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List of ethnic minority officials in Bangladesh

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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 Portrait 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 1979 1982 Chakma
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti Chaithoai Roaza Chittagong Hill Tracts-2 1973 1976 Marma
BNP Raja Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury 1979 1982 Marma
Bandarban 1986 1991
JP(E) Binoy Kumar Dewan Rangamati 1986 1991 Chakma
AL Dipankar Talukdar 1991 February 1996 Jumma
June 1996 2001
2008 2014
2018 present
BNP Parijat Kusum Chakma February 1996 June 1996 Chakma
BNP Moni Swapan Dewan 2001 2008 Chakma
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti Ushatan Talukder 2014 2018 Chakma
AL Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing Bandarban 1991 February 1996 Marma
June 1996 present
BNP Saching Prue Jerry February 1996 June 1996 Marma
AL Kalparanjan Chakma Khagrachhari 1991 February 1996 Chakma
June 1996 2001
AL Jotindra Lal Tripura 2008 2014 Tripuri
AL Kujendra Lal Tripura 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
2001 11 May 2016 Garo
AL Jewel Areng 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

Portrait Name Office Year elected Year left Ethnicity
Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs 7 January 2019 Present Marma
Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board 1996 2002
State Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs 2014 2018
Dipankar Talukdar 2009 2014 Jumma
Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board December 2013 April 2021 Tripuri
Secretary of the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs 16 June 2011 18 February 2018
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 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
Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation February 1976 June 1978

References

  1. Kader, Rozina (2012). "Larma, Manabendra Narayan". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
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