| Agency Name: | Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs |
| Nativename: | Bengali পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয় |
| Type: | Ministry |
| Seal: | Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Bangladesh |
| Headquarters: | Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka[1] |
| Budget: | (2024-2025) |
| Minister Type: | Adviser |
| Minister1 Name: | Supradip Chakma |
| Minister1 Pfo: | Adviser |
| Deputyminister Type: | Minister of State |
| Chief1 Name: | AKM Shamimul Haque Siddiqui |
| Chief1 Position: | Secretary |
| Child1 Agency: | Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board |
| Child2 Agency: | Refugee Rehabilitation Task Force |
| Child3 Agency: | Khagrachhari Hill District Council |
| Child4 Agency: | Rangamati Hill District Council |
| Child5 Agency: | Bandarban Hill District Council |
| Website: | mochta.gov.bd |
The Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs (bn|পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয়; Pārbatya caṭṭagrāma biṣaẏaka mantraṇālaẏa) is the government ministry of Bangladesh responsible for Chittagong Hill Tracts.[2] The Chittagong Hill Tracts have been