Second Khaleda ministry

The second Khaleda cabinet was the Government of Bangladesh during the 8th legislative session of the Jatiya Sangsad following the 2001 general election. The cabinet took office on 10 October 2001 and left office on 29 October 2006. The Prime Minister and head of the government was Khaleda Zia.^[1][2]

Second Khaleda Cabinet
15th Council of Ministers of Bangladesh
10 October 2001
Khaleda Zia
Date formed	10 October 2001 (2001-10-10)
Date dissolved	29 October 2006 (2006-10-29)
People and organisations
Head of government	Khaleda Zia
No. of ministers	28 Cabinet Ministers 28 State Ministers 4 Deputy Ministers
Total no. of members	60
Member party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
History
Legislature term(s)	8th Parliament
Predecessor	Latif
Successor	Iajuddin

Ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Prime Minister Ministry of Defence Armed Forces Division	Khaleda Zia	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Home Affairs	Altaf Hossain Chowdhury	10 October 2001	25 March 2004		BNP	^[3]
Ministry of Finance	Saifur Rahman	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Agriculture	Motiur Rahman Nizami	10 October 2001	22 May 2003		Jamaat-e-Islami
	M.K. Anwar	22 May 2003	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Social Welfare	Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		Jamaat-e-Islami
Ministry of Science and ICT	Abdul Moyeen Khan	11 March 2002	29 October 2006		BNP
Minister of Information	Abdul Moyeen Khan	10 October 2001	11 March 2002		BNP	^[1]
	Tariqul Islam	11 March 2002	6 May 2004		BNP	^[4]
	M Shamsul Islam	6 May 2004	29 October 2006		BNP	^[4]
Ministry of Labour and Employment	Abdullah Al Noman	10 October 2001	11 March 2002		BNP	^[1]
Ministry of Environment and Forest	Shajahan Siraj	10 October 2001	6 May 2004		BNP	^[4]
	Tariqul Islam	6 May 2004	29 October 2006		BNP	^[4]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury	10 October 2001	14 November 2001		BNP
	Morshed Khan	14 November 2001	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Industries	M.K. Anwar	10 October 2001	22 May 2003		BNP
	Motiur Rahman Nizami	22 May 2003	29 October 2006		Jamaat-e-Islami
Ministry of Women and Children Affairs	Khurshid Jahan	10 October 2001	14 June 2006		BNP	^[5]
Ministry of Housing and Public Works	Mirza Abbas	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP	^[6]
Ministry of LGRD	Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Communications	Nazmul Huda	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Water Resources	L. K. Siddiqi	10 October 2001	22 May 2003		BNP	^[7]
	Hafizuddin Ahmed	22 May 2003	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Shipping	Akbar Hossain	10 October 2001	25 June 2006		BNP	^[8]
Ministry of Textiles (defunct on 6 May 2004)	Abdul Matin Chowdhury	10 October 2001	6 May 2004		BNP	^[4]
Ministry of Textiles and Jute	Shajahan Siraj	6 May 2004	29 October 2006		BNP	^[4]
Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs	Moudud Ahmed	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare	Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Commerce	Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury	10 October 2001	24 March 2004		BNP	^[9]
	Altaf Hossain Chowdhury	25 March 2004	24 April 2006		BNP	^[10]
	Hafizuddin Ahmed	24 April 2006	29 October 2006		BNP	^[10]
Ministry of Education	Osman Faruk	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP	^[6]
Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock	Sadeque Hossain Khoka	10 October 2001	22 May 2003		BNP	^[7]
	Abdullah Al Noman	6 May 2004	29 October 2006		BNP	^[4]
Ministry of Land	M Shamsul Islam	10 October 2001	6 May 2004		BNP	^[4]
Ministry of Food (defunct on 6 May 2004)	Tariqul Islam	10 October 2001	11 March 2002		BNP	^[1]
	Abdullah Al Noman	11 March 2002	6 May 2004		BNP	^[1]^[4]
Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (defunct on 6 May 2004)	Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf	10 October 2001	6 May 2004		BNP	^[4]
Ministry of Food and Disaster Management	Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf	6 May 2004	29 October 2006		BNP	^[4]

State Ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Ministry of Agriculture	Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir	10 October 2001	18 November 2005		BNP
	Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku	21 May 2006	29 October 2006		BNP	^[11]
Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism	Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin	10 October 2001	17 November 2005		BNP
	Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir	17 November 2005	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Commerce	Barkat Ullah Bulu	10 October 2001	23 May 2003		BNP	^[7]
Ministry of Communications	Salahuddin Ahmed	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Cultural Affairs	Selima Rahman	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief	Ebadur Rahman Chowdhury	10 October 2001	23 May 2003		BNP	^[7]
Ministry of Education	A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources	A. K. M. Mosharraf Hossain	10 October 2001	18 June 2005		BNP	^[12]
Ministry of Environment and Forest	Jafrul Islam Chowdhury	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment	Mohammad Quamrul Islam	20 December 2001	9 July 2006		BNP	^[13]
	Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad	9 July 2006	29 October 2006		BNP	^[13]
Ministry of Finance	Shah M. Abul Hussain	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock	Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan	22 May 2003	6 May 2004		BNP	^[4]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Reaz Rahman	10 October 2001	24 March 2004		BNP	^[3]
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare	Rezaul Karim	10 October 2001	9 December 2001		BNP
	Amanullah Aman	9 December 2001	22 May 2003		BNP
	Mizanur Rahman Sinha	22 May 2003	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Home Affairs	Lutfozzaman Babar	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Housing and Public Works	Alamgir Kabir	10 October 2001	15 May 2006		BNP	^[14]
Ministry of Industries	Rezaul Karim	9 December 2001	22 May 2006		BNP
Ministry of Jute (defunct on 6 May 2004)	Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad	22 May 2003	6 May 2004		BNP	^[4]
Ministry of Labour and Employment	Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad	11 March 2002	22 May 2003		BNP	^[1]
	Amanullah Aman	22 May 2003	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Land	Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan	6 May 2004	29 October 2006		BNP	^[4]
Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs	Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan	10 October 2001	7 April 2003		BNP
	Shahjahan Omar	7 April 2003	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of LGRD	Ziaul Haque Zia	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Liberation War Affairs	Redwan Ahmed	23 October 2001	22 May 2003		BNP
Ministry of NGO Affairs	Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad	6 May 2004	9 July 2006		BNP	^[4]^[13]
Ministry of Planning	Anwarul Kabir Talukdar	10 October 2001	20 May 2006		BNP
Ministry of Post and Telecommunication	Ehsanul Haque Mollah	10 October 2001	23 May 2003		BNP	^[7]
Ministry of Power	Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku	10 October 2001	20 May 2006		BNP	^[11]
	Anwarul Kabir Talukdar	20 May 2006	29 September 2006		BNP	^[11]
	Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan	4 October 2006	29 October 2006		BNP	^[15]
Ministry of Religious Affairs	Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP	^[16]
Ministry of Science and Technology	Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad	10 October 2001	11 March 2002		BNP	^[1]
Ministry of Shipping	Mohammad Quamrul Islam	9 July 2006	29 October 2006		BNP	^[13]
Ministry of Water Resources	Gautam Chakroborty	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP
Ministry of Women and Children Affairs	Alamgir Kabir	15 May 2006	29 October 2006		BNP	^[14]
Ministry of Youth and Sports	Fazlur Rahman Potol	10 October 2001	29 October 2006		BNP

Deputy Ministers

The following table is the list of Deputy Ministers.

