| Bengali:মুক্তিযুদ্ধ বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয় | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 23 October 2001; 24 years ago (23 October 2001)[1] |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Bangladesh |
| Headquarters | Bangladesh Secretariat,Dhaka |
| Annual budget | ৳7478crore (US$610 million) (2024-2025) |
| Adviser responsible | |
| Agency executive |
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| Child agencies | |
| Website | Official Website |
TheMinistry of Liberation War Affairs (Bengali:মুক্তিযুদ্ধ বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয়, abbreviated asMoLWA) is the ministry responsible for the preservation of war memorials and the welfare ofFreedom Fighters.[3]
In 2016, the Bangladeshi cabinet rejected a proposal of the ministry to raise the retirement age of freedom fighters.[4]Mozammel Haque called for a review of ties with Pakistan.[5]
| # | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| 1 | Redwan Ahmed রেদোয়ান আহমেদ MP forComilla-6 (State Minister) | 23 October 2001 | 22 May 2003 | 1 year, 211 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Khaleda II | Khaleda Zia | ||
| 2 | Professor Rezaul Karim Mannan রেজাউল করিম মান্নান MP forNarayanganj-3 (State Minister) | 22 May 2003 | 28 October 2006 | 3 years, 159 days | |||||
| 2 | Dhiraj Kumar Nath ধীরাজ কুমার নাথ (1945–2018) (Adviser) | 31 October 2006 | 11 January 2007 | 77 days | Independent | Iajuddin (Caretaker) | Iajuddin Ahmed (President and Chief Adviser) | ||
| 3 | Major General (Retd.) M. A. Matin মেজর জেনারেল (অব.) ম. অ. মতিন (Adviser) | 11 January 2007 | 6 January 2009 | 1 year, 361 days | Fakhruddin (Caretaker) | Fakhruddin Ahmed (Chief Adviser) | |||
| 4 | A. B. Tajul Islam এ. বি. তাজুল ইসলাম (born 1951) MP forBrahmanbaria-6 (State Minister) | 6 January 2009 | 21 November 2013 | 4 years, 319 days | Awami League | Hasina II | Sheikh Hasina | ||
| 5 | Shajahan Khan শাজাহান খান (born 1952) MP forMadaripur-2 | 21 November 2013 | 12 January 2014 | 52 days | |||||
| 6 | AKM Mozammel Haque আ. ক. ম. মোজাম্মেল হক (born 1946) MP forGazipur-1 | 12 January 2014 | 5 August 2024 | 10 years, 206 days | Hasina III | ||||
| Hasina IV | |||||||||
| Hasina V | |||||||||
| 7 | Faruk-e-Azam ফারুক-ই-আজম (Adviser) | 13 August 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 185 days | Independent | Yunus (Interim) | Muhammad Yunus | ||
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