Minister of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh)
Appearance
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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বাংলাদেশের পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী (Pororashtro Montri) | |
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since 8 August 2024 | |
Style | The Honourable (official) |
Status | Cabinet Minister |
Member of | |
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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 |
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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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Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad | 14 April 1971 | December 1971 | Tajuddin Ahmad |
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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 |
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Humayun Rashid Choudhury | June 1984 | July 1985 | Ataur Rahman Khan |
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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 | |||||
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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