	24 March 1982
					Post abolished Mashiur Rahman Shah Azizur Rahman
6		A R Shamsud Doha	24 March 1982	June 1984	Post abolished Ataur Rahman Khan
7		Humayun Rashid Choudhury	June 1984	July 1985	Ataur Rahman Khan
8		Anisul Islam Mahmud	July 1985	6 December 1990
					Ataur Rahman Khan Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury Moudud Ahmed Kazi Zafar Ahmed
9		A. S. M. Mustafizur Rahman	6 December 1990	30 March 1996	Post abolished
					Khaleda Zia
(2)		Abdus Samad Azad	30 March 1996	15 July 2001	Muhammad Habibur Rahman
					Sheikh Hasina
10		Justice Latifur Rahman	15 July 2001	10 October 2001	Latifur Rahman
11		A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury	10 October 2001	14 November 2001	Khaleda Zia
12		Morshed Khan	14 November 2001	29 October 2006
13		Iajuddin Ahmed	29 October 2006	11 January 2007	Himself
14		Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury	11 January 2007	30 January 2009	Fazlul Haque
					Fakhruddin Ahmed
					Sheikh Hasina
15		Dipu Moni	30 January 2009	20 November 2013
16		Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali	20 November 2013	7 January 2019
17		AK Abdul Momen	7 January 2019	Incumbent

See also

• Constitution of Bangladesh
• President of Bangladesh
• Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• Politics of Bangladesh

References

• http://www.mofa.gov.bd/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=496&Itemid=517