List of office-holders in the Government of Bangladesh

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This is a list of current office holder of various fields of the Government of Bangladesh.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin (in left)
and
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (in right)

Constitutional Office[edit]

Office Name Portrait Since
President Mohammed Shahabuddin 24 April 2023[1][2]
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 6 January 2009[3]
Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury 1 May 2013[4]
Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan 25 September 2023[5]
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal 27 February 2022[6]
Chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission Mohammed Sohrab Hossain 21 September 2020
Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah 3 March 2021[7]
Comptroller and Auditor General Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury 17 July 2018
Attorney General AM Amin Uddin 8 October 2020

Parliament[edit]

Office Name Portrait Since
Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Shamsul Hoque Tuku 28 August 2022
Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina 6 January 2009
Leader of the Opposition Rowshan Ershad 9 September 2019[8]
Chief Whip Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton 30 January 2019

Cabinet Ministers[9][edit]

Office Name Portrait Since
Minister of Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan 15 July 2015
Minister of Finance Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali 11 January 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs Hasan Mahmud 11 January 2024
Minister of Defence Sheikh Hasina 6 January 2009
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Anisul Huq 12 January 2014
Minister of Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury 11 January 2024
Minister of Information Mohammad A. Arafat 11 January 2024

Bureaucrats[edit]

Office Name Since
Cabinet Secretary Md. Mahbub Hossain 4 January 2023[10]
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Md Tofazzel Hossain Miah 11 July 2020[11]
Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen 31 December 2019[12]
Home Secretary Md Mustafizur Rahman
Finance Secretary Khairuzzaman Mozumder 17 August 2023
Defence Secretary Golam Md Hasibul Alam 13 February 2022[13]
Secretary of Public Administration Mohammad Mezbah Uddin Chowdhury 31 October 2022

Defence and Security[edit]

Occupation Name Portrait Since
Principal Staff Officer Lt. Gen. Mizanur Rahman 29 December 2023
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan 12 June 2021
Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed 24 June 2021
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Mohammad Nazmul Hassan 25 July 2023
Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh Maj. Gen. A K M Nazmul Hasan 18 January 2023
Director General of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence Maj. Gen.Hamidul Haque 2022
Inspector General of Police IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun 30 September 2022

References[edit]

  1. ^ Staff Correspondent. "Mohammad Shahabuddin elected 22nd president of Bangladesh". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  2. ^ "Shahabuddin declared president-elect of Bangladesh". 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Hasina sworn-in Bangladesh PM for second time". mid-day. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  4. ^ "Shirin reelected as speaker". Shirin reelected as speaker. 29 January 2014.
  5. ^ Report, Star Digital (2021-12-31). "Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique sworn in". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  6. ^ Correspondent, Senior. "Kazi Habibul Awal, a law professor and former secretary, is the new chief of Election Commission". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Moinuddin Abdullah made new ACC chairman". Dhaka Tribune. 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  8. ^ "Opposition Leaders of All Parliaments".
  9. ^ মাননীয় মন্ত্রিগণ. Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  10. ^ "Cabinet Secretary's Profile". Cabinet Division. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Ahmad Kaikaus new principal secretary to the PM". Dhaka Tribune. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  12. ^ Staff Correspondent; bdnews24.com. "Government names Masud Bin Momen as foreign secretary". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-01-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "Hasibul Alam joins as secretary, ministry of defence". The Business Standard. 2022-02-13. Retrieved 2022-03-25.