| Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members | 22 January 2008 |
The country has a caretaker government until a general election isheld. Although Iajuddin Ahmed is President and Minister of Defense, allof the other Cabinet portfolios are held by Caretaker Advisers (CAs).The Chief CA is roughly equivalent to a prime minister. |
President | Iajuddin AHMED |
Chief CA | Fakhruddin AHMED |
CA for Agriculture | Sajjadul KARIM |
CA for Chittagong Hills Tract Affairs | Raja ROY |
CA for Civil Aviation & Tourism | Mahbub JAMIL |
CA for Commerce | Hossain Zillur RAHMAN |
CA for Communications | Ghulam QUADER |
CA for Cultural Affairs | |
Minister of Defense | Iajuddin AHMED |
CA for Education | Hossain Zillur RAHMAN |
CA for Energy & Mineral Resources | M. TAMIM |
CA for Environment & Forests | Debashish ROY |
CA for Finance & Planning | Mirza Azizul ISLAM |
CA for Fisheries & Livestock | Sajjadul KARIM |
CA for Food & Disaster Management | A. M. M. Shawkat ALI |
CA for Foreign Affairs | Iftekhar Ahmed CHOWDHURY |
CA for Health | A. M. M. Shawkat ALI |
CA for Home Affairs | M. A. MATIN |
CA for Housing & Public Works | Ghulam QUADER |
CA for Industries | Mahbub JAMIL |
CA for Information | |
CA for Jute & Textiles | Anwarul IQBAL |
CA for Labor & Employment | Anwarul IQBAL |
CA for Land | M. A. MATIN |
CA for Law, Justice, & Parliamentary Affairs | A. F. Hassan ARIFF |
CA for Liberation War Affairs | M. A. MATIN |
CA for Local Government, Rural Development, & Cooperatives | Anwarul IQBAL |
CA for Overseas Employment & Expatriates' Welfare | Iftekhar Ahmed CHOWDHURY |
CA for Post & Telecommunications | M. A. MALEK |
CA for Power | M. TAMIM |
CA for Primary & Mass Education | Rasheda K. CHOWDHURY |
CA for Religious Affairs | A. F. Hassan ARIFF |
CA for Science & Information & Communications Technology | Manik Lal SAMADDAR |
CA for Shipping | M. A. MATIN |
CA for Social Welfare | M. A. MALEK |
CA for Water | Sajjadul KARIM |
CA for Women's & Children's Affairs | Rasheda K. CHOWDHURY |
CA for Youth & Sports | Mahbub JAMIL |
Governor, Central Bank | Salehuddin AHMED |
Ambassador to the US | M. Humayun KABIR |
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York | Ismat JAHAN |