People's Republic of Bangladesh Minister of Defence
বাংলাদেশের প্রতিরক্ষামন্ত্রী
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Incumbent Tarique Rahman since 17 February 2026
Ministry of Defence
Style	The Honourable (formal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Type	Cabinet Minister
Status	Minister
Member of	Cabinet
Reports to	President
Seat	Bangladesh Secretariat
Nominator	Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Appointer	President of Bangladesh
Term length	until the next general election is held and a new Prime Minister takes office
Formation	18 December 1971;54 years ago (18 December 1971)
Salary	৳245000 (US$2,000) per month (incl. allowances)
Website	mod.gov.bd

The defence minister of Bangladesh heads the Ministry of Defence of the Government of Bangladesh. The post is usually held by the Prime Minister , who also serves as the president's second-in-command of the military. The MoD exercises supreme command authority over the Bangladesh Armed Forces. ^[1]

Contents

• Organisational structure
• List of Ministers, Advisers and State Ministers
• Agencies and departments under the Ministry of Defence
• References

Organisational structure

Parliament is constitutionally responsible for working with the president and the service chiefs in ensuring the nation's defence. In practice, however, members of Parliament have never played a significant role in either national defence planning or defence budgeting, the defence secretary does. ^[2]

List of Ministers, Advisers and State Ministers

Political parties

•    Bangladesh Awami League
•    Bangladesh Nationalist Party
•    Jatiya Party (Ershad)

Other factions

•    Independent

No.	Portrait		Officeholder (birth–death) Constituency	Term of office			Designation	Ministry
				From	To	Period
1			Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975)	10 April 1971	15 August 1975	4 years, 127 days	President & Minister	Mujib I–II–III–IV
2			Ziaur Rahman (1936–1981)	21 April 1977	30 May 1981	4 years, 39 days	President	Zia
3			Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930–2019)	24 March 1982	6 December 1990	8 years, 257 days	President	Ershad
4			Khaleda Zia (born 1945) MP for Feni-1	20 March 1991	30 March 1996	5 years, 10 days	Prime Minister	Khaleda I–II
5			Sheikh Hasina (born 1947) MP for Gopalganj-3	23 June 1996	15 July 2001	5 years, 22 days	Prime Minister	Hasina I
6			Khaleda Zia (born 1945) MP for Bogra-6	10 October 2001	29 October 2006	5 years, 19 days	Prime Minister	Khaleda III
7			Fakhruddin Ahmed (born 1940)	12 January 2007	6 January 2009	1 year, 360 days	Chief Adviser	Fakhruddin
8			Sheikh Hasina (born 1947) MP for Gopalganj-3	6 January 2009	5 August 2024	15 years, 212 days	Prime Minister	Hasina II–III–IV–V
9			Muhammad Yunus (born 1940)	8 August 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 206 days	Chief Adviser	Yunus

Agencies and departments under the Ministry of Defence

The list of agencies and departments under the Ministry of Defence of Bangladesh are given below: ^[3]

References

This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Country Studies. Federal Research Division.