Portfolio	Deputy Minister	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs	Moni Swapan Dewan	10 October 2001	29 October 2006	BNP
Jamuna Bridge Division	Asadul Habib Dulu	10 October 2001	3 February 2002	BNP
Ministry of Communications	Asadul Habib Dulu	3 February 2002	22 May 2003	BNP
Ministry of Food and Disaster Management	Asadul Habib Dulu	22 May 2003	29 October 2006	BNP
Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives	Ruhul Quddus Talukdar	10 October 2001	22 May 2003	BNP
Ministry of Land	Ruhul Quddus Talukdar	22 May 2003	29 October 2006	BNP
Ministry of Education	Abdus Salam Pintu	10 October 2001	22 May 2003	BNP^[17]
Ministry of Industries	Abdus Salam Pintu	22 May 2003	13 March 2006	BNP
Ministry of Information	Abdus Salam Pintu	13 March 2006	29 October 2006	BNP

Shuffles

• 14 November 2001
  • Morshed Khan became the minister of the foreign affairs.
• 11 March 2002^[1]
  • Tariqul Islam was transferred from the food ministry to the information ministry.
  • Abdul Moyeen Khan was transferred from the information ministry to the ministry of science and ICT.
  • Abdullah Al Noman was transferred from the labour and employment ministry to the food ministry.
  • Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad became the state minister of labour and employment.
• 22 May 2003^[7]
  • Seven ministers were removed:
    • Water Resources Minister L. K. Siddiqi
    • Fisheries and Livestock Minister Sadeque Hossain Khoka,
    • Minister without Portfolio Harunur Rashid Khan Monno
    • State Minister for Liberation War Affairs Redwan Ahmed
    • State Minister for Commerce Barkat Ullah Bulu
    • State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Ebadur Rahman Chowdhury
    • State Minister for Post and Telecommunication Ehsanul Haque Mollah.
  • The 60-member cabinet downsized to 53.^[4]
• 25 March 2004^[3]
  • Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury is removed from the commerce minister position.
  • Reaz Rahman is removed from the state minister for foreign affairs position.
  • Altaf Hossain Chowdhury was transferred from the home affairs ministry to the commerce ministry.
• 6 May 2004^[4]
  • The ministries of jute and textiles merged into the Ministry of Textiles and Jute.
  • The ministries of food and disaster management and relief ministries merged to form the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management.
  • Abdul Matin Chowdhury was removed from the textiles ministry.
  • Tariqul Islam was transferred from information ministry to the environment and forest ministry.
  • M Shamsul Islam was transferred from the land ministry to the information ministry.
  • Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf was transferred from disaster management and relief to the food and disaster management ministry.
  • Abdullah Al Noman was transferred from the food ministry to the fisheries and livestock ministry.
  • Shajahan Siraj was transferred from the environment and forest ministry to the textiles and jute ministry.
  • Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad was transferred from the state ministry of jute to the NGO affairs ministry.
  • Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan was transferred from the state ministry of the fisheries and livestock to the state ministry of land.
• 18 June 2005^[12]
  • A. K. M. Mosharraf Hossain resigned from the position of State Minister for Energy.
• 24 April 2006^[10]
  • Altaf Hossain Chowdhury was removed from commerce ministry.
  • Hafizuddin Ahmed took charge of commerce ministry along with the water resource ministry.
• 15 May 2006^[14]
  • Alamgir Kabir was moved from being the state minister of housing and public works to the state minister for woman and children affairs.
• 20 May 2006^[11]
  • Former state minister for power Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku became the state minister of the agriculture.
  • Former state minister for finance and planning Anwarul Kabir Talukdar became the state minister for power.
• 9 July 2006^[13]
  • Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad was transferred from the state minister of NGO affairs position to the expatriates welfare and overseas employment.
  • Mohammad Quamrul Islam was transferred from the state minister of expatriates welfare and overseas employment position to the state minister for shipping position.
• 29 September 2006^[18]
  • State minister for power Anwarul Kabir Talukdar was removed from the post.
• 4 October 2006^[15]
  • Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan became the state minister of power, along with being the state minister of land.

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