Minister of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh)
Appearance
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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বাংলাদেশের পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী | |
since 8 August 2024 | |
Style | The Honourable (official) |
Status | Adviser |
Member of | |
Reports to | Chief Adviser President |
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 | ৳195000 (US$1,700) per month ৳2340000 (US$20,000) per year (incl. allowances) |
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
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Head of Cabinet | |
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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 | 6 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 | 10 January 2024 | ||
18 | Muhammad Hasan Mahmud | 11 January 2024 | 5 August 2024 | ||
19 | Md. Touhid Hossain | 8 August 2024 | Incumbent | Muhammad Yunus |
See also
[edit]- Constitution of Bangladesh
- President of Bangladesh
- Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- Politics of Bangladesh