The Minister of Foreign Affairs (Bengali: পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী; Pororashtro Montri; or simply the foreign minister) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Khalilur Rahman, who was the National Security Advisor of Bangladesh under Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, currently serves as the 24th Foreign Minister of Bangladesh.
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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| বাংলাদেশের পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী | |
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| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
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| Type | Cabinet minister |
| Member of | |
| Reports to |  Prime Minister |
| Seat | Bangladesh Secretariat |
| Nominator | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | President on the advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | Prime Minister's pleasure |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Bangladesh |
| Inaugural holder | Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad |
| Formation | 14 April 1971 |
| Deputy | Shama Obaed |
| Salary | ৳245000 (US$2,000) per month (incl. allowances) |
| Website | mofa.gov.bd |
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Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad খন্দকার মোশতাক আহমেদ (1918–1996) |
14 April 1971 | 1 December 1971 | 231 days | Awami League | Mujib I | Tajuddin Ahmad | ||
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Abdus Samad Azad আবদুস সামাদ আজাদ (1922–2005) |
1 December 1971 | 16 March 1973 | 1 year, 105 days | |||||
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Kamal Hossain কামাল হোসেন (born 1937) |
16 March 1973 | 15 August 1975 | 2 years, 152 days | Mujib II | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | |||
| Mujib III | |||||||||
| Mujib IV | Muhammad Mansur Ali | ||||||||
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Abu Sayeed Chowdhury আবু সাঈদ চৌধুরী (1921–1987) |
15 August 1975 | 6 November 1975 | 83 days | Mostaq | Vacant | |||
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Muhammad Shamsul Huq মুহাম্মদ শামসুল হক (1912–1986) |
November 1975 | 24 March 1982 | 6 years, 143 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Ziaur | Shah Azizur Rahman | ||
| A R Shamsud Doha এ আর শামসুদ দোহা (1929–2012) |
24 March 1982 | June 1984 | 2 years, 98 days | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | Ershad | Ataur Rahman Khan | |||
| Humayun Rashid Choudhury হুমায়ুন রশিদ চৌধুরী (1928–2001) |
28 July 1984 | 10 December 1988 | 4 years, 192 days | ||||||
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Anisul Islam Mahmud আনিসুল ইসলাম মাহমুদ (born 1947) MP for Chittagong-5 |
11 December 1988 | 6 December 1990 | 5 years, 158 days | Kazi Zafar Ahmed | ||||
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Fakhruddin Ahmed ফখরুদ্দিন আহমেদ (born 1940) (Adviser) |
9 December 1990 | 15 March 1991 | 96 days | Independent | Shahabuddin | Shahabuddin Ahmed | ||
| A. S. M. Mustafizur Rahman এ. এস. এম. মুস্তাফিজুর রহমান (1934–1996) MP for Bagerhat-2 |
20 March 1991 | 30 March 1996 | 5 years, 10 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Khaleda I | Khaleda Zia | |||
| Khaleda II | |||||||||
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Muhammad Habibur Rahman মুহাম্মদ হাবিবুর রহমান (1928–2010) (Chief Adviser) |
31 March 1996 | 23 June 1996 | 84 days | Independent | Habibur | Self | ||
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Abdus Samad Azad আব্দুস সামাদ আজাদ (1922–2005) MP for Sunamganj-3 |
23 June 1996 | 15 July 2001 | 5 years, 22 days | Awami League | Hasina I | Sheikh Hasina | ||
| Justice (Retd) Latifur Rahman বিচারপতি (অবসরপ্রাপ্ত) লতিফুর রহমান (1936–2017) (Chief Adviser) |
15 July 2001 | 10 October 2001 | 87 days | Independent | Latifur | Self | |||
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A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury এ.কিউ.এম. বদরুদ্দোজা চৌধুরী (1930–2014) MP for Munshiganj-1 |
10 October 2001 | 14 November 2001 | 35 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Khaleda III | Khaleda Zia | ||
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Morshed Khan মোরশেদ খান (born 1940) MP for Chittagong-10 |
14 November 2001 | 29 October 2006 | 4 years, 349 days | |||||
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Iajuddin Ahmed ইয়াজউদ্দিন আহমেদ (1931–2012) (President and Chief Adviser) |
29 October 2006 | 11 January 2007 | 74 days | Independent | Iajuddin | Self | ||
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Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury ইফতেখার আহমেদ চৌধুরী (born 1946) (Adviser) |
11 January 2007 | 30 January 2009 | 2 years, 19 days | Fakhruddin | Fakhruddin Ahmed | |||
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Dipu Moni দীপু মনি (born 1965) MP for Chandpur-2 |
30 January 2009 | 20 November 2013 | 4 years, 294 days | Awami League | Hasina II | Sheikh Hasina | ||
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Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali আবুল হাসান মাহমুদ আলী (1943–2025) MP for Dinajpur-4 |
20 November 2013 | 7 January 2019 | 5 years, 48 days | |||||
| Hasina III | |||||||||
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A. K. Abdul Momen এ. কে. আব্দুল মোমেন (born 1947) MP for Sylhet-1 |
7 January 2019 | 10 January 2024 | 5 years, 3 days | Hasina IV | ||||
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Hasan Mahmud হাছান মাহমুদ (born 1963) MP for Chittagong-7 |
11 January 2024 | 5 August 2024 | 207 days | Hasina V | ||||
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Md. Touhid Hossain মোহাম্মদ তৌহিদ হোসেন (born 1955) (Adviser) |
8 August 2024 | 17 February 2026 | 1 year, 193 days | Independent | Yunus | Muhammad Yunus | ||
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Khalilur Rahman খলিলুর রহমান (born 1954) |
17 February 2026 | Incumbent | 140 days | Tarique | Tarique Rahman | |||