Minister of Religious Affairs (Bangladesh)
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]
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Ministry of Religious Affairs | |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
Appointer | President of Bangladesh |
Term length | 5 years |
Website | mora.gov.bd |
List of office holders
No. | Portrait | Name | Title | Start | End |
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1 | Mahbubur Rahman | Minister | 7 January 1984 | 20 June 1987 | |
2 | Nurul Islam | Minister | 21 June 1987 | 26 March 1990 | |
3 | Abdul Mannan | Minister | 1 August 1986 | 28 August 1988 | |
4 | Muhammad Wakkas | State Minister | 1 August 1986 | 28 August 1988 | |
5 | Shamsul Islam | Minister | 27 March 1990 | 29 September 1993 | |
6 | Md Nurul Islam | State Minister | 23 June 1996 | 15 July 2001 | |
7 | M. Nazim Uddin Al Azad | Minister | 10 October 2001 | 2 July 2002 | |
8 | Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad | State Minister | 3 August 2002 | 1 July 2003 | |
9 | Keramat Ali Talukdar | State Minister | 2 July 2003 | 2 July 2004 | |
10 | Abdul Mannan | State Minister | 3 July 2004 | 31 December 2005 | |
11 | Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan | State Minister | 27 February 2006 | 14 May 2007 | |
12 | A.S.M. Matiur Rahman | Advisor | 15 May 2007 | 8 January 2009 | |
13 | A. F. Hassan Ariff | Advisor | 9 January 2008 | 24 January 2009 | |
14 | Shahjahan Mia | State Minister | 25 January 2009 | 20 November 2013 | |
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Mujibul Haque Mujib | Minister | 21 November 2013 | 11 January 2014 |
16 | Motiur Rahman | Minister | 12 January 2014 | 9 December 2018 | |
17 | Mozammel Haque | Minister | 11 December 2018 | 6 January 2019 | |
18 | Sheikh Md Abdullah | State Minister | 7 January 2019 | 13 June 2020 | |
18 | Md Faridul Haq Khan | Minister | 24 November 2020 | Present | |
See also
References
- "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.
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