Minister of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh)
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.
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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| বাংলাদেশের পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী (Pororashtrya Montri) | |
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| Style | The Honourable (official) |
| Status | Cabinet Minister |
| Member of | |
| 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 |
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| Website | mofa.gov.bd |
List of foreign ministers
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Head of Cabinet | |
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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 | |
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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 | ||
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Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali | 20 November 2013 | 7 January 2019 | |
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AK Abdul Momen | 7 January 2019 | Incumbent | |
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See also
References
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