Cabinet of Bangladesh

Fourth Hasina Cabinet
20th Cabinet of Bangladesh
Incumbent
Sheikh Hasina
Date formed	7 January 2019 (2019-01-07)
People and organisations
Head of state	Abdul Hamid
Head of government	Sheikh Hasina
No. of ministers	25 Cabinet Ministers 7 Advisers 18 State Ministers 3 Deputy Ministers.
Total no. of members	54
Member party	Awami League
Status in legislature	117-seat single-party majority 257 / 300
History
Legislature term(s)	11th Parliament
Predecessor	Hasina III

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The Cabinet of Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশের মন্ত্রিসভা – Bānglādēśēr Mantri'sabhā) is the chief executive body of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The Cabinet is the collective decision-making body of the entire government under the Office of the Prime Minister, composed of the prime minister and some 25 Cabinet Ministers, 7 Advisers, 18 State Ministers and 3 Deputy Ministers.^[1][2][3]

Responsibility[]

Ministers of the government, according to the Constitution of Bangladesh, are selected primarily from the elected members of House of Nation, also known as Jatiya Sangsad. Cabinet Ministers are heads of government departments, mostly with the office of the "Minister of [department, e.g. Defence]". The collective co-ordinating function of the Cabinet is reinforced by the statutory position that all the Ministers jointly hold the same office, and can exercise the same powers.

The Cabinet is the ultimate decision-making body of the executive within the parliamentary system of government in traditional constitutional theory of Bangladesh. This interpretation was originally put across in the work of the Bangladesh constitution in 1972. The political and decision-making authority of the cabinet has been gradually increased over the last few decades, with some claiming its role has been usurped by "Prime Ministerial" (i.e. more "presidential") government.

The Cabinet is the executive committee of The Prime Minister's Office, a historic body which has legislative, judicial and executive functions, and whose large membership does include member(s) of the Opposition or Coalition. Its decisions are generally implemented either under the existing powers of individual government departments, or by the Cabinet Secretary, the most senior civil servant in Bangladesh.

There shall be a Cabinet for Bangladesh having the Prime Minister at its head and comprising also such other Ministers as the Prime Minister may from time to time designate. The executive power of the Republic shall, in accordance with this Constitution, be exercised by or on the authority of the Prime Minister. The Cabinet shall be collectively responsible to Parliament. All executive actions of the Government shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the President. The President shall by rules specify the manner in which orders and other instruments made in his name shall be attested or authenticated, and the validity of any order or instrument so attested or authenticated shall not be questioned in any court on the ground that it was not duly made or executed. The President shall make rules for the allocation and transaction of the business of the Government.

— Article 55 (1-6): The Cabinet; Part-IV (The Executive), Chapter II: The Prime Minister and the Cabinet, The Constitution of Bangladesh^[4]

Current Cabinet and Cabinet-rank officials[]

The most influential part of the executive of the Bangladesh government are the ministries.^[5] A ministry headed by a Minister or State minister (Independent Charges) shall be responsible for conducting the business of his Ministry/Division in the Parliament unless otherwise directed by the Prime Minister's Office. The Secretary is the administrative head of a ministry or division; and is assisted by an Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Senior Assistant Secretary and Assistant Secretary. A few ministries consist of more than one division.

There are four categories of ministers, in descending order of rank:

• Minister: member of cabinet; leads a ministry
• State Minister (Independent Charges): junior minister not reporting to a cabinet minister; leads a ministry
• State Minister: junior minister reporting to a cabinet minister, usually tasked with a specific responsibility in that ministry
• Deputy Minister: most junior minister reporting to a cabinet minister or Minister of State (Independent Charges)

Political party

•   Bangladesh Awami League
•   Technocrat minister (Non-MP)

Government Seal of Bangladesh
	Minister	Secretariat and Executive offices	Advisers, State Minister and Deputy Minister
	Sheikh Hasina Wazed	Prime Minister Cabinet Division Ministry of Public Administration Ministry of Defence Armed Forces Division Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources	Advisers (Accorded status of a Minister):[6] Dr. Mashiur Rahman (Economic Affairs) Dr. Gowher Rizvi (International Affairs) Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury (Power, Energy and Mineral Resources) Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique (Security Affairs) Salman F Rahman (private industry and investment)[7] Sajeeb Wazed (Information and Communication Technology)[8] State minister: Nasrul Hamid (Power, Energy and Mineral Resources) Farhad Hossain (Public Administration)
	A H M Mustafa Kamal	Ministry of Finance
	Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun	Ministry of Industries	State minister: Kamal Ahmed Majumder
	Tipu Munshi	Ministry of Commerce
	Mohammad Abdur Razzaque	Ministry of Agriculture
	Asaduzzaman Khan	Ministry of Home Affairs
	Zahid Maleque	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
	Md. Tajul Islam	Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives	State minister: Swapan Bhattacharjee
	Yeafesh Osman	Ministry of Science and Technology
	SM Rezaul Karim	Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock
	Mozammel Haque	Ministry of Liberation War Affairs
	Golam Dastagir Gazi	Ministry of Textiles and Jute
	Obaidul Quader	Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges
	Muhammad Hasan Mahmud	Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
	Md. Shahab Uddin	Ministry of Environment and Forest	Deputy minister: Habibun Nahar
	Dipu Moni	Ministry of Education	Deputy minister: Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury
	Anisul Huq	Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
	AK Abdul Momen	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	State minister: Shahriar Alam
	Md. Nurul Islam Sujon	Ministry of Railways
	MA Mannan	Ministry of Planning
	Mustafa Jabbar	Posts and Telecommunications Division
	Saifuzzaman Chowdhury	Ministry of Land
	Sadhan Chandra Majumder	Ministry of Food
	Nuruzzaman Ahmed	Ministry of Social Welfare	State minister: Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru
	Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing	Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
	Imran Ahmad	Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment
	(State Minister in charge)	Ministry of Water Resources	State minister: Zahid Faruk Deputy minister: AKM Enamul Haque Shamim
	(State Minister in charge)	Ministry of Housing and Public Works	State minister: Sharif Ahmed
	(State Minister in charge)	Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism	State minister: Md. Mahbub Ali
	(State Minister in charge)	Ministry of Religious Affairs	State minister: Md Faridul Haq Khan
	(State Minister in charge)	Ministry of Women and Children Affairs	State minister: Fazilatun Nessa Indira
	(State Minister in charge)	Information and Communication Technology Division	State minister: Zunaid Ahmed Palak
	(State Minister in charge)	Ministry of Labour and Employment	State minister: Monnujan Sufian
	(State Minister in charge)	Ministry of Youth and Sports	State minister: Zahid Ahsan Russell
	(State Minister in charge)	Ministry of Cultural Affairs	State minister: K. M. Khalid
	(State Minister in charge)	Ministry of Primary and Mass Education	State minister: Md Zakir Hossain
	(State Minister in charge)	Ministry of Shipping	State minister: Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury
	(State Minister in charge)	Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief	State minister: Md. Enamur Rahman

List of previous Cabinets[]

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