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.

	Name	Constituency	Year elected	Year left	Ethnicity
PCJSS	Manabendra Narayan Larma	Chittagong Hill Tracts-1	1973^[1]	1976	Chakma
JSD	Upendra Lal Chakma	Chittagong Hill Tracts-1	1979	1982	Chakma
PCJSS	Chaithoai Roaza	Chittagong Hill Tracts-2	1973	1976	Marma
BNP	Raja Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury	Chittagong Hill Tracts-2	1979	1982
BNP	Raja Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury	Bandarban	1986	1991
JP(E)	Binoy Kumar Dewan	Rangamati	1986	1991	Chakma
AL	Dipankar Talukdar		1991	February 1996	Jumma
			June 1996	2001
			2008	2014
			2018	2024
BNP	Parijat Kusum Chakma		February 1996	June 1996	Chakma
BNP	Moni Swapan Dewan		2001	2008
PCJSS	Ushatan Talukder		2014	2018
BNP	Dipen Dewan		2026	present
AL	Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing	Bandarban	1991	February 1996	Marma
AL	Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing		June 1996	2024
BNP	Saching Prue Jerry		February 1996	June 1996
BNP	Saching Prue Jerry		2026	present
AL	Kalparanjan Chakma	Khagrachhari	1991	February 1996	Chakma
AL	Kalparanjan Chakma		June 1996	2001	Chakma
AL	Jotindra Lal Tripura		2008	2014	Tripuri
AL	Kujendra Lal Tripura		2014	2024	Tripuri
BNP	Ma Mya Ching	Reserved Women's Seat-30	1991	June 1996	Marma
BNP	Aye Thein Rakhaine	Reserved Women's Seat-30	June 1996	2001
AL	Ethinab Rakhain	Reserved Women's Seat-7	2008	2014
AL	Basanti Chakma	Reserved Women's Seat-9	2018	2024	Chakma
AL	Promode Mankin	Mymensingh-1	1991	1996	Garo
AL	Promode Mankin		2001	11 May 2016
AL	Jewel Areng		11 May 2016	present
AL	Jarati Tanchangya	Reserved Women's Seat-48	2024	2024	Tanchangya

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	Bishnupriya Manipuri

Name	Office	Year appointed	Year left	Ethnicity
Kalparanjan Chakma	Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs	1 January 1998	15 July 2001	Chakma
Moni Swapan Dewan	Minister of State for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs	10 October 2001	29 October 2006	Chakma
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	Jumma
Kujendra Lal Tripura		11 January 2024	5 August 2024	Tripuri
Raja Devasish Roy Wangza	Interim Adviser for Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change	15 January 2008	6 January 2009	Chakma
Raja Devasish Roy Wangza	Interim Adviser for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs	29 October 2006	29 December 2008
Supradip Chakma	Interim Adviser for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs	11 August 2024	17 February 2026
Dipen Dewan	Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs	17 February 2026	Present
Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura	Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board	December 2013	April 2021	Tripuri
Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura	Secretary of the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs	16 June 2011	18 February 2018	Tripuri
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
Benita Roy	Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation	February 1976	June 1978	Chakma
Raja Mong Prue Sain Chowdhury	Governor of Khagrachhari Hill District	24 February 1975	30 August 1975	Marma
Raja Maung Shwe Prue Chowdhury	Governor of Bandarban Hill District	24 February 1975	30 August 1975	Marma

Name	Office	Year appointed	Year left	Ethnicity
Raja Kumar Samit Roy	Chief of the Chakma Circle	1972	25 December 1977	Chakma
Raja Devasish Roy Wangza	Chief of the Chakma Circle	25 December 1977	Present	Chakma
Raja Maung Shwe Prue Chowdhury	Chief of the Bohmong Circle	1975	19 November 1998	Marma
Raja Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury		19 November 1998	1 August 2012
Raja Kya Sain Prue Chowdhury		1 August 2012	6 February 2023
Raja U Shwe Prue Chowdhury		10 April 2023	Present
Raja Mong Prue Sain Chowdhury	Chief of the Mong Circle	26 March 1971	1984
Raja Paihala Prue Chowdhury		1984	22 October 2008
Raja Saching Prue Chowdhury		16 January 2009	Present

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