Minister of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)

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.

People's Republic of Bangladesh Adviser of Home Affairs
বাংলাদেশের স্বরাষ্ট্র উপদেষ্টা
Government Seal of Bangladesh
Flag of Bangladesh
Incumbent Jahangir Alam Chowdhury since 16 August 2024
Ministry of Home Affairs
Style	The Honourable (formal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Type	Cabinet minister
Status	Adviser
Member of	Cabinet Advisory Council National Committee on Security Affairs
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	10 April 1971; 54 years ago (10 April 1971)
First holder	Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman
Deputy	Khoda Baksh Chowdhury
Salary	৳245000 (US$2,000) per month (incl. allowances)
Website	mha.gov.bd

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

Political parties

•   Bangladesh Awami League
•   Bangladesh Nationalist Party
•   Jatiya Party (Ershad)

Other factions

•   Independent

No.	Portrait		Officeholder (birth–death) Constituency	Term of office			Designation	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
1			Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman (1926–1975) MP for Rajshahi	10 April 1971	11 January 1972	276 days	Minister	Mujib
2			Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) MP for Gopalganj-3	11 January 1972	12 April 1972	92 days	CMLA / Minister	Mujib
3			Abdul Mannan (1929–2005) MP for Dhaka	12 April 1972	16 January 1973	279 days	Minister	Mujib
4			Abdul Malek Ukil (1924–1987) MP for Noakhali	16 January 1973	1 February 1974	1 year, 16 days	Minister	Mujib
5			Muhammad Mansur Ali (1919–1975) MP for Sirajganj	1 February 1974	15 August 1975	1 year, 195 days	Minister	Mujib
6			Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (1918–1996)	15 August 1975	7 November 1975	84 days	Minister	Mostaq
7			Ziaur Rahman (1936–1981)	7 November 1975	6 July 1978	2 years, 241 days	CMLA / Minister	Zia
8			Abu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman (1934–1996) MP for Khulna-2	6 July 1978	27 November 1981	3 years, 144 days	Minister	Zia
9			M. A. Matin (1932–2012) MP for Pabna-5	27 November 1981	24 March 1982	117 days	Minister	Sattar
10			Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930–2019)	24 March 1982	17 July 1982	115 days	CMLA / Minister	Ershad
11			Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury MP	17 July 1982	19 July 1983	1 year, 2 days	Minister	Ershad
12			Abdul Mannan Siddique (?–2000)	19 July 1983	17 February 1986	2 years, 213 days	Minister	Ershad
13			Mahmudul Hasan	17 February 1986	1 December 1986	287 days	Minister	Ershad
14			M. A. Matin MP for Pabna-5	1 December 1986	21 March 1989	2 years, 110 days	Minister	Ershad
15			Mahmudul Hasan (general)	21 March 1989	6 December 1990	1 year, 260 days	Minister	Ershad
16			Khaleda Zia (born 1945) MP for Bogra-6	7 April 1991	19 September 1991	165 days	Prime Minister	Khaleda I
17			Abdul Matin Chowdhury (1944–2012) MP for Narayanganj-1	19 September 1991	21 March 1996	4 years, 184 days	Minister	Khaleda I
18			Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain (b. 1934) MP for Panchagarh-1	21 March 1996	30 March 1996	9 days	Minister	Khaleda I
19			Muhammad Habibur Rahman (1928–2010)	30 March 1996	24 June 1996	86 days	Chief Adviser	Habibur
20			Rafiqul Islam	24 June 1996	2 March 1999	2 years, 251 days	Minister	Hasina I
21			Mohammed Nasim (1948–2020)	2 March 1999	16 July 2001	2 years, 136 days	Minister	Hasina I
22			Latifur Rahman (1939–2012)	16 July 2001	11 October 2001	87 days	Chief Adviser	Latifur
23			Altaf Hossain Chowdhury (b. 1947)	11 October 2001	26 March 2004	2 years, 167 days	Minister	Khaleda II
24			Lutfozzaman Babar (b. 1958)	28 March 2004	28 October 2006	2 years, 214 days	Minister of State	Khaleda II
26			Iajuddin Ahmed (born 1931)	29 October 2006	11 January 2007	74 days	Chief Adviser	Iajuddin
27			M. A. Matin (born ?)	16 January 2008	6 January 2009	356 days	Adviser	Fakhruddin
28			Sohel Taj (b. 1970)	6 January 2009	31 May 2009	145 days	Minister of State	Hasina II
29			Sahara Khatun (1943 – 2020)	7 January 2009	17 September 2012	3 years, 254 days	Minister	Hasina II
30			Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir (b. 1942)	18 September 2012	21 November 2013	1 year, 64 days	Minister	Hasina II
31			Sheikh Hasina (b. 1947) MP for Gopalganj-3	21 November 2013	14 July 2015	1 year, 235 days	Prime Minister	Hasina III
32			Asaduzzaman Khan (b. 1950)	15 July 2015	6 August 2024	9 years, 22 days	Minister	Hasina IV Hasina–V
33			M. Sakhawat Hossain (b. 1948)	9 August 2024	16 August 2024	7 days	Adviser	Yunus
34			Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (b. 1953)	16 August 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 6 days	Adviser	Yunus