The Ziaur Rahman ministry was the second democratically elected Council of Ministers of Bangladesh, during the 2nd legislative session of the Jatiya Sangsad. It was initially formed with members of a provisional council of ministers on 29 June 1978, and with members elected to the reconvened parliament the following year on 15 April, a few days after the martial law promulgated since the August 1975 coup was finally withdrawn following a general election in February 1979. The ministry served under the directly elected President Ziaur Rahman and, after his assassination, his acting president Abdus Sattar. It was dissolved by Sattar after he won the snap 1981 presidential election in November and declared a new council of ministers.
Members The following lists the president(s), the vice-president(s) and the special assistant(s) to the president:
Cabinet ministers Provisional council
Elected council ImageNameStatusTerm startTerm endShah Azizur RahmanPrime Minister15 April 1979 27 November 1981Jamal Uddin AhmadDeputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh15 April 1979 27 November 1981S. A. BariDeputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh23 August 197927 November 1981Muhammad Shamsul HuqMinister of Foreign Affairs29 June 1978 27 November 1981Abdul Momen KhanMinister of Food29 June 1978 27 November 1981M Majidul HuqMinister of EstablishmentAbdul Halim ChowdhuryMinister of Local Government, Rural Development and CooperativeAbu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur RahmanMinister of Home Affairs6 July 197827 November 1981Ziaur RahmanMinister of Finance29 June 197814 April 1979Mirza Nurul Huda15 April 1979 24 April 1980Saifur Rahman25 April 198027 November 1981BM AbbasMinister of Water Resources29 June 197814 April 1979Moudud Ahmed15 April 1979 2 January 1980Kazi Anwarul Haque2 January 198027 November 1981Habib Ullah KhanMinister of Information and Broadcasting4 July 197825 April 1980Shamsul Huda Chaudhury25 April 198027 November 1981Nurul HuqMinister of Ports Shipping and IWT4 July 197827 November 1981AKM Azizul HaqueMinister of Agriculture29 June 197813 April 1979Nurul Islam Shishu15 April 197920 June 1981Amirul Islam Kalam13 July 198127 November 1981Kazi Anwarul HaqueMinister of Civil Aviation and Tourism4 July 197814 July 1979Mohammed Abdul Matin15 July 1979 22 August 1979Kazi Anwarul Haque23 August 197924 April 1980KM Obaidur Rahman25 April 198026 November 1981Mashiur RahmanMinistry of Road Transport and Bridges4 July 197813 March 1979SM Shafiul Azam15 March 197915 April 1979Abdul Alim15 April 197927 November 1981Habib Ullah KhanMinister of Jute30 May 1981 27 November 1981Abdur Rahman BiswasMinister of Religious AffairsBM AbbasMinister for Petroleum and Mineral Resources4 July 197815 April 1979A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan4 July 197819 October 1978Akbar Hossain19 October 197815 April 1979Nurul Huq7 April 1979 15 April 1979Moudud Ahmed15 April 1979 2 January 1980Kazi Anwarul Haque2 January 198027 November 1981Mirza Nurul HudaMinister of Planning29 June 197815 April 1979Fashiuddin Mahtab15 April 197927 November 1981M. A. MatinMinister of Youth DevelopmentRasaraj MandalMinister of relief and Rehabilitation4 July 19786 April 1979Emran Ali Sarkar6 April 19796 August 1979Moudud AhmedMinister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology4 July 197815 April 1979AKM Maidul Islam15 April 197927 November 1981Md. Reazuddin AhmedMinister of Labour and Labour Welfare27 August 197927 November 1981Muhammad Yusuf AliMinister of TextilesMohammed Abdul MatinMinister of Health and Family Welfare13 April 19786 April 1981Kazi Zafar AhmedMinister of Education4 July 197811 October 1978Shah Azizur Rahman15 April 197927 November 1981Abdur RahmanMinister of Housing and Public Works4 July 197825 April 1980Saifur RahmanMinister of Commerce29 June 197830 April 1980Jamal Uddin AhmadMinister of Industries29 June 1978 27 November 1981
State ministers Provisional council Elected council ImageNamePositionTook officeLeft officeAbdul BatenState Minister of Education11 October 197815 April 1979Abu Ahmad Fazlul KarimState Minister of Health and Family Welfare15 April 197925 April 19806 April 198113 July 1981R. A. GhaniState Minister of Science and TechnologySunil Kumar GuptaState Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources15 April 197925 April 1980Iqbal MahmudState Minister of Agriculture and Forestry19791981Dr. Abul QuasemState Minister for Youth Development197923 November 1981Aung Shwe Prue ChowdhuryState Minister of FoodTaslima AbedState Minister of Women Affairs24 November 198127 November 1981Mohammad IsmailState Minister of Land Administration and Land ReformsChowdhury Tanbir Ahmed SiddikyState Minister of Commerce1 May 198031 May 1980L. K. SiddiqiState Minister of Power, Water Resources & Flood Control25 April 198027 November 1981AftabuzzamanState Minister of Fisheries and LivestockSirajul Haque MontuState Minister of TextilesAmirul Islam KamalState Minister of Culture and SportsMuhammad Jamiruddin SircarState Minister of Public Works and Urban Development6 April 198127 November 1981Abdus Salam TalukderState Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs24 November 197927 November 1981Syed Mahibul HasanState Minister of Human Resources Development and Social Welfare24 November 198127 November 1981
Deputy ministers
Provisional council Elected council ImageNamePositionTook officeLeft officeBegum Kamrun Nahar JafarDeputy Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and CooperativeProfessor Abdus SalamDeputy Minister of Home Affairs24 November 197927 November 1981Zafar ImamDeputy Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation25 April 198027 November 1981Iqbal Hossain ChowdhuryDeputy Minister of FoodMabud Fatema KabirDeputy Minister of Health and Population Control15 April 197930 May 1981
Advisers
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