The new cabinet led by Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has taken oath of office with 25 full ministers and 11 state ministers.
President Md Shahabuddin administered the oath of office to the Prime Minister and other cabinet members separately at Bangabhaban at 7 pm on Thursday. After the oath, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina distributed the ministries among them. The ministers and state ministers in charge of the new cabinet and their ministries are as follows:
AKM Mozammel Haque – Liberation War Affairs
Obaidul Quader - Road Transport and Bridges
Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali – Ministry of Finance
Anisul Huq – Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun - Ministry of Industries
Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal – Ministry of Home Affairs
Md. Tajul Islam - Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives
Muhammad Faruk Khan – Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism
Mohammad Hasan Mahmud - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dipu Moni – Ministry of Social Welfare
Sadhan Chandra Majumder – Ministry of Food
Abdus Salam – Ministry of Planning
Md. Faridul Haque Khan – Ministry of Religious Affairs
R.A.M Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury - Ministry of Housing and Public Works
Narayan Chandra Chanda - Ministry of Land
Jahangir Kabir Nanak – Ministry of Textiles and Jute
Md. Abdur Rahman – Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock
Md. Abdus Shahid – Ministry of Agriculture
Yeafesh Osman – Ministry of Science and Technology
Samanta Lal Sen – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Md. Zillul Hakim – Ministry of Railways
Farhad Hossain – Ministry of Public Administration
Nazmul Hasan Papon – Ministry of Youth and Sports
Saber Hossain Chowdhury – Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel - Ministry of Education
Those to serve as State Ministers
Nasrul Hamid – Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources
Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury – Ministry of Shipping
Zunaid Ahmed Palak – Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology
Zahid Farooq – Ministry of Water Resources
Simeen Hossain (Rimi) - Ministry of Women and Children Affairs
Kujendra Lal Tripura – Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
Mohibbur Rahman – Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief
Mohammad Ali Arafat – Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury – Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment
Rumana Ali – Ministry of Primary and Mass Education
Ahsanul Islam (Titu) - Ministry of Commerce
For the first time, seven ministers and seven state ministers have been included in the cabinet of the newly elected government. All together there are 37 members of the new cabinet, including prime minister Sheikh Hasina.