List of ethnic minority officials in Bangladesh

This list comprises persons who belong to an ethnic minority group who have been elected as members of the Jatiya Sangsad and other positions within the Government of Bangladesh.

Members of Parliament Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Ethnicity Manabendra Narayan Larma Chittagong Hill Tracts-1 1973 1976Chakma Upendra Lal Chakma 1979 1982 Chaithoai Roaza Chittagong Hill Tracts-2 1973 1976Marma Raja Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury 1979 1982 Bandarban 1986 1991 Binoy Kumar Dewan Rangamati 1986 1991Chakma Dipankar Talukdar 1991 February 1996 Jumma June 1996 2001 2008 2014 2018 2024 Parijat Kusum Chakma February 1996 June 1996Chakma Moni Swapan Dewan 2001 2008 Ushatan Talukder 2014 2018Dipen Dewan2026present Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing Bandarban 1991 February 1996 Marma June 1996 2024 Saching Prue Jerry February 1996 June 19962026present Kalparanjan Chakma Khagrachhari 1991 February 1996 Chakma June 1996 2001 Jotindra Lal Tripura 2008 2014 Tripuri Kujendra Lal Tripura 2014 2024 Ma Mya Ching Reserved Women's Seat-30 1991 June 1996 Marma Aye Thein Rakhaine Reserved Women's Seat-30 June 1996 2001 Ethinab Rakhain Reserved Women's Seat-7 2008 2014 Basanti Chakma Reserved Women's Seat-9 2018 2024 Chakma Promode Mankin Mymensingh-1 1991 1996 Garo 2001 11 May 2016 Jewel Areng 11 May 2016 present Jarati Tanchangya Reserved Women's Seat-48 2024 2024 Tanchangya

Supreme Court Portrait Name Office Year elected Year left Ethnicity Surendra Kumar Sinha Chief Justice of Bangladesh 17 January 2015 11 November 2017 Bishnupriya Manipuri Bhabani Prasad Singha Justice of the High Court Division 12 December 2010 July 2020

Government ministries Portrait Name Office Year appointed Year left EthnicityKalparanjan ChakmaMinister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs1 January 199815 July 2001ChakmaMoni Swapan DewanMinister of State for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs10 October 200129 October 2006 Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs 7 January 2019 11 January 2024 Marma Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board 1996 2002 State Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs 12 January 2014 7 January 2019 Dipankar Talukdar 6 January 2009 12 January 2014 JummaKujendra Lal Tripura11 January 20245 August 2024Tripuri Raja Devasish Roy WangzaInterim Adviser for Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change15 January 20086 January 2009ChakmaInterim Adviser for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs29 October 200629 December 2008Supradip Chakma11 August 202417 February 2026Dipen DewanMinister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs17 February 2026Present Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board December 2013 April 2021Tripuri Secretary of the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs 16 June 2011 18 February 2018 Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council Present Present Marma Abdur Rahman Kashgari Khatib of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque (Ministry of Religious Affairs) 1963 March 1971 Uyghur Amimul Ehsan Barkati March 1971 27 October 1974 Bihari Promode Mankin State Minister of Cultural Affairs 31 July 2009 14 September 2012 Garo Dilip Barua Minister of Industries 5 January 2009 21 November 2013 Barua Benita Roy Land Administration and Land Reforms December 1975 January 1976 Chakma Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation February 1976 June 1978Raja Mong Prue Sain ChowdhuryGovernor of Khagrachhari Hill District24 February 197530 August 1975MarmaRaja Maung Shwe Prue ChowdhuryGovernor of Bandarban Hill District

Tribal chiefs Portrait Name Office Year appointed Year left EthnicityRaja Kumar Samit RoyChief of the Chakma Circle197225 December 1977Chakma Raja Devasish Roy Wangza25 December 1977PresentRaja Maung Shwe Prue ChowdhuryChief of the Bohmong Circle197519 November 1998MarmaRaja Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury19 November 19981 August 2012Raja Kya Sain Prue Chowdhury1 August 20126 February 2023Raja U Shwe Prue Chowdhury10 April 2023PresentRaja Mong Prue Sain ChowdhuryChief of the Mong Circle26 March 19711984Raja Paihala Prue Chowdhury198422 October 2008Raja Saching Prue Chowdhury16 January 2009Present

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