Foreign Minister of Bangladesh
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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

See also

  • Constitution of Bangladesh
    Constitution of Bangladesh
    The Constitution of Bangladesh is the supreme law of Bangladesh. It declares Bangladesh as a secular democratic republic where sovereignty belongs to the people; and lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles of the state and spells out the fundamental rights of citizens...

  • President of Bangladesh
    President of Bangladesh
    Since 1991, the President of Bangladesh is the head of state, a largely ceremonial post elected by the parliament. Since 1996, the President's role becomes more important after the term of the government has finished, when his executive authority is enhanced as laid down in the constitution of the...

  • Prime Minister of Bangladesh
    Prime Minister of Bangladesh
    The Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is the Head of the Government of Bangladesh. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Jatiya Sangsad Parliament, to their political party and ultimately to the electorate...

  • Politics of Bangladesh
    Politics of Bangladesh
    Politics of Bangladesh takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Bangladesh is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the...

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