Hasina’s new cabinet has 37 old and new faces

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s new cabinet will have 37 old and new faces after the Awami League secured a record-extending fourth straight term with absolute majority.

For the new start, she has chosen 25 ministers and 11 state ministers.

Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain announced the names at a press conference on Wednesday after President Mohammed Shahabuddin asked Hasina to form a new government following the ruling party’s landslide victory in the Jan 7 vote.    

Their portfolios will be known after the distribution of the ministries.

The ministers:

1. AKM Mozammel Haque

2. Obaidul Quader

3. Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun

4. Asaduzzaman Khan

5. Dipu Moni

6. Tazul Islam

7. Muhammad Faruk Khan

8. Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali

9. Anisul Huq

10. Mohammad Hasan Mahmud

11. Md Abdus Shahid

12. Sadhan Chandra Majumder

13. RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury

14. Md Abdur Rahman

15. Narayan Chandra Chanda

16. Abdus Salam

17. Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury

18. Farhad Hossain

19. Md Faridul Haque Khan

20. Md Zillul Hakim

21. Saber Hossain Chowdhury

22. Jahangir Kabir Nanak

23. Nazmul Hassan

24. Yeafesh Osman

25. Samanta Lal Sen

The state ministers:

1. Simeen Hussain Rimi

2. Nasrul Hamid

3. Zunaid Ahmed Palak

4. Mohammad Ali Arafat

5. Md Mohibbur Rahman

6. Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury

7. Jahid Faruk

8. Kujendra Lal Tripura

9. Rumana Ali

10. Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury

11. Ahsanul Islam Titu