New faces crowd cabinet of 47 members

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is making a new start in forming her third consecutive government by bringing a number of new faces to her cabinet.

After the astonishing landslide in the 11th national parliamentary polls, the prime minister has formed a cabinet of 47 members. Twenty-four of the ministers are new to the cabinet.

Hasina has brought back three members who had previously served her cabinet but not her second term. Two ministers of state have now been promoted to the position of ministers.

Of the 19 appointed as ministers of state, all but three are new. Three new faces are also entering the cabinet as deputy ministers.

Hasina’s new administration has dropped 34 members of the previous cabinet. 
 
The heavyweights dropped from the cabinet include AMA Muhith, Tofail Ahmed, Amir Hossain Amu, Matia Chowdhury, Mohammad Nasim, Shajahan Khan, AH Mahmood Ali, Rashed Khan Menon and Hasanul Haq Inu. 
 
The new cabinet inducted two technocrats.

This is the first time in Bangladesh's history that the names of cabinet members have been announced prior to the swearing-in ceremony.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Cabinet Division, Public Administration, Defence, Armed Forces, Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Women and Children’s Affairs

MINISTER	MINISTRY
AKM Mozammel Haque	Liberation War Affairs
Obaidul Quader	Road Transport and Bridges
Md Abdur Razzaque	Agriculture
Asaduzzaman Khan	Home Affairs
Hasan Mahmud	Information
Anisul Huq	Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
AHM Mustafa Kamal	Finance
Md Tajul Islam	LGRD
Dipu Moni	Education
AK Abdul Momen	Foreign Affairs
MA Mannan	Planning
Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun	Industries
Golam Dastagir Gazi	Textiles and Jute
Zahid Malik	Health and Family Planning
Sadhan Chandra Majumder	Food
Tipu Munshi	Commerce
Nuruzzaman Ahmed	Social Welfare
SM Rezaul Karim	Housing and Public Works
Md Shahab Uddin	Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing	Chittagong Hill Tract Affairs
Saifuzzaman Chowdhury	Land
Nurul Islam Shujon	Railways
Yeafesh Osman	Science and Technology
Mustafa Jabbar	Post, Telecommunication and IT

STATE MINISTER	MINISTRY
Kamal Ahmed Majumder	Industries
Imran Ahmad	Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment
Zahid Ahsan Russell	Youth and Sports
Nasrul Hamid	Power, Energy and Mineral Resources
Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru	Fisheries and Livestock
Monnujan Sufian	Labour
Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury	Shipping
Zakir Hossain	Primary and Mass Education
Shahriar Alam	Foreign Affairs
Zunaid Ahmed Palak	Information and Communication Technology
Farhad Hossain	Public Administration
Swapan Bhattacharya	LGRD
Zahid Faruk	Water Resources
Murad Hasan	Health and Family Planning
Sharif Ahmed	Social Welfare
KM Khalid	Cultural Affairs
Md Enamur Rahman	Disaster Management and Relief
Md Mahbub Ali	Civil Aviation and Tourism
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah	Religious Affairs

DEPUTY MINISTER	MINISTRY
Habibun Nahar	Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Md AKM Enamul Hoque Shameem	Water Resources
Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury Nowfel	Education