# List of ethnic minority officials in Bangladesh

This list comprises persons who belong to an ethnic minority group who have been elected as members of the Jatiya Sangsad and other positions within the Government of Bangladesh.

## Members of Parliament

| Party | Name | Constituency | Year elected | Year left | Ethnicity |
| Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti | Manabendra Narayan Larma | Chittagong Hill Tracts-1 | 1973 | 1976 | Chakma |
| JSD | Upendra Lal Chakma | Chittagong Hill Tracts-1 | 1979 | 1982 | Chakma |
| Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti | Chaithoai Roaza | Chittagong Hill Tracts-2 | 1973 | 1976 | Marma |
| BNP | Raja Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury | Chittagong Hill Tracts-2 | 1979 | 1982 | Marma |
| BNP | Raja Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury | Bandarban | 1986 | 1991 | Marma |
| JP(E) | Binoy Kumar Dewan | Rangamati | 1986 | 1991 | Chakma |
| AL | Dipankar Talukdar | Rangamati | 1991 | February 1996 | Jumma |
| AL | Dipankar Talukdar | Rangamati | June 1996 | 2001 | Jumma |
| AL | Dipankar Talukdar | Rangamati | 2008 | 2014 | Jumma |
| AL | Dipankar Talukdar | Rangamati | 2018 | present | Jumma |
| BNP | Parijat Kusum Chakma | Rangamati | February 1996 | June 1996 | Chakma |
| BNP | Moni Swapan Dewan | Rangamati | 2001 | 2008 | Chakma |
| Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti | Ushatan Talukder | Rangamati | 2014 | 2018 | Chakma |
| AL | Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing | Bandarban | 1991 | February 1996 | Marma |
| AL | Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing | Bandarban | June 1996 | present | Marma |
| BNP | Saching Prue Jerry | Bandarban | February 1996 | June 1996 | Marma |
| AL | Kalparanjan Chakma | Khagrachhari | 1991 | February 1996 | Chakma |
| AL | Kalparanjan Chakma | Khagrachhari | June 1996 | 2001 | Chakma |
| AL | Jotindra Lal Tripura | Khagrachhari | 2008 | 2014 | Tripuri |
| AL | Kujendra Lal Tripura | Khagrachhari | 2014 | present | Tripuri |
| BNP | Ma Mya Ching | Reserved Women's Seat-30 | 1991 | June 1996 | Marma |
| BNP | Aye Thein Rakhaine | Reserved Women's Seat-30 | June 1996 | 2001 | Marma |
| AL | Ethinab Rakhain | Reserved Women's Seat-7 | 2008 | 2014 | Marma |
| AL | Basanti Chakma | Reserved Women's Seat-9 | 2018 | present | Chakma |
| AL | Promode Mankin | Mymensingh-1 | 1991 | 1996 | Garo |
| AL | Promode Mankin | Mymensingh-1 | 2001 | 11 May 2016 | Garo |
| AL | Jewel Areng | Mymensingh-1 | 11 May 2016 | present | Garo |

## Supreme Court

| Portrait | Name | Office | Year elected | Year left | Ethnicity |
| | Surendra Kumar Sinha | Chief Justice of Bangladesh | 17 January 2015 | 11 November 2017 | Bishnupriya Manipuri |
| | Bhabani Prasad Singha | Justice of the High Court Division | 12 December 2010 | July 2020 | Bishnupriya Manipuri |

## Government ministries

| Name | Office | Year elected | Year left | Ethnicity |
| Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing | Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs | 7 January 2019 | Present | Marma |
| Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing | Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board | 1996 | 2002 | Marma |
| Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing | State Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs | 2014 | 2018 | Marma |
| Dipankar Talukdar | State Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs | 2009 | 2014 | Jumma |
| Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura | Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board | December 2013 | April 2021 | Tripuri |
| Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura | Secretary of the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs | 16 June 2011 | 18 February 2018 | Tripuri |
| Kujendra Lal Tripura | Chairman of the Task Force on Rehabilitation of India-returnee Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons | 12 December 2017 | Present | Tripuri |
| Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma | Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council | Present | Present | Marma |
| Abdur Rahman Kashgari | Khatib of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque (Ministry of Religious Affairs) | 1963 | March 1971 | Uyghur |
| Amimul Ehsan Barkati | Khatib of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque (Ministry of Religious Affairs) | March 1971 | 27 October 1974 | Bihari |
| Promode Mankin | State Minister of Cultural Affairs | 31 July 2009 | 14 September 2012 | Garo |
| Dilip Barua | Minister of Industries | 5 January 2009 | 21 November 2013 | Barua |
| Benita Roy | Land Administration and Land Reforms | December 1975 | January 1976 | Chakma |
| Benita Roy | Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation | February 1976 | June 1978 | Chakma |