# Minister of Education (Bangladesh)

The Minister of Education is the head of the Ministry of Education and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of Bangladesh.

## List of ministers

| No. | Name | Designation | Took office | Left office | Head of Cabinet |
| 1 | Muhammad Yusuf Ali | Minister | 29 December 1971 | 26 January 1975 | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| 2 | Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury | Minister | 26 January 1975 | | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| 2 | Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury | Minister | 26 January 1975 | 6 November 1975 | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| 2 | Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury | Minister | 26 January 1975 | 6 November 1975 | Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad |
| 3 | Ziaur Rahman | Chief of Army | 10 November 1975 | 26 November 1975 | Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem |
| 4 | Abul Fazal | Adviser | 26 November 1975 | 22 June 1977 | Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem |
| 4 | Abul Fazal | Adviser | 26 November 1975 | | Shah Azizur Rahman |
| 5 | Syed Ali Ahsan | Adviser | 22 June 1977 | 29 June 1978 | Shah Azizur Rahman |
| 6 | Kazi Zafar Ahmed | Minister | 4 July 1978 | 11 October 1978 | Shah Azizur Rahman |
| 7 | Abdul Baten | State Minister | 11 October 1978 | 15 April 1979 | Shah Azizur Rahman |
| 8 | Shah Azizur Rahman | Prime Minister | 15 April 1979 | 11 February 1982 | Shah Azizur Rahman |
| 9 | Tafazzal Hossain Khan | Minister | 11 February 1982 | 24 March 1982 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| 10 | Abdul Majid Khan | Adviser | 26 May 1982 | 11 December 1983 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| 11 | Abdul Majid Khan | Minister | 11 December 1983 | 1 June 1984 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| 12 | Shamsul Huda Chaudhury | Minister | 1 June 1984 | 15 January 1985 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| 13 | Shamsul Huda Chaudhury | Minister | 4 August 1985 | 16 February 1986 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| 14 | M. A. Matin | Minister | 16 February 1986 | 23 March 1986 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| 15 | A. K. M. Nurul Islam | Minister | 24 March 1986 | 25 May 1986 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| 16 | M. A. Matin | Minister | 25 May 1986 | 9 July 1986 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| 17 | Momen Uddin Ahmed | Minister | 9 July 1986 | 30 November 1986 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| 18 | Mahbubur Rahman | Minister | 30 November 1986 | 27 March 1988 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| 19 | Anisul Islam Mahmud | Minister | 27 March 1988 | 10 December 1988 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| 20 | Sheikh Shahidul Islam | Minister | 10 December 1988 | 2 May 1990 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| 21 | Kazi Zafar Ahmed | Prime Minister | 2 May 1990 | 6 December 1990 | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| 22 | Zillur Rahman Siddiqui | Adviser | 10 December 1990 | 16 March 1991 | Shahabuddin Ahmed |
| 23 | A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury | Minister | 20 March 1991 | 19 September 1991 | Khaleda Zia |
| 24 | Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar | Minister | 19 September 1991 | 19 March 1996 | Khaleda Zia |
| 25 | Rafiqul Islam Miah | Minister | 19 March 1996 | 30 March 1996 | Khaleda Zia |
| 26 | Md. Shamsul Haque | Adviser | 3 April 1996 | 23 June 1996 | Muhammad Habibur Rahman |
| 27 | ASHK Sadek | Minister | 23 June 1996 | 15 July 2001 | Sheikh Hasina |
| 28 | ASM Shahjahan | Adviser | 16 July 2001 | 10 October 2001 | Latifur Rahman |
| 29 | Osman Faruk | Minister | 11 October 2001 | 28 October 2006 | Khaleda Zia |
| 30 | Iajuddin Ahmed | Chief Advisor | 1 November 2006 | 11 January 2007 | Iajuddin Ahmed |
| 31 | Ayub Quadri | Adviser | 16 January 2007 | 26 December 2007 | Fakhruddin Ahmed |
| 32 | Hossain Zillur Rahman | Adviser | 10 January 2008 | 6 January 2009 | Fakhruddin Ahmed |
| 33 | Nurul Islam Nahid | Minister | 6 January 2009 | 7 January 2019 | Sheikh Hasina |
| 34 | Dipu Moni | Minister | 7 January 2019 | 11 January 2024 | Sheikh Hasina |
| 35 | Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury | Minister | 11 January 2024 | 5 August 2024 | Sheikh Hasina |
| 36 | Wahiduddin Mahmud | Adviser | 16 August 2024 | Present | Muhammad Yunus |