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]

Minister of Religious Affairs
Ministry of Religious Affairs
NominatorPrime Minister of Bangladesh
AppointerPresident of Bangladesh
Term length5 years
Websitemora.gov.bd

List of office holders
No. Portrait Name Title Start End
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
15 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
  1. "Introduction - Ministry of Religious Affairs". Ministry of Religious Affairs. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. "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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