Minister of Religious Affairs (Bangladesh)
| People's Republic of Bangladesh Adviser of Religious Affairs | |
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| বাংলাদেশের ধর্ম বিষয়ক উপদেষ্টা | |
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| Type | Cabinet Minister |
| Status | Adviser |
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| Reports to |  Chief Adviser |
| Seat | Bangladesh Secretariat |
| Nominator | Chief Adviser of Bangladesh |
| Appointer | President of Bangladesh on the advice of the Chief Adviser |
| Term length | Interim or Chief Adviser's pleasures |
| Inaugural holder | Mahbubur Rahman |
| Formation | 7 January 1984 |
| Salary | ৳245000 (US$2,000) per month (incl. allowances) |
| Website | mora.gov.bd |
Minister of Religious Affairs is Minister in charge of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Government of Bangladesh. He is also the Minister of all departments and agencies under the Ministry of Religious Affairs. Prior to 1980, religion-related matters were looked after first under the Ministry of Education and later under the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Religion. It started its journey on January 25, 1980 through separate ministries and ministers.[1] Here are the names of all the ministers, advisors, state ministers and deputy ministers.[2]
List of office holders
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name | Title | Start | End |
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| 1 | Mahbubur Rahman | Minister | 15 March 1984 | 1 June 1984 | |
| 2 | Khandaker Abu Bakr | Minister | 1 June 1984 | 15 January 1985 | |
| 3 | K. M. Aminul Islam | Minister | 9 November 1985 | 16 February 1986 | |
| 4 | A. K. M. Nurul Islam | State Minister | 4 July 1985 | 25 May 1986 | |
| 5 | Shamsul Huda Chaudhury | Minister | 16 February 1986 | 23 March 1986 | |
| 6 | Shamsul Huda Chaudhury | Minister | 25 May 1986 | 9 July 1986 | |
| 7 | Abdul Mannan | Minister | 9 July 1986 | 14 June 1988 | |
| 8 | M. Nazim Uddin Al Azad | Deputy Minister | 10 December 1988 | 24 December 1989 | |
| 9 | M. Nazim Uddin Al Azad | Minister | 24 December 1989 | 2 May 1990 | |
| 10 | Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad | State Minister | 2 May 1990 | 6 December 1990 | |
| 11 | M A Khaleq | Advisor | 26 December 1990 | 15 March 1991 | |
| 12 | Abdul Mannan | State Minister | 20 March 1991 | 14 February 1993 | |
| 13 | Mohammad Keramat Ali | Minister | 14 August 1993 | 18 October 1995 | |
| 14 | M. A. Mannan | State Minister | 18 November 1995 | 19 March 1996 | |
| 15 | Fazlur Rahman Potol | State Minister | 19 March 1996 | 30 March 1996 | |
| 16 | Abdur Rahman Khan | Advisor | 3 April 1996 | 23 June 1996 | |
| 17 | Md. Nurul Islam | State Minister | 23 June 1996 | 15 July 2001 | |
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Abdul Malik | Advisor | 16 July 2001 | 10 October 2001 |
| 19 | Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan | State Minister | 10 October 2001 | 29 October 2006 | |
| 20 | Mahbubul Alam (journalist) | Advisor | 1 November 2006 | 11 January 2007 | |
| 20 | A. S. M. Matiur Rahman | Advisor | 17 January 2007 | 8 January 2008 | |
| 21 | A. F. Hassan Ariff | Advisor | 10 January 2008 | 6 January 2009 | |
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Sheikh Hasina | Prime Minister | 6 January 2009 | 24 January 2009 |
| 23 | Shahjahan Mia | State Minister | 24 January 2009 | 21 November 2013 | |
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Mujibul Haque Mujib | Minister | 21 November 2013 | 12 January 2014 |
| 25 | Motiur Rahman | Minister | 12 January 2014 | 10 December 2018 | |
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AKM Mozammel Haque | Minister | 11 December 2018 | 7 January 2019 |
| 27 | Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah | State Minister | 7 January 2019 | 13 June 2020 | |
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Sheikh Hasina | Prime Minister | 14 June 2020 | 24 November 2020 |
| 29 | Md Faridul Haq Khan | Minister | 24 November 2020 | 5 August 2024 | |
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A F M Khalid Hossain | Adviser | 8 August 2024 | Present |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Introduction - Ministry of Religious Affairs". Ministry of Religious Affairs. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Names and tenure of Ministers / State Ministers / Advisers working in the Ministry of Religious Affairs". Ministry of Religious Affairs. Retrieved 25 June 2020.