Minister of Agriculture (Bangladesh)

The minister of agriculture of Bangladesh heads the Ministry of Agriculture within the government of Bangladesh. He is also the minister of all departments and agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture.^[1]

People's Republic of Bangladesh Minister of Agriculture
বাংলাদেশের কৃষি মন্ত্রী
Government Seal of Bangladesh
Flag of Bangladesh
Incumbent Jahangir Alam Chowdhury since 16 August 2024
Ministry of Agriculture
Style	The Honourable (formal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Type	Cabinet minister
Status	Adviser
Member of	Cabinet Advisory Council
Reports to	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 the chief adviser's pleasure
Formation	29 December 1971; 53 years ago (29 December 1971)
Salary	৳245000 (US$2,000) per month (incl. allowances)
Website	www.moa.gov.bd

List of ministers, advisers and state ministers

Political parties

•   Bangladesh Awami League
•   Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
•   Bangladesh Nationalist Party
•   Jatiya Party (Ershad)

Other factions

•   Independent

No.	Portrait	Name	Designation	From[2][3]	To[2]	Head of government
1		Phani Bhushan Majumder	Minister	29 December 1971	12 January 1972		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
2		Sheikh Abdul Aziz		13 January 1972	16 March 1973
3		Abdus Samad Azad		16 March 1973	15 August 1975
4		AKM Azizul Haque	Advisor	18 June 1976	29 June 1978		Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem Ziaur Rahman
5		AKM Azizul Haque	Minister	29 June 1978	13 April 1979		Ziaur Rahman
6		Nurul Islam Shishu		15 April 1979	20 June 1981
7		Amirul Islam Kamal		13 July 1981	27 November 1981		Abdus Sattar
8		Fasihuddin Mahtab		27 November 1981	31 July 1982		Abdus Sattar A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury
9		Abu Zafar Obaidullah	Advisor	1 August 1982	31 May 1984		A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury Hussain Muhammad Ershad
10		Abdul Haleem Chowdhury	Minister	29 July 1984	15 January 1985		Hussain Muhammad Ershad
11		Mohammad Abdul Munim		16 January 1985	30 November 1986
12		Mirza Ruhul Amin		1 December 1986	9 August 1987
13		Mohammad Mahbubuzzaman		10 August 1987	26 March 1988
14		Mahmudul Hasan		28 March 1988	31 March 1989
15		Mohammad Abdul Munim		1 April 1989	28 February 1990
16		Sardar Amjad Hossain		1 May 1990	6 December 1990
17		A. M. Anisuzzaman	Advisor	9 January 1991	15 March 1991		Shahabuddin Ahmed
18		Majid-ul-Haq	Minister	1 March 1991	27 June 1995		Khaleda Zia
19		Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan		28 June 1995	30 March 1996
20		A. Z. A. Nasiruddin	Advisor	4 April 1996	23 June 1996		Muhammad Habibur Rahman
21		Matia Chowdhury	Minister	24 June 1996	15 July 2001		Sheikh Hasina
22		Syed Manzur Elahi	Advisor	16 July 2001	10 October 2001		Latifur Rahman
23		Motiur Rahman Nizami	Minister	10 October 2001	22 May 2003		Khaleda Zia
24		M. K. Anwar		22 May 2003	29 October 2006
25		C. M. Shafi Sami	Advisor	1 November 2006	11 December 2006		Iajuddin Ahmed
26		Md Shafiqual Haque Choudhury		12 December 2006	11 January 2007
27		Chowdhury Sajjadul Karim		18 January 2007	6 January 2009		Fakhruddin Ahmed
28		Matia Chowdhury	Minister	6 January 2009	7 January 2019		Sheikh Hasina
29		Mohammad Abdur Razzaque		7 January 2019	11 January 2024
30		Md. Abdus Shahid		11 January 2024	5 August 2024
31		Jahangir Alam Chowdhury	Advisor	16 August 2024	Incumbent		Muhammad Yunus