Minister of Education (Bangladesh)
| People's Republic of Bangladesh Minister of Education | |
|---|---|
| বাংলাদেশের শিক্ষামন্ত্রী | |
since 17 February 2026 | |
| Style |
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| Type | Cabinet minister |
| Status | Minister |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Seat | Bangladesh Secretariat |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
| Appointer | President of Bangladesh on the advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | Prime Minister's pleasure |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Bangladesh |
| Formation | 29 December 1971 |
| First holder | Muhammad Yusuf Ali |
| Salary | ৳245000 (US$2,000) per month (incl. allowances) |
| Website | moedu |
The Minister of Education (Bengali: শিক্ষামন্ত্রী) is the political head of the Ministry of Education (Bangladesh) and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of Bangladesh, responsible for formulating and overseeing national education policies, administration, and development across all levels of education.
List of ministers, advisers and state ministers
- Political parties
- Other factions
| No. | Portrait | Officeholder (birth–death) Constituency |
Term of office | Designation | Ministry | Prime Minister/ Chief Adviser | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From[1] | To | Tenure | ||||||||
| 1 | Muhammad Yusuf Ali (1923–1998) |
29 December 1971 | 12 January 1972 | 3 years, 28 days | Minister | Mujib I | Tajuddin Ahmad | |||
| 13 January 1972 | 16 March 1973 | Mujib II | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | |||||||
| 16 March 1973 | 26 January 1975 | Mujib III | ||||||||
| 2 | Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury (1922–1978) |
26 January 1975 | 15 August 1975 | 284 days | Minister | Mujib IV | Muhammad Mansur Ali | |||
| 15 August 1975 | 6 November 1975 | Mostaq | Vacant | |||||||
| 3 | Ziaur Rahman (1936–1981) |
10 November 1975 | 26 November 1975 | 16 days | Deputy Chief Martial Law Administrator | Sayem | ||||
| 4 | Abul Fazal (1903–1983) |
26 November 1975 | 22 June 1977 | 1 year, 208 days | Adviser | Sayem | ||||
| 5 | Syed Ali Ahsan (1903–1983) |
22 June 1977 | 29 June 1978 | 1 year, 7 days | Adviser | |||||
| 6 | Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1939–2015) |
4 July 1978 | 11 October 1978 | 99 days | Minister | Zia | Mashiur Rahman (Senior Minister) | |||
| 7 | Abdul Baten (born–?) MP for Patuakhali-4 |
11 October 1978 | 12 March 1979 | 285 days | Minister of State (M/C) | |||||
| 12 March 1979 | 15 April 1979 | Vacant | ||||||||
| 8 | Shah Azizur Rahman (1925–1989) MP for Kushtia-3 |
15 April 1979 | 27 November 1981 | 2 years, 302 days | Prime Minister | Himself | ||||
| 27 November 1981 | 11 February 1982 | Sattar | ||||||||
| 9 | Tafazzal Hossain Khan (1920–2022) MP for Mymensingh-1 |
11 February 1982 | 24 March 1982 | 41 days | Minister | Shah Azizur Rahman | ||||
| 10 | A. Majeed Khan (1929–2023) MP for Mymensingh-1 |
26 May 1982 | 11 December 1983 | 2 years, 6 days | Adviser | Ershad | Vacant | |||
| 11 December 1983 | 1 June 1984 | Minister | ||||||||
| 11 | Shamsul Huda Chaudhury (1920–2000) MP for Mymensingh-5 |
1 June 1984 | 15 January 1985 | 228 days | Minister | Ataur Rahman Khan | ||||
| 4 August 1985 | 16 February 1986 | 196 days | ||||||||
| 12 | M. A. Matin (1932–2012) MP for Pabna-5 |
16 February 1986 | 23 March 1986 | 35 days | Minister | Vacant | ||||
| 13 | A. K. M. Nurul Islam (1919–2015) |
