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People's Republic of Bangladesh Adviser of Education
বাংলাদেশের শিক্ষা উপদেষ্টা
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Incumbent Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar since 05 March 2025
Ministry of Education
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	5 years or the chief adviser's pleasure
Formation	29 December 1971;54 years ago (29 December 1971)
First holder	Muhammad Yusuf Ali
Salary	৳245000 (US$2,000) per month (incl. allowances)
Website	www.moedu.gov.bd

The minister of education is the head of the Ministry of Education and one of the cabinet ministers of the government of Bangladesh.

List of ministers, advisers and state ministers

Political parties

•    Bangladesh Awami League
•    BaKSAL
•    Bangladesh Nationalist Party
•    Jatiya Party

Other factions

•    Independent
•    Military

No.	Portrait		Officeholder (birth–death) Constituency	Term of office			Designation	Ministry	Prime Minister/ Chief Adviser
				From [1]	To	Tenure
1			Muhammad Yusuf Ali (1923–1998)	29 December 1971	12 January 1972	3 years, 28 days	Minister	Mujib I		Tajuddin Ahmad
				13 January 1972	16 March 1973			Mujib II		Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
				16 March 1973	26 January 1975			Mujib III
2			Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury (1922–1978)	26 January 1975	15 August 1975	284 days	Minister	Mujib IV		Muhammad Mansur Ali
				15 August 1975	6 November 1975			Mostaq		Vacant
3			Ziaur Rahman (1936–1981)	10 November 1975	26 November 1975	16 days	Deputy Chief Martial Law Administrator	Sayem
4			Abul Fazal (1903–1983)	26 November 1975	22 June 1977	1 year, 208 days	Adviser	Sayem
5			Syed Ali Ahsan (1903–1983)	22 June 1977	29 June 1978	1 year, 7 days	Adviser
6			Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1939–2015)	4 July 1978	11 October 1978	99 days	Minister	Zia		Mashiur Rahman (Senior Minister)
7			Abdul Baten (born–?) MP for Patuakhali-4	11 October 1978	12 March 1979	285 days	Minister of State (M/C)
				12 March 1979	15 April 1979					Vacant
8			Shah Azizur Rahman (1925–1989) MP for Kushtia-3	15 April 1979	27 November 1981	2 years, 302 days	Prime Minister			Himself
				27 November 1981	11 February 1982			Sattar
9			Tafazzal Hossain Khan (1920–2022) MP for Mymensingh-1	11 February 1982	24 March 1982	41 days	Minister			Shah Azizur Rahman
10			A. Majeed Khan (1929–2023) MP for Mymensingh-1	26 May 1982	11 December 1983	2 years, 6 days	Adviser	Ershad		Vacant
				11 December 1983	1 June 1984		Minister
11			Shamsul Huda Chaudhury (1920–2000) MP for Mymensingh-5	1 June 1984	15 January 1985	228 days	Minister			Ataur Rahman Khan
				4 August 1985	16 February 1986	196 days
12			M. A. Matin (1932–2012) MP for Pabna-5	16 February 1986	23 March 1986	35 days	Minister			Vacant
13			A. K. M. Nurul Islam (1919–2015)	24 March 1986	25 May 1986	62 days	Minister
14			M. A. Matin (1932–2012) MP for Pabna-5	25 May 1986	9 July 1986	45 days	Minister
15			Momen Uddin Ahmed (born–?) MP for Khulna-5	9 July 1986	30 November 1986	144 days	Minister			Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
16			Mahbubur Rahman (born–1940) MP for Comilla-7	30 November 1986	27 March 1988	1 year, 118 days	Minister
17			Anisul Islam Mahmud (born–1947) MP for Chittagong-5	27 March 1988	10 December 1988	258 days	Minister			Moudud Ahmed
18			Sheikh Shahidul Islam (born–1948) MP for Madaripur-3	10 December 1988	2 May 1990	1 year, 143 days	Minister
19			Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1939–2015) MP for Comilla-12	2 May 1990	6 December 1990	218 days	Prime Minister			Himself
20			Zillur Rahman Siddiqui (1928–2014)	10 December 1990	16 March 1991	96 days	Adviser	Shahabuddin		Vacant
21			A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury (1930–2024) MP for Munshiganj-1	20 March 1991	19 September 1991	183 days	Minister	Khaleda I		Khaleda Zia
22			Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar (born–1931) MP for Panchagarh-1	19 September 1991	19 March 1996	4 years, 182 days
23			Rafiqul Islam Miah (born–1943) MP for Comilla-3	19 March 1996	30 March 1996	11 days		Khaleda II
24			Md. Shamsul Haque (?–?)	3 April 1996	23 June 1996	81 days	Adviser	Habibur		Muhammad Habibur Rahman
25			ASHK Sadek (1934–2007) MP for Jessore-6	23 June 1996	15 July 2001	5 years, 22 days	Minister	Hasina I		Sheikh Hasina
26			ASM Shahjahan (1941–2019)	16 July 2001	10 October 2001	86 days	Adviser	Latifur		Latifur Rahman
27			Osman Faruk (born–1940) MP for Kishoreganj-4	11 October 2001	28 October 2006	5 years, 17 days	Minister	Khaleda III		Khaleda Zia
28			Iajuddin Ahmed (1931–2012)	1 November 2006	11 January 2007	71 days	Chief Adviser & President	Iajuddin		Himself
29			Ayub Quadri (born–1946)	16 January 2007	26 December 2007	344 days	Adviser	Fakhruddin		Fakhruddin Ahmed
30			Hossain Zillur Rahman (born–1951)	10 January 2008	6 January 2009	362 days	Adviser
31			Nurul Islam Nahid (born–1945) MP for Sylhet-6	6 January 2009	12 January 2014	10 years, 1 day	Minister	Hasina II		Sheikh Hasina
				12 January 2014	7 January 2019			Hasina III
32			Dipu Moni (born–1965) MP for Chandpur-3	7 January 2019	11 January 2024	5 years, 4 days		Hasina IV
33			Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury (born–1983) MP for Chittagong-9	11 January 2024	5 August 2024	207 days		Hasina V
34			Muhammad Yunus (born–1940)	8 August 2024	16 August 2024	8 days	Chief Adviser	Yunus		Himself
35			Wahiduddin Mahmud (born–1948)	16 August 2024	5 March 2025	201 days	Adviser			Muhammad Yunus
36			Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar (born–1952)	5 March 2025	Incumbent	337 days

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