Tarique Rahman takes oath as Bangladesh’s prime minister with 49-member Cabinet – Firstpost

Tarique Rahman was on Tuesday sworn-in as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He has named a 49-member Cabinet.

Rahman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has unveiled his 49-member Cabinet that comprises 25 ministers and 24 ministers of state. He has not yet allotted portfolios.

Rahman is set to be the first man to head Bangladesh’s government in more than two decades as power rotated for two decades between his mother, late Khaleda Zia, and Sheikh Hasina, who ruled the country from 2009 to 2024 until her ouster.

Rahman has named following 25 ministers to his Cabinet:

• Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

• Amir Khoshru Mahmud Chowdhury

• Salahuddin Ahmed

• Iqbal Hasan Mahmud

• Maj (Retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed Bir Bikram

• Abu Jafar Md Zahid Hossain

• Dr Khalilur Rahman (Technocrat)

• Abdul Awal Mintoo,

• Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad

• Mizanur Rahman Minu

• Nitai Roy Chowdhury

• Khandaker Abdul Muktadir

• Ariful Haque Chowdhury

• Zahir Uddin Swapon

• Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid (Technocrat)

• Afroza Khanam Rita

• Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie

• Asadul Habib Dulu

• Md Asaduzzaman

• Zakaria Taher

• Dipen Dewan

• ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon

• Sarder Md Sakhawat Hossain

• Fakir Mahbub Anam

• Sheikh Rabiul Alam

Rahman has named following ministers of state to his Cabinet:

• M Rashiduzzaman Millat

• Anindya Islam Amit

• Md Shariful Alam

• Shama Obaed Islam

• Sultan Salahuddin Tuku

• Barrister Kaiser Kamal

• Farhad Hossain Azad

• Md Aminul Haq (technocrat)

• Mir Mohammad Helal Uddin

• Habibur Rashid

• Md Rajib Ahsan

• Md Abdul Bari

• Mir Shahe Alam

• Zonayed Abdur Rahim Saki, widely known as Zonayed Saki,

• Ishraque Hossain,

• Farzana Sharmin,

• Shaikh Faridul Islam

• Nurul Haque Nur

• Yasser Khan Chowdhury

• M Iqbal Hossain

• MA Muhith

• Ahammad Sohel Manjur

• Bobby Hajjaj

• Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam