Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (Bangladesh)

People's Republic of Bangladesh
Adviser of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
আইন, বিচার ও সংসদ বিষয়ক উপদেষ্টা
Incumbent
Asif Nazrul
since 9 August 2024
Style
TypeCabinet minister
StatusAdviser
Member of
Reports to Chief Adviser
SeatBangladesh Secretariat
NominatorChief Adviser of Bangladesh
AppointerPresident of Bangladesh
on the advice of the chief adviser
Term lengthInterim or the
chief adviser's pleasure
Inaugural holderKamal Hossain
Formation12 January 1972 (12 January 1972)
Salary245000 (US$2,000)
per month
(incl. allowances)
Websiteminlaw.gov.bd

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]

List of ministers, advisers and state ministers

Political parties
Other factions
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, 8 days Adviser Yunus

See also

References

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