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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

heads the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the Bangladeshi government ministry which oversees the foreign relations of Bangladesh.-Fundamental Foreign Policy of Bangladesh:1...

. The current foreign minister is Dipu Moni

Dipu Moni

Dipu Moni is a Bangladeshi politician and diplomat and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2009.-Early Political Career:Until now the principal focus of her work has been women's rights and entitlements, health legislation, health policy and management, health financing, strategic...

, who has served since January 6, 2009.

List of foreign ministers

No.	Name of Foreign Minister	Entered Office	Left Office
1	Abdus Samad Azad Abdus Samad Azad Abdus Samad Azad was a diplomat and politician from Bangladesh. Azad was elected to Bangladesh's parliament five times from 1970 to 2001. He was also elected Member of Lower Assembly in the Parliament of then East Pakistan...	December 1971	March 1973
2	Kamal Hossain Kamal Hossain Dr. Kamal Hossain , born on 20 April 1937, is a notable Bangladeshi politician, statesman and lawyer. He is credited as being one of the principal authors of the Constitution of Bangladesh.- Education :...	March 1973	August 1975
3	Abu Sayeed Chowdhury Abu Sayeed Chowdhury Abu Sayeed Chowdhury was a jurist and the President of Bangladesh. Abu Sayeed Choudhury was born on January 05, 1921 in a Zamindar family of Nagbari in Tangail District...	August 1975	November 1975
4	Prof. Muhammad Shamsul Haque	November 1975	March 1982
5	Aminur Rahman Shams ud doha	March 1982	June 1984
6	Humayun Rashid Choudhury Humayun Rashid Choudhury Humayun Rasheed Choudhury was a career diplomat and speaker of the Bangladesh National Parliament . Humayun Rashid Choudhury was born in Sylhet on 11 November 1928. He was elected president of the 41st session of the UN General Assembly in 1986. Mr...	June 1984	July 1985
7	Anisul Islam Mahmud	July 1985	December 1990
8	A S M Mustafizur Rahman	December 1990	March 1996
9	Abdus Samad Azad Abdus Samad Azad Abdus Samad Azad was a diplomat and politician from Bangladesh. Azad was elected to Bangladesh's parliament five times from 1970 to 2001. He was also elected Member of Lower Assembly in the Parliament of then East Pakistan...	March 1996	July 2001
10	Justice Latifur Rahman Latifur Rahman Latifur Rahman was the Chief Justice and the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh. He was born in Jessore on 1 March 1936. In 1979 he became the Justice as temporary basis in the High Court Division in Bangladesh. In 1981 he became the permanent Justice in the same court division...	July 2001	October 2001
11	A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury Dr A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury was the 15th president of Bangladesh and founding secretary-general of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.-Early life:...	October 2001	November 2001
12	Morshed Khan Morshed Khan Morshed Khan was the foreign minister of Bangladesh from 2001 to 2006. Prior to entering politics, Khan was one of the most successful businessmen in Bangladesh...	November 2001	October 2006
13	Iajuddin Ahmed Iajuddin Ahmed -Early life:Ahmed was born in Bikrampur of Dhaka District, erstwhile Bengal province, British India . As the son of Moulvi Ibrahim Mia, Ahmed obtained his B.Sc. and M.S. at the University of Dhaka in 1952 and 1954 respectively and later received his M.S. and Ph.D...	October 2006	January 2007
14	Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury was Adviser for the Foreign Ministry to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh from January 2007 to January 2009. In addition, he was also given the portfolios of the Ministries of Expatriates' Welfare and Chittagong Hill Tracts....	January 2007	January 2009
15	Dipu Moni Dipu Moni Dipu Moni is a Bangladeshi politician and diplomat and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2009.-Early Political Career:Until now the principal focus of her work has been women's rights and entitlements, health legislation, health policy and management, health financing, strategic...	January 2009

List of foreign ministers

See also