LIST OF MINISTERS AND STATE MINISTERS IN THE NEW GOVERNMENT

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 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