Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism

Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
বেসামরিক বিমান পরিবহন ও পর্যটন মন্ত্রী
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Incumbent CA Muhammad Yunus since 8 August 2024
Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism Government of Bangladesh
Style	The Honourable (official)
Status	Adviser
Member of	Advisory Council
Reports to	President Chief Adviser
Seat	Bangladesh Secretariat
Nominator	Chief Adviser of Bangladesh
Appointer	President of Bangladesh on the advice of the Chief Adviser
Term length	Interim or Chief Adviser's pleasures
Formation	20 August 1975
First holder	Kazi Anwarul Haque
Salary	৳195000 (US$1,600) per month ৳2340000 (US$20,000) per year (incl. allowances)
Website	mocat.gov.bd

The Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism is the minister in charge of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism in the Government of Bangladesh. He is also the minister of all departments and agencies under the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism. In September 1962, a department called Biman Paribahan was formed. A separate ministry, the Ministry of Shipping, Inland Water Transport and Tourism, was later formed, but in January 1986, the ministry was transformed into a division of the Ministry of Communications. In December 1986, a ministry called the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism was created.

History

On 24 March 1972, it was transformed into a single division under the Ministry of Defense. On 8 July 1986, the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism was re-established as an independent ministry. Listed here are all the ministers, advisors, state ministers and deputy ministers.

Office holders

No.	Image	Name	Post	Start	End
1		Shah Moazzem Hossain	State Minister	20 August 1975	9 November 1975
2		Muhammad Ghulam Tawab	DMLA	9 November 1975	1 May 1976
3		Khademul Bashar	Chief of Air Staff	3 May 1976	5 September 1976
4		Abdul Gafoor Mahmud	Chief of Air Staff	6 September 1976	3 July 1978
5		Kazi Anwarul Haque	Minister	4 July 1978	14 July 1979
6		M.A. Matin	Minister	15 July 1979	22 August 1979
7		Kazi Anwarul Haque	Minister	23 August 1979	24 April 1980
8		KM Obaidur Rahman	Minister	25 April 1980	26 November 1981
9		AKM Maidul Islam	Minister	27 November 1981	18 January 1985
10		A. R. Yusuf	Minister	19 January 1985	11 October 1985
11		Shafiqul Gani Swapan	State Minister	12 October 1985	22 October 1986
12		Shafiqul Gani Swapan	Minister	23 October 1986	29 November 1986
13		A Sattar	State Minister	30 November 1986	26 March 1988
14		A Sattar	Minister	27 March 1988	9 December 1988
15		Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu	Minister	10 December 1988	19 June 1989
16		Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu	Minister	20 June 1989	18 July 1989
17		HMA Gaffar	Minister	19 July 1989	9 October 1990
18		Rafiqul Islam	Advisor	10 October 1990	19 March 1991
19		Abdul Mannan	State Minister	20 March 1991	9 January 1995
20				10 January 1995	19 August 1995
21		Syed Manzur Elahi	Advisor	20 August 1995	22 June 1996
22		Sheikh Hasina	Advisor	23 June 1996	28 January 1997
23		Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir	State Minister	29 January 1997	30 December 1997
24		Mosharraf Hossain	Minister	31 December 1997	15 July 2001
25		Sayed Ashraful Islam	State Minister	6 January 2001	15 July 2001
26		Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed	Advisor	16 July 2001	10 October 2001
27		Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin	State Minister	11 October 2001	17 November 2005
28		Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir	State Minister	18 November 2005	27 October 2006
29		M. Azizul Haq	Advisor	31 October 2006	11 January 2007
30		M. A. Matin	Advisor	14 January 2007	10 January 2008
31		Mahbub Jamil	Special Assistant	21 January 2008	6 January 2009
32		GM Quader	Minister	7 January 2009	7 December 2011
33		Faruk Khan	Minister	7 December 2011	21 November 2013
34		A.B.M. Ruhul Amin Howlader	Minister	24 November 2013	12 January 2014
35		Rashed Khan Menon	Minister	12 January 2014	3 January 2018
36		A.K.M. Shahjahan Kamal	Minister	3 January 2018	6 January 2019
37		Md. Mahbub Ali	State Minister	7 January 2019	11 January 2024
38		Faruk Khan	Minister	11 January 2024	incumbent