24 March 1986 | 25 May 1986 | 62 days | Minister | |||||
| 14 | M. A. Matin (1932–2012) MP for Pabna-5 |
25 May 1986 | 9 July 1986 | 45 days | Minister | |||||
| 15 | Momen Uddin Ahmed (born–?) MP for Khulna-5 |
9 July 1986 | 30 November 1986 | 144 days | Minister | Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury | ||||
| 16 | Mahbubur Rahman (born–1940) MP for Comilla-7 |
30 November 1986 | 27 March 1988 | 1 year, 118 days | Minister | |||||
| 17 | Anisul Islam Mahmud (born–1947) MP for Chittagong-5 |
27 March 1988 | 10 December 1988 | 258 days | Minister | Moudud Ahmed | ||||
| 18 | Sheikh Shahidul Islam (born–1948) MP for Madaripur-3 |
10 December 1988 | 2 May 1990 | 1 year, 143 days | Minister | |||||
| 19 | Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1939–2015) MP for Comilla-12 |
2 May 1990 | 6 December 1990 | 218 days | Prime Minister | Himself | ||||
| 20 | Zillur Rahman Siddiqui (1928–2014) |
10 December 1990 | 16 March 1991 | 96 days | Adviser | Shahabuddin | Vacant | |||
| 21 | A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury (1930–2024) MP for Munshiganj-1 |
20 March 1991 | 19 September 1991 | 183 days | Minister | Khaleda I | Khaleda Zia | |||
| 22 | Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar (born–1931) MP for Panchagarh-1 |
19 September 1991 | 19 March 1996 | 4 years, 182 days | ||||||
| 23 | Rafiqul Islam Miah (born–1943) MP for Comilla-3 |
19 March 1996 | 30 March 1996 | 11 days | Khaleda II | |||||
| 24 | Md. Shamsul Haque (?–?) |
3 April 1996 | 23 June 1996 | 81 days | Adviser | Habibur | Muhammad Habibur Rahman | |||
| 25 | ASHK Sadek (1934–2007) MP for Jessore-6 |
23 June 1996 | 15 July 2001 | 5 years, 22 days | Minister | Hasina I | Sheikh Hasina | |||
| 26 | ASM Shahjahan (1941–2019) |
16 July 2001 | 10 October 2001 | 86 days | Adviser | Latifur | Latifur Rahman | |||
| 27 | Osman Faruk (born–1940) MP for Kishoreganj-4 |
11 October 2001 | 28 October 2006 | 5 years, 17 days | Minister | Khaleda III | Khaleda Zia | |||
| 28 | Iajuddin Ahmed (1931–2012) |
1 November 2006 | 11 January 2007 | 71 days | Chief Adviser & President | Iajuddin | Himself | |||
| 29 | Ayub Quadri (born–1946) |
16 January 2007 | 26 December 2007 | 344 days | Adviser | Fakhruddin | Fakhruddin Ahmed | |||
| 30 | Hossain Zillur Rahman (born–1951) |
10 January 2008 | 6 January 2009 | 362 days | Adviser | |||||
| 31 | Nurul Islam Nahid (born–1945) MP for Sylhet-6 |
6 January 2009 | 12 January 2014 | 10 years, 1 day | Minister | Hasina II | Sheikh Hasina | |||
| 12 January 2014 | 7 January 2019 | Hasina III | ||||||||
| 32 | Dipu Moni (born–1965) MP for Chandpur-3 |
7 January 2019 | 11 January 2024 | 5 years, 4 days | Hasina IV | |||||
| 33 | Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury (born–1983) MP for Chittagong-9 |
11 January 2024 | 5 August 2024 | 207 days | Hasina V | |||||
| 34 | Muhammad Yunus (born–1940) |
8 August 2024 | 16 August 2024 | 8 days | Chief Adviser | Yunus | Himself | |||
| 35 | Wahiduddin Mahmud (born–1948) |
16 August 2024 | 5 March 2025 | 201 days | Adviser | Muhammad Yunus | ||||
| 36 | Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar (born–1952) |
5 March 2025 | 17 February 2026 | 349 days | ||||||
| 37 | A. N. M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan (born-1957) MP for Chandpur-1 |
17 February 2026 | Incumbent | 36 days | Minister | Tarique | ||||
References
- ^ "সাবেক মন্ত্রী / উপদেষ্টাবৃন্দ". শিক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2023.