People's Republic of Bangladesh
Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
Bengali: পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয়
(Pārbatya caṭṭagrāma biṣaẏaka mantraṇālaẏa)
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Agency overview
Formed15 July 1998
JurisdictionGovernment of Bangladesh
HeadquartersBangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka[1]
Minister responsible
Agency executive
Websitemochta.gov.bd

The Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs (Bengali: পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয়; Pārbatya caṭṭagrāma biṣaẏaka mantraṇālaẏa) is the government ministry of Bangladesh responsible for Chittagong Hill Tracts.[2] The Chittagong Hill Tracts have been inhabited by various ethnic groups and non-tribal people for ages. While the non-Bengali ethnic groups possess cultural distinctiveness, they are also an integral part of the original population. Since independence, the government of Bangladesh has been adopting and implementing various development projects for the overall development of the region. An agreement was executed on December 2, 1997 between the National Committee for Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Chittagong Hill Tracts People's Association. According to the terms of the agreement, the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs was formed on July 15, 1998.[3]

Directorates

Ministers

# Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death) 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1 Kalparanjan Chakma
(1922–2018)
MP for Khagrachhari 		1 January
1998 		15 July
2001 		3 years, 195 days Bangladesh Awami League Hasina I Sheikh Hasina
2 Latifur Rahman
(1936–2017)
(Chief Advisor) 		15 July
2001 		10 October
2001 		87 days Independent Latifur
(Caretaker) 		Self
3 Moni Swapan Dewan
(born 1954)
MP for Rangamati
(Deputy Minister) 		10 October
2001 		29 October
2006 		5 years, 19 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party Khaleda II Khaleda Zia
4 Lieutenant General (Retd.)
Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury
(born 1948)
(Advisor) 		29 October
2006 		11 January
2007 		74 days Independent Iajuddin
(Caretaker) 		Iajuddin Ahmed
5 Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury
(born 1946)
(Advisor) 		11 January
2007 		8 January
2008 		362 days Independent Fakhruddin Fakhruddin Ahmed
6 Fakhruddin Ahmed
(born 1940
(Chief Advisor) 		8 January
2008 		6 January
2009 		364 days
7 Dipankar Talukdar
(born 1952)
MP for Rangamati
(State Minister) 		6 January
2009 		24 January
2014 		5 years, 18 days Bangladesh Awami League Hasina II Sheikh Hasina
8 Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing
(born 1960)
MP for Bandarban
(State Minister until 9 January 2019) 		24 January
2014 		9 January
2024 		9 years, 350 days Hasina III
Hasina IV
9 Kujendra Lal Tripura
(born 1963)
MP for Khagrachhari
(State Minister) 		11 January
2024 		Incumbent 29 days Hasina V

References

  1. ^ "List of Ministries and Divisions". cabinet.gov.bd.
  2. ^ "Ministry of Chittagong Hills Tracts Affairs". mochta.gov.bd.
  3. ^ "Ministry of Chittagong Hills Tracts Affairs (মন্ত্রণালয়ের-পটভূমি)". mochta.gov.bd.



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