Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09DHAKA32
2009-01-08 10:37:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Dhaka
Cable title:
LIST OF MINISTERS AND STATE MINISTERS IN THE NEW GOVERNMENT
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 DHAKA 000032
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR KDEM BG
SUBJECT: LIST OF MINISTERS AND STATE MINISTERS IN THE NEW GOVERNMENT
OF BANGLADESH
REF: DHAKA 00028
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 DHAKA 000032
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR KDEM BG
SUBJECT: LIST OF MINISTERS AND STATE MINISTERS IN THE NEW GOVERNMENT
OF BANGLADESH
REF: DHAKA 00028
1. (U) Enclosed is a list of officials in the newly elected
government of Bangladesh. Ministers of State are not of cabinet
rank but can be head of a ministry.
2. (U) Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina
Armed Forces Division
Cabinet Division
Electricity, Oil and Mineral Resources Ministry:
A) Electricity Division
B) Oil and Mineral Resources Division
Establishment Ministry
Housing and Public Works Ministry
Defense Ministry
Religious Affairs Ministry
Women and Children Affairs Ministry
3. (U) Ministers
Abul Maal Abdul Muhith
Finance Ministry:
a) Finance Division
b) Economic Relations Division
c) Internal Resources Division
Begum Matia Chowdhury
Agriculture Ministry
Abdul Latif Siddiqui
Textile and Jute Ministry
Barrister Shafique Ahmed Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Ministry
a) National Parliament Secretariat
Air Vice Marshal (Rtd.) A K Khandekar Planning Ministry
a) Planning Division
b) Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division
Raziuddin Ahmed Raju
Post and Telecommunication Ministry
Advocate Sahara Khatun
Home Ministry
Syed Ashraful Islam Local Government, Rural Government and
Cooperatives Ministry
a) Local Government Ministry
b) Rural Development and Cooperatives Department
Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain
Labor and Employment Ministry
Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry
Rezaul Karim Hira
Land Ministry
Abul Kalam Azad
Information Ministry
Cultural Affairs Ministry
Enamul Haq Mostafa Shahid
Social Welfare Ministry
Dilip Barua
Industries Ministry
Ramesh Chandra Sen Water
Resources Ministry
GM Quader
Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry
Lt. Col. (Rtd.) Faruk Khan
Commerce Ministry
Syed Abul Hossain
Communications Ministry
a) Roads and Railways Division
b) Bridge Division
Dr. Abdur Razzak
Food and Disaster Management Ministry
Dr. Afsarul Amin
Shipping Ministry
Dr. A F M Ruhul Haque
Health and Family Planning Ministry
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Dr. Dipu Moni
Foreign Ministry
Nurul Islam Nahid
Education Ministry
Primary and Mass Education Ministry
Abdul Latif Biswas
Fisheries and Livestock Ministry
4. (U) State Ministers
Advocate Mostafizur Rahman
Environment and Forest Ministry
Capt. (Rtd.) A B M Tajul Islam
Liberation War Affairs Ministry
Tanzim Ahmed Sohel Taj
Home Ministry
Yafes Osman
Science and ICT Ministry
Dr. Hasan Mahmud
Foreign Ministry
Begum Monnujan Sufiyan
Labor and Employment Ministry
Dipangkar Talukder
CHT Affairs Ministry
Ahad Ali Sarkar
Youth and Sports Ministry
Moriarty
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR KDEM BG
SUBJECT: LIST OF MINISTERS AND STATE MINISTERS IN THE NEW GOVERNMENT
OF BANGLADESH
REF: DHAKA 00028
1. (U) Enclosed is a list of officials in the newly elected
government of Bangladesh. Ministers of State are not of cabinet
rank but can be head of a ministry.
2. (U) Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina
Armed Forces Division
Cabinet Division
Electricity, Oil and Mineral Resources Ministry:
A) Electricity Division
B) Oil and Mineral Resources Division
Establishment Ministry
Housing and Public Works Ministry
Defense Ministry
Religious Affairs Ministry
Women and Children Affairs Ministry
3. (U) Ministers
Abul Maal Abdul Muhith
Finance Ministry:
a) Finance Division
b) Economic Relations Division
c) Internal Resources Division
Begum Matia Chowdhury
Agriculture Ministry
Abdul Latif Siddiqui
Textile and Jute Ministry
Barrister Shafique Ahmed Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Ministry
a) National Parliament Secretariat
Air Vice Marshal (Rtd.) A K Khandekar Planning Ministry
a) Planning Division
b) Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division
Raziuddin Ahmed Raju
Post and Telecommunication Ministry
Advocate Sahara Khatun
Home Ministry
Syed Ashraful Islam Local Government, Rural Government and
Cooperatives Ministry
a) Local Government Ministry
b) Rural Development and Cooperatives Department
Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain
Labor and Employment Ministry
Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry
Rezaul Karim Hira
Land Ministry
Abul Kalam Azad
Information Ministry
Cultural Affairs Ministry
Enamul Haq Mostafa Shahid
Social Welfare Ministry
Dilip Barua
Industries Ministry
Ramesh Chandra Sen Water
Resources Ministry
GM Quader
Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry
Lt. Col. (Rtd.) Faruk Khan
Commerce Ministry
Syed Abul Hossain
Communications Ministry
a) Roads and Railways Division
b) Bridge Division
Dr. Abdur Razzak
Food and Disaster Management Ministry
Dr. Afsarul Amin
Shipping Ministry
Dr. A F M Ruhul Haque
Health and Family Planning Ministry
DHAKA 00000032 002 OF 002
Dr. Dipu Moni
Foreign Ministry
Nurul Islam Nahid
Education Ministry
Primary and Mass Education Ministry
Abdul Latif Biswas
Fisheries and Livestock Ministry
4. (U) State Ministers
Advocate Mostafizur Rahman
Environment and Forest Ministry
Capt. (Rtd.) A B M Tajul Islam
Liberation War Affairs Ministry
Tanzim Ahmed Sohel Taj
Home Ministry
Yafes Osman
Science and ICT Ministry
Dr. Hasan Mahmud
Foreign Ministry
Begum Monnujan Sufiyan
Labor and Employment Ministry
Dipangkar Talukder
CHT Affairs Ministry
Ahad Ali Sarkar
Youth and Sports Ministry
Moriarty