Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (Bangladesh)

The minister of law, justice and parliamentary affairs of Bangladesh is the minister in charge of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary 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 Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.^[1]

People's Republic of Bangladesh Adviser of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
আইন, বিচার ও সংসদ বিষয়ক উপদেষ্টা
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Incumbent Asif Nazrul since 9 August 2024
Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary 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
Inaugural holder	Kamal Hossain
Formation	12 January 1972; 53 years ago (12 January 1972)
Salary	৳245000 (US$2,000) per month (incl. allowances)
Website	minlaw.gov.bd

List of ministers, advisers and state ministers

Political parties

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

Other factions

•   Independent

Portrait		Officeholder (birth–death) Constituency	Term of office			Designation	Administration
			From	To	Period
		Kamal Hossain (born 1937) MP for Dhaka-7	January 1972	March 1973	1 year, 89 days	Minister	Mujib II
		Manoranjan Dhar (1919–2010)	16 March 1973	15 August 1975	2 years, 152 days	Minister	Mujib III BAKSAL
		Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem (1906–1997)	10 November 1975	21 January 1977	1 year, 72 days	Adviser	Sayem
		Abdus Sattar (1906–1982)	21 January 1977	30 May 1981	4 years, 129 days	Minister	Zia
		Tafazzal Hossain Khan (1934–2018) MP for Mymensingh-1	27 November 1981	12 February 1982	77 days	Minister	Sattar
		Shah Azizur Rahman (1925–2018) MP for Kushtia-1	12 February 1982	27 March 1982	43 days	Minister	Ershad
		Khandaker Abu Bakr (1932–2016)	27 March 1982	1 June 1984	2 years, 66 days	Minister
		Ataur Rahman Khan (1930–1999)	1 June 1984	19 January 1985	232 days	Minister
		A. R. Yusuf (1926–1997)	19 January 1985	17 February 1985	29 days	Minister
		A. K. M. Nurul Islam (–1997)	18 February 1985	12 August 1989	4 years, 175 days	Minister
		Moudud Ahmed (1940–2021) MP for Noakhali-1	26 August 1989	2 May 1990	249 days	Minister
		Habibul Islam Bhuiyan (1933–2005)	2 May 1990	6 December 1990	218 days	Minister
		M A Khaleq (–)	9 December 1990	20 March 1991	101 days	Adviser	Shahabuddin
		Mirza Ghulam Hafiz (1921–2000) MP for Panchagarh-1	20 March 1991	18 March 1996	4 years, 364 days	Minister	Khaleda I
		Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar (born 1931) MP for Panchagarh-1	19 March 1996	30 March 1996	11 days	Minister
		Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed (1935–2012)	31 March 1996	23 June 1996	84 days	Adviser	Habibur
		Abdul Matin Khasru (1950–2019) MP for Brahmanbaria-4	14 January 1997	15 July 2001	4 years, 182 days	Minister	Hasina I
		Khaleda Zia (born 1945) MP for Bogra-6	10 October 2001	29 October 2006	5 years, 19 days	Prime Minister	Khaleda II
		Mohammad Fazlul Haque (born 1944)	31 October 2006	12 January 2007	73 days	Adviser	Iajuddin
		Mainul Hosein (born 1938)	14 January 2007	8 January 2008	359 days	Adviser	Fakhruddin
		A. F. Hassan Ariff (1941-2024)	10 January 2008	6 January 2009	362 days	Adviser
		Shafique Ahmed (born 1947)	6 January 2009	21 November 2013	4 years, 319 days	Minister	Hasina II Hasina III Hasina IV Hasina V
		Anisul Huq (born 1956) MP for Brahmanbaria-4	12 January 2014	6 August 2024	10 years, 207 days	Minister
		Asif Nazrul (born 1966)	9 August 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 9 days	Adviser	Yunus

See also

• Justice ministry
• Politics of Bangladesh