Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
| People's Republic of Bangladesh Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs | |
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| বাংলাদেশের পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম বিষয়ক মন্ত্রী | |
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| Type | Cabinet Minister |
| Status | Adviser |
| Member of | |
| Reports to |  Chief Adviser |
| Seat | Bangladesh Secretariat |
| Nominator | Chief Adviser of Bangladesh |
| Appointer | President of Bangladesh on the advice of the Chief Adviser |
| Term length | Interim or Chief Adviser's pleasures |
| Inaugural holder | Kalparanjan Chakma |
| Formation | 15 July 1998 |
| Salary | ৳245000 (US$2,000) per month (incl. allowances) |
| Website | mochta.gov.bd |
Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs of Bangladesh is minister in charge of the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, Government of Bangladesh. He is also the minister of all departments and agencies under the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs.[1][2]
History
[edit]In 2004, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia restricted the amount of discretionary cash allocation Deputy Moni Swapan Dewan could spend.[3] The government also allocated rice, 28 thousand tons for Bengalis, 10 thousand tons for Bangladesh Army, and 2.1 thousand tons for former rebels in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.[4]
Ministers
[edit]| # | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||
| 1 | Kalparanjan Chakma কল্পরঞ্জন চাকমা (1922–2018) MP for Khagrachhari |
1 January 1998 |
15 July 2001 |
3 years, 195 days | Bangladesh Awami League | Hasina I | ||
| 2 | Justice Latifur Rahman লতিফুর রহমান (1936–2017) (Chief Adviser) |
15 July 2001 |
10 October 2001 |
87 days | Independent | Latifur (Caretaker) | ||
| 3 | Moni Swapan Dewan মনি স্বপন দেওয়ান (born 1954) MP for Rangamati (Deputy Minister) |
10 October 2001 |
29 October 2006 |
5 years, 19 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Khaleda II | ||
| 4 | Lieutenant General (Retd.) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury লেঃ জেনারেল (অব.) হাসান মশহুদ চৌধূরী (born 1948) (Adviser) |
29 October 2006 |
11 January 2007 |
74 days | Independent | Iajuddin | ||
| 5 | 
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Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury ইফতেখার আহমেদ চৌধুরী (born 1946) (Adviser) |
11 January 2007 |
8 January 2008 |
362 days | Independent | Fakhruddin | |
| 6 | 
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Fakhruddin Ahmed ফখরুদ্দিন আহমেদ (born 1940 (Chief Adviser) |
8 January 2008 |
6 January 2009 |
364 days | |||
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Dipankar Talukdar দীপঙ্কর তালুকদার (born 1952) MP for Rangamati (Minister of State) |
6 January 2009 |
24 January 2014 |
5 years, 18 days | Bangladesh Awami League | Hasina II | |
| 8 | Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing বীর বাহাদুর উশৈ সিং (born 1960) MP for Bandarban (Minister of State until 2019) |
24 January 2014 |
9 January 2024 |
9 years, 350 days | Hasina III | |||
| Hasina IV | ||||||||
| 9 | Kujendra Lal Tripura কুজেন্দ্র লাল ত্রিপুরা (born 1963) MP for Khagrachhari (Minister of State) |
11 January 2024 |
5 August 2024 |
207 days | Hasina V | |||
| 10 | Supradip Chakma সুপ্রদীপ চাকমা (born 1961) (Adviser) |
8 August 2024 |
Incumbent | 137 days | Independent | Yunus | ||
References
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Country Studies. Federal Research Division.
- ^ "Ministry of Chittagong Hills Tracts Affairs". mochta.gov.bd.
- ^ "Ministry of Chittagong Hills Tracts Affairs (মন্ত্রণালয়ের-পটভূমি)". mochta.gov.bd.
- ^ "Govt stops grain ration to CHT hills people". The Daily Star. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Govt stops grain ration to CHT hills people". The Daily Star. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
