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
	Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti		Manabendra Narayan Larma	Chittagong Hill Tracts-1	1973[1]	1976	Chakma
	JSD		Upendra Lal Chakma		1979	1982	Chakma
	Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti		Chaithoai Roaza	Chittagong Hill Tracts-2	1973	1976	Marma
	BNP		Raja Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury		1979	1982	Marma
				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	present
	BNP		Parijat Kusum Chakma		February 1996	June 1996	Chakma
	BNP		Moni Swapan Dewan		2001	2008	Chakma
	Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti		Ushatan Talukder		2014	2018	Chakma
	AL		Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing	Bandarban	1991	February 1996	Marma
					June 1996	present
	BNP		Saching Prue Jerry		February 1996	June 1996	Marma
	AL		Kalparanjan Chakma	Khagrachhari	1991	February 1996	Chakma
					June 1996	2001
	AL		Jotindra Lal Tripura		2008	2014	Tripuri
	AL		Kujendra Lal Tripura		2014	present	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	Marma
	AL		Ethinab Rakhain	Reserved Women's Seat-7	2008	2014	Marma
	AL		Basanti Chakma	Reserved Women's Seat-9	2018	present	Chakma
	AL		Promode Mankin	Mymensingh-1	1991	1996	Garo
					2001	11 May 2016	Garo
	AL		Jewel Areng		11 May 2016	present	Garo

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	Bishnupriya Manipuri

Government ministries

Portrait	Name	Office	Year elected	Year left	Ethnicity
	Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing	Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs	7 January 2019	Present	Marma
		Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board	1996	2002
		State Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs	2014	2018
	Dipankar Talukdar		2009	2014	Jumma
	Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura	Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board	December 2013	April 2021	Tripuri
		Secretary of the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs	16 June 2011	18 February 2018
	Kujendra Lal Tripura	Chairman of the Task Force on Rehabilitation of India-returnee Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons	12 December 2017	Present	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
		Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation	February 1976	June 1978

References

1. Kader, Rozina (2012). "Larma, Manabendra Narayan". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 2 January 2025.