# Chittagong Port Authority

Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is a government agency of Bangladesh responsible for the management, maintenance and governance of the country's major port of Chittagong, located in the city of Chittagong on the Karnaphuli River nine nautical miles from the shore of the Bay of Bengal of the Indian Ocean. The CPA is part of the Ministry of Shipping.

## Chairman of Chittagong Port Authority

Rear Admiral S M Moniruzzaman the current chairman of CPA.

## History

The port of Chittagong has been in operation since at least the 4th century BC, and in modern times was governed by Port Commissioners and the Port Railway following the Port Commissioner's Act of 1887 in British India. After the partition of India in 1947 and a subsequent rise in port traffic, the modern Chittagong Port Authority began its existence in 1960 as the Chittagong Port Trust. Due to continued expansion and lack of effective governance, after the Bangladesh Liberation War the Port Trust was granted semi-autonomous status within the government, and renamed to Chittagong Port Authority, in 1976.

## List of Chairmen

| Name | Term start | Term end |
| Engineer M. A. Barry | 1 October 1950 | 30 September 1961 |
| S. M. Afzal | 1 October 1961 | 17 June 1965 |
| Commodore Md Asie Al Avi | 18 June 1965 | 31 December 1970 |
| Commodore I. H. Malik | 1 January 1971 | 15 December 1971 |
| Gholam Kibria | 16 December 1971 | 30 December 1977 |
| Engineer Mahmudul Islam | 1 January 1978 | 12 February 1978 |
| Syed Mansur-ul Haque | 13 February 1978 | 30 June 1981 |
| Engineer Mahmudul Islam | 30 June 1981 | 25 February 1982 |
| Engineer Mahmudul Islam | 26 February 1982 | 18 February 1984 |
| Nurul Momen Khan | 19 February 1984 | 5 December 1985 |
| AZM Nasir Uddin | 6 December 1985 | 18 April 1987 |
| Captain Sufi Ashraful Islam | 19 April 1987 | 31 May 1987 |
| Captain S. Y. Kamal | 1 June 1987 | 11 July 1988 |
| Engineer Md. Shahdat Hossain | 12 July 1988 | 18 May 1990 |
| M. A. Kamal | 19 May 1990 | 15 July 1990 |
| Captain M. Zakaria | 16 July 1990 | 20 July 1991 |
| M. A. Kamal | 21 July 1991 | 31 July 1992 |
| AKM Amanul Islam Chowdhury | 1 August 1992 | 24 February 1994 |
| Captain Zahir Uddin Mahmood | 25 February 1994 | 8 March 1994 |
| Engineer Md. Omar Hadi | 9 March 1994 | 30 October 1994 |
| Captain Zahir Uddin Mahmood | 1 November 1994 | 1 December 1994 |
| Engineer Md. Omar Hadi | 2 December 1994 | 23 March 1995 |
| Captain Zahir Uddin Mahmood | 24 March 1995 | 25 June 1997 |
| Zulfiquer Haider Chowdhury | 26 June 1997 | 21 September 1997 |
| Md. Rezwanul Haque | 22 September 1997 | 12 May 1999 |
| Commodore Ghulam Rabbani, psc, BN | 12 May 1999 | 25 July 2002 |
| Commodore Zulfiqur Ali | 25 July 2002 | 24 July 2003 |
| AMM Shahadat Hossain | 25 July 2003 | 15 November 2006 |
| Md. Mosleh Uddin | 10 May 2007 | 24 May 2007 |
| Captain Yahaya Syed | 16 November 2006 | 10 May 2007 |
| Commodore M. Farooque | 24 May 2007 | 9 July 2008 |
| Commodore Riaz Uddin Ahmed | 9 July 2008 | 12 February 2011 |
| Commodore M. Anwarul Islam | 13 February 2011 | 26 February 2012 |
| Commodore Mohammad Nizamuddin Ahmed | 26 February 2012 | 11 March 2012 |
| Rear Admiral Mohammad Nizamuddin Ahmed | 12 March 2012 | 24 January 2016 |
| Commodore Zulfiqur Aziz | 24 January 2016 | 31 March 2016 |
| Rear Admiral Mohammad Khaled Iqbal | 31 March 2016 | 29 January 2018 |
| Commodore Zulfiqur Aziz | 29 January 2018 | 6 November 2018 |
| Rear Admiral Zulfiqur Aziz | 7 November 2018 | 12 April 2020 |
| Rear Admiral S.M Abul Kalam Azad | 12 April 2020 | 31 January 2021 |
| Rear Admiral M Shahjahan | 31 January 2021 | 2 May 2023 |
| Rear Admiral M Sohail | 2 May 2023 | 10 August 2024 |
| Rear Admiral S. M. Moniruzzaman | 11 August 2024 | |

## Gallery

* Entrance of Bandar Bhaban
* Chittagong Port Authority Circle