Fakhruddin Ahmed ministry
{{Short description|17th Council of Ministers of Bangladesh}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_type = Council of Ministers and 4th Council of Advisers
| cabinet_number = 17th
| jurisdiction = the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
| flag = Flag of Bangladesh.svg
| flag_border =
| incumbent = 12 January 2007–6 January 2009
| image = Fakhruddin Ahmed - WEF Annual Meeting Davos 2008.jpg
| image_size = 150
| caption = Fakhruddin Ahmed
| date_formed = 11 January 2007
| date_dissolved = 6 January 2009
| government_head = Fakhruddin Ahmed
| government_head_title = Chief Adviser
| state_head = Iajuddin Ahmed
| state_head_title = President
| political_party = Independent
| members_number =
| former_members_number =
| total_number = 19
| election = -
| last_election = 2008
| legislature_term =
| legislature_status = Dissolved
| previous = Iajuddin
| successor = Hasina II
}}
The Fakhruddin Ahmed ministry was the fourth caretaker ministry in the history of Bangladesh which was formed on 11 January 2007 under the leadership of Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed. The caretaker ministry was formed on the background of the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis following a military coup,{{cite news |date=21 September 2011 |title=WikiLeaks: How president Iajuddin was asked to resign |url=http://news.priyo.com/politics/2011/09/21/wikileaks-how-president-iajudd-37985.html |newspaper=Priyo |access-date=30 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050442/http://news.priyo.com/politics/2011/09/21/wikileaks-how-president-iajudd-37985.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} notoriously nicknamed "1/11" inspired by 9/11,{{cite web |last1=Chowdhury |first1=Moinul Hoque |title=A blot called '1/11' |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/a-blot-called-111 |website=bdnews24.com |language=en}} led by General Moeen U Ahmed and the resignation of President Iajuddin Ahmed as the Chief Adviser. Ahmed appointed an team of thirteen advisers to form the government.{{cite news |title=Fakhruddin new CA |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/01/13/d7011301011.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=13 January 2007 |access-date=13 July 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102336/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/01/13/d7011301011.htm |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.oneindia.com/2008/01/09/5-new-advisers-take-oath-in-bangladesh-1199887818.html|title=5 new Advisers take oath in Bangladesh|date=9 January 2008|access-date=13 July 2016}}{{cite news |title=Five advisers appointed, three take oath |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2007/01/16/five-advisers-appointed-three-take-oath |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=13 July 2016}} During his tenure, many high-profile figures, most importantly the two dominant political party leaders Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina, were arrested as part of the emergency government's anticorruption crusade and its attempt to break the women's stranglehold on the country's politics.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/world/asia/18briefs-trial.html | title=Bangladesh: Ex-Premier's Trial Delayed | work=The New York Times | date=18 January 2008 }} The attempt was controversially known as the "minus two" formula due to the aim being the exclusion of the two from further political participation.{{cite news |last1=Report |first1=Star Digital |title=Niko cases filed to implement ‘minus two’ formula |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/niko-cases-filed-implement-minus-two-formula-3446056 |work=The Daily Star |date=17 October 2023 |language=en}}
The caretaker government underwent a reshuffle on 8 January 2008.{{cite web |script-title=bn:১৯৭১ সাল থেকে ০৭-০১-২০১৯ গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি, উপ-রাষ্ট্রপতি, প্রধানমন্ত্রী ও মন্ত্রিপরিষদের সদস্যবৃন্দ এবং নির্দলীয় তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকারের প্রধান উপদেষ্টা ও উপদেষ্টা পরিষদের সদস্যবৃন্দের দপ্তর বন্টনসহ নামের তালিকা। |url=https://cabinet.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/cabinet.portal.gov.bd/publications/e166b4bd_012d_4abe_85fc_e72aea80d8ed/1971-07.01.2019_bn_1_182%20(1).pdf |website=মন্ত্রিপরিষদ বিভাগ |publisher=Ministry Department, Government of Bangladesh |access-date=16 August 2024}}
List of Advisers
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!Remarks
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Chief Adviser and also in-charge of:
Cabinet Division
Ministry of Establishment
Bangladesh Election Commission
| minister1 = Fakhruddin Ahmed
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister1_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Home Affairs
| minister1 = Fakhruddin Ahmed
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 16 January 2008
| minister1_ref = {{small|Chief Adviser-in-charge.}}
| minister2 = M. A. Matin
| minister2_termstart = 16 January 2008
| minister2_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister2_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Finance
Adviser for Planning
| minister1 = A. B. Mirza Azizul Islam
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister1_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Commerce
| minister1 = A. B. Mirza Azizul Islam
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 8 January 2008
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Hossain Zillur Rahman
| minister2_termstart = 9 January 2008
| minister2_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister2_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Posts and Telecommunications
| minister1 = A. B. Mirza Azizul Islam
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 8 January 2008
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Fakhruddin Ahmed
| minister2_termstart = 9 January 2008
| minister2_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister2_ref = {{small|Chief Adviser-in-charge.}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Adviser for Land
| minister1 = Mainul Hosein
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 8 January 2008
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = A. F. Hassan Ariff
| minister2_termstart = 9 January 2008
