Minister of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)

Minister of Home Affairs
Minister of Home Affairs
বাংলাদেশের স্বরাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রী
	Government Seal of Bangladesh
	Flag of Bangladesh
	Incumbent; Jahangir Alam Chowdhury; (as Adviser); since 16 August 2024
	Ministry of Home Affairs; Government of Bangladesh;
Style	The Honourable (official)
Status	Adviser
Member of	Cabinet of Bangladesh;
Reports to	President; Chief Adviser
Seat	Bangladesh Secretariat
Nominator	Chief Adviser of Bangladesh
Appointer	President of Bangladesh; on the advice of the Chief Adviser
Term length	Interim or; Chief Adviser's pleasures
Formation	10 April 1971
First holder	Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman
Salary	৳105000 (US$880); per month; ৳2340000 (US$20,000); per year (incl. allowances)
Website	mha.gov.bd

The Home Minister of Bangladesh is the minister in charge of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. He is also the minister of all departments and agencies under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman was the first person appointed to this office by the then Mujibnagar government formed during the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971.^[1]

List of ministers, advisers and state ministers

No.	Name	Designation	From^[1]^[2]	Till^[1]
1	Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman	Minister	10 April 1971	11 January 1972	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
2	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	Prime Minister	11 January 1972	12 April 1972
3	Abdul Mannan	Minister	12 April 1972	16 January 1973
4	Abdul Malek Ukil	Minister	16 January 1973	1 February 1974
5	Muhammad Mansur Ali	Minister	1 February 1974	15 August 1975
6	Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad	Minister	15 August 1975	7 November 1975	Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad
7	Ziaur Rahman	Deputy Chief Martial Law Administrator	7 November 1975	6 July 1978	Ziaur Rahman
8	Abu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman	Minister	6 July 1978	27 November 1981	Ziaur Rahman
9	M.A. Matin	Minister	27 November 1981	24 March 1982	Abdus Sattar
10	Hussain Muhammad Ershad	Chief Martial Law Administrator	24 March 1982	17 July 1982	Hussain Muhammad Ershad
11	Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury	Minister	17 July 1982	19 July 1983
12	Abdul Mannan Siddique	Minister	19 July 1983	17 February 1986
13	Mahmudul Hasan	Minister	17 February 1986	1 December 1986
14	M.A. Matin	Minister	1 December 1986	21 March 1989
15	Mahmudul Hasan	Minister	21 March 1989	6 December 1990
16	Shahabuddin Ahmed	President	6 December 1990	7 April 1991	Shahabuddin Ahmed
17	Khaleda Zia	Prime Minister	7 April 1991	19 September 1991	Khaleda Zia
18	Abdul Matin Chowdhury	Minister	19 September 1991	21 March 1996
19	Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain	Minister	21 March 1996	30 March 1996
20	Muhammad Habibur Rahman	Chief Adviser	30 March 1996	24 June 1996	Muhammad Habibur Rahman
21	Rafiqul Islam	Minister	24 June 1996	2 March 1999	Sheikh Hasina
22	Mohammed Nasim	Minister	2 March 1999	16 July 2001	Sheikh Hasina
23	Latifur Rahman	Chief Adviser	16 July 2001	11 October 2001	Latifur Rahman
24	Altaf Hossain Chowdhury	Minister	11 October 2001	26 March 2004	Khaleda Zia
25	Lutfozzaman Babar	State Minister	28 March 2004	28 October 2006	Khaleda Zia
26	Iajuddin Ahmed	Chief Adviser	29 October 2006	11 January 2007	Iajuddin Ahmed
27	M. A. Matin	Adviser	16 January 2008	6 January 2009	Fakhruddin Ahmed
28	Sahara Khatun	Minister	7 January 2009	17 September 2012	Sheikh Hasina
29	Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir	Minister	18 September 2012	21 November 2013
30	Sheikh Hasina	Prime Minister	21 November 2013	14 July 2015
31	Asaduzzaman Khan	Minister	15 July 2015	06 August 2024
32	M. Sakhawat Hossain	Adviser	9 August 2024	16 August 2024	Muhammad Yunus
33	Jahangir Alam Chowdhury	Adviser	16 August 2024	Incumbent	Muhammad Yunus