Ministry of Liberation War Affairs
| Bengali: মুক্তিযুদ্ধ বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয় | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 23 October 2001[1] |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Bangladesh |
| Headquarters | Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka |
| Annual budget | ৳7478 crore (US$610 million) (2024-2025) |
| Minister responsible | |
| Minister of State responsible | |
| Agency executive |
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| Child agencies | |
| Website | Official Website |
The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs (Bengali: মুক্তিযুদ্ধ বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয়, abbreviated as MoLWA) is the ministry responsible for the preservation of war memorials and the welfare of Freedom Fighters.[2]
History
In 2016, the Bangladeshi cabinet rejected a proposal of the ministry to raise the retirement age of freedom fighters.[3] Mozammel Haque called for a review of ties with Pakistan.[4]
Directorate
- Bangladesh Freedom Fighter Welfare Trust
- National Freedom Fighter Council
- National Freedom Fighter Council
- Directorate of July Uprising
Ministers
| Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| Redwan Ahmed রেদোয়ান আহমেদ MP for Comilla-6 (State Minister) |
23 October 2001 | 22 May 2003 | 1 year, 211 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Khaleda II | Khaleda Zia | |||
| Rezaul Karim Mannan রেজাউল করিম মান্নান MP for Narayanganj-3 (State Minister) |
22 May 2003 | 28 October 2006 | 3 years, 159 days | ||||||
| Dhiraj Kumar Nath ধীরাজ কুমার নাথ (1945–2018) (Adviser) |
31 October 2006 | 11 January 2007 | 77 days | Independent | Iajuddin | Iajuddin Ahmed | |||
| Major General (Retd) M. A. Matin মেজর জেনারেল (অবসরপ্রাপ্ত) এম. এ. মতিন (Adviser) |
11 January 2007 | 6 January 2009 | 1 year, 361 days | Fakhruddin | Fakhruddin Ahmed | ||||
| A. B. Tajul Islam এ. বি. তাজুল ইসলাম (born 1951) MP for Brahmanbaria-6 (State Minister) |
6 January 2009 | 21 November 2013 | 4 years, 319 days | Awami League | Hasina II | Sheikh Hasina | |||
| Shajahan Khan শাজাহান খান (born 1952) MP for Madaripur-2 |
21 November 2013 | 12 January 2014 | 52 days | ||||||
| AKM Mozammel Haque আ ক ম মোজাম্মেল হক (born 1946) MP for Gazipur-1 |
12 January 2014 | 5 August 2024 | 10 years, 206 days | Hasina III | |||||
| Hasina IV | |||||||||
| Hasina V | |||||||||
| Faruk-e-Azam ফারুক-ই-আজম (Adviser) |
13 August 2024 | 17 February 2026 | 1 year, 188 days | Independent | Yunus | Muhammad Yunus | |||
| Hafizuddin Ahmed হাফিজউদ্দিন আহমেদ (born 1944) MP for Bhola-3 |
17 February 2026 | 12 March 2026 | 23 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Tarique | Tarique Rahman | |||
References
- ^ সংক্ষিপ্ত-পরিচিতি – মুক্তিযুদ্ধ বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয়-গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার
- ^ "Ministry of Liberation War Affairs" (PDF). mof.gov.bd. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "Cabinet rejects proposal to raise retirement age of freedom fighters". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "'Bangladesh to review diplomatic ties with Pakistan'". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.