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.

Adviser of Home Affairs
বাংলাদেশের স্বরাষ্ট্র উপদেষ্টা
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Incumbent Jahangir Alam Chowdhury since 16 August 2024
Ministry of Home Affairs Government of Bangladesh
Style	The Honourable (official)
Status	Adviser
Member of	Cabinet
Reports to	President 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 Chief Adviser's pleasures
Formation	10 April 1971
First holder	Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman
Salary	৳ 105,000 Monthly (over US$ 1,122 monthly) ৳ 1,260,000 annually (over US$ 13,475 annually)
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.

List of ministers, advisers and state ministers

No.	Portrait	Name	Designation	From	Till	Head of Government
1		Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman	Minister	10 April 1971	11 January 1972		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
2		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	Prime Minister	11 January 1972	12 April 1972
3		Abdul Mannan	Minister	12 April 1972	16 January 1973
4		Abdul Malek Ukil	Minister	16 January 1973	1 February 1974
5		Muhammad Mansur Ali	Minister	1 February 1974	15 August 1975
6		Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad	Minister	15 August 1975	7 November 1975		Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad
7		Ziaur Rahman	Deputy Chief Martial Law Administrator	7 November 1975	6 July 1978		Ziaur Rahman
8		Abu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman	Minister	6 July 1978	27 November 1981
9		M.A. Matin	Minister	27 November 1981	24 March 1982		Abdus Sattar
10		Hussain Muhammad Ershad	Chief Martial Law Administrator	24 March 1982	17 July 1982		Hussain Muhammad Ershad
11		Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury	Minister	17 July 1982	19 July 1983
12		Abdul Mannan Siddique	Minister	19 July 1983	17 February 1986
13		Mahmudul Hasan	Minister	17 February 1986	1 December 1986
14		M.A. Matin	Minister	1 December 1986	21 March 1989
15		Mahmudul Hasan	Minister	21 March 1989	6 December 1990
16		Shahabuddin Ahmed	President	6 December 1990	7 April 1991		Shahabuddin Ahmed
17		Khaleda Zia	Prime Minister	7 April 1991	19 September 1991		Khaleda Zia
18		Abdul Matin Chowdhury	Minister	19 September 1991	21 March 1996
19		Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain	Minister	21 March 1996	30 March 1996
20		Muhammad Habibur Rahman	Chief Adviser	30 March 1996	24 June 1996		Muhammad Habibur Rahman
21		Rafiqul Islam	Minister	24 June 1996	2 March 1999		Sheikh Hasina
22		Mohammed Nasim	Minister	2 March 1999	16 July 2001
23		Latifur Rahman	Chief Adviser	16 July 2001	11 October 2001		Latifur Rahman
24		Altaf Hossain Chowdhury	Minister	11 October 2001	26 March 2004		Khaleda Zia
25		Lutfozzaman Babar	State Minister	28 March 2004	28 October 2006
26		Iajuddin Ahmed	Chief Adviser	29 October 2006	11 January 2007		Iajuddin Ahmed
27		M. A. Matin	Adviser	16 January 2008	6 January 2009		Fakhruddin Ahmed
28		Sahara Khatun	Minister	7 January 2009	17 September 2012		Sheikh Hasina
29		Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir	Minister	18 September 2012	21 November 2013
30		Sheikh Hasina	Prime Minister	21 November 2013	14 July 2015
31		Asaduzzaman Khan	Minister	15 July 2015	06 August 2024
32		Jahangir Alam Chowdhury	Adviser	16 August 2024	Incumbent		Muhammad Yunus