| minister2_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister2_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Information
| minister1 = Mainul Hosein
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 8 January 2008
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Chowdhury Sajjadul Karim
| minister2_termstart = 9 January 2008
| minister2_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister2_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Housing and Public Works
| minister1 = Mainul Hosein
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 8 January 2008
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Golam Kader
| minister2_termstart = 9 January 2008
| minister2_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister2_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Liberation War Affairs
Adviser for Shipping
Adviser for Civil Aviation and Tourism
| minister1 = M. A. Matin
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister1_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Communication
| minister1 = M. A. Matin
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 8 January 2008
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Golam Kader
| minister2_termstart = 9 January 2008
| minister2_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister2_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Foreign Affairs
Adviser for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment
| minister1 = Iftekhar Chowdhury
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister1_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
| minister1 = Iftekhar Chowdhury
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 8 January 2008
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Fakhruddin Ahmed
| minister2_termstart = 8 January 2008
| minister2_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister2_ref = {{small|Chief Adviser-in-charge.}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Agriculture
Adviser for Fisheries and Livestock
| minister1 = Chowdhury Sajjadul Karim
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister1_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
Adviser for Labour and Employment
| minister1 = Anwarul Iqbal
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister1_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Education
| minister1 = Ayub Quadri
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 26 December 2007
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Fakhruddin Ahmed
| minister2_termstart = 26 December 2007
| minister2_termend = 9 January 2008
| minister2_ref = {{small|Chief Adviser-in-charge.}}
| minister3 = Hossain Zillur Rahman
| minister3_termstart = 9 January 2008
| minister3_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister3_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Primary and Mass Education
Adviser for Cultural Affairs
| minister1 = Ayub Quadri
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 26 December 2007
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Fakhruddin Ahmed
| minister2_termstart = 26 December 2007
| minister2_termend = 9 January 2008
| minister2_ref = {{small|Chief Adviser-in-charge.}}
| minister3 = Rasheda K Chowdhury
| minister3_termstart = 9 January 2008
| minister3_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister3_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Health and Family Welfare
| minister1 = A.S.M. Matiur Rahman
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 8 January 2008
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Shawkat Ali
| minister2_termstart = 9 January 2008
| minister2_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister2_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Food and Disaster Management
| minister1 = Tapan Chowdhury
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 8 January 2008
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Shawkat Ali
| minister2_termstart = 9 January 2008
| minister2_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister2_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources
Adviser for Science and Technology
Adviser for Communications and Information Technology
Adviser for Youth and Sports
| minister1 = Tapan Chowdhury
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 8 January 2008
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Fakhruddin Ahmed
| minister2_termstart = 9 January 2008
| minister2_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister2_ref = {{small|Chief Adviser-in-charge.}}
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Water Resources
| minister1 = A.S.M. Matiur Rahman
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 8 January 2008
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Chowdhury Sajjadul Karim
| minister2_termstart = 9 January 2008
| minister2_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister2_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Textiles and Jute
| minister1 = Geetiara Safya Chowdhury
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 8 January 2008
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Anwarul Iqbal
| minister2_termstart = 9 January 2008
| minister2_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister2_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Religious Affairs
| minister1 = A.S.M. Matiur Rahman
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 8 January 2008
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = A. F. Hassan Ariff
| minister2_termstart = 9 January 2008
| minister2_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister2_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Women and Children Affairs
| minister1 = Geetiara Safya Chowdhury
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 8 January 2008
| minister1_ref =
| minister2 = Rasheda K Chowdhury
| minister2_termstart = 9 January 2008
| minister2_termend = 6 January 2009
| minister2_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Industries
Adviser for Social Welfare
| minister1 = Geetiara Safya Chowdhury
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 8 January 2008
| minister1_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Adviser for Environment and Forests
| minister1 = Chowdhury Sajjadul Karim
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 2007
| minister1_termend = 8 January 2008
| minister1_ref =
}}
{{Cabinet table end}}