Minister of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)

Adviser of Home Affairs
বাংলাদেশের স্বরাষ্ট্র উপদেষ্টা
since 16 August 2024
StyleThe Honourable (official)
StatusAdviser
Member of
Reports to President
Chief Adviser
SeatBangladesh Secretariat
NominatorChief Adviser of Bangladesh
AppointerPresident of Bangladesh
on the advice of the Chief Adviser
Term lengthInterim or
Chief Adviser's pleasures
Formation10 April 1971
First holderAbul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman
Salary
  • ৳ 105,000 Monthly (over US$ 1,122 monthly)
  • ৳ 1,260,000 annually (over US$ 13,475 annually)
Websitemha.gov.bd

The Home Minister of Bangladesh is the minister in charge of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. He is also the minister of all departments and agencies under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman was the first person appointed to this office by the then Mujibnagar government formed during the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971.[1]

  1. ^ "Ex Ministers". Public Security Division. Retrieved 23 June 2020.