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People's Republic of Bangladesh Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
স্থানীয় সরকার, পল্লী উন্নয়ন ও সমবায় মন্ত্রী
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Incumbent Asif Mahmud since 10 November 2024
Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
Style	The Honourable (formal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Type	Cabinet Minister
Status	Adviser
Member of	Cabinet Advisory Council
Reports to	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 March 1991; 33 years ago (20 March 1991)
First holder	Abdus Salam Talukder
Salary	৳245000 (US$2,000) per month (incl. allowances)
Website	lgd.gov.bd rdcd.gov.bd

Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives is minister in charge of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives, Government of Bangladesh. He is also the minister of all departments and agencies under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives.

Ministers

No.		Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Head of government
				From	To	Period
Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
	1		Abdus Salam Talukder (1936–1999) MP for Jamalpur-4	20 March 1991	30 March 1996	5 years, 10 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	Khaleda I		Khaleda Zia
	C1		Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed (1932–2003) Adviser	31 March 1996	23 June 1996	84 days	Independent	Latifur (Caretaker)		Habibur Rahman (Caretaker)
	2		Zillur Rahman (1929–2013) MP for Kishoreganj-7	23 January 1996	15 July 2001	5 years, 173 days	Awami League	Hasina I		Sheikh Hasina
	C2		Bimalendu Bikash Roy Chowdhury (1935–2005) Adviser	15 July 2001	10 October 2001	87 days	Independent	Latifur (Caretaker)		Latifur Rahman (Caretaker)
	3		Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan (1943–2020) MP for Narsingdi-3	10 October 2001	28 October 2006	5 years, 18 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	Khaleda II		Khaleda Zia
	C3		Inspector General of Police (Retd) M. Azizul Haq Adviser	26 October 2006	11 January 2007	77 days	Independent	Iajuddin (Caretaker)		Iajuddin Ahmed President/Chief Adviser
	C4		Inspector General of Police (Retd) Anwarul Iqbal (1950–2015) Adviser	12 January 2007	6 January 2009	1 year, 360 days		Fakhruddin (Caretaker)		Fakhruddin Ahmed President/Chief Adviser
	5		Sayed Ashraful Islam (1952–2019) MP for Kishoreganj-1	6 January 2009	14 January 2014	6 years, 184 days	Awami League	Hasina II		Sheikh Hasina
				14 January 2014	9 July 2015			Hasina III
	6		Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain (born 1942) MP for Faridpur-3	9 July 2015	7 January 2019	3 years, 182 days
	7		Md Tazul Islam (born 1955) MP for Comilla-9	7 January 2019	19 May 2019	132 days		Hasina IV
Minister for Local Government Division				19 May 2019	10 January 2024	4 years, 236 days
	(7A)		Md Tazul Islam (born 1955) MP for Comilla-9
Minister for Rural Development and Co-operatives Division
	7B		Swapan Bhattacharjee (born 1952) MP for Jessore-5 (State Minister)
Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
	(7)		Md Tazul Islam (born 1955) MP for Comilla-9	11 January 2024	9 August 2024	211 days	Awami League	Hasina V		Sheikh Hasina
	C5		A. F. Hassan Ariff (born 1941) Adviser	9 August 2024	10 November 2024	93 days	Independent	Yunus		Muhammad Yunus
	C6		Asif Mahmud (born 1998) Adviser	10 November 2024	Incumbent	40 days

References

1. "Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and Co-operative". lgd.gov.bd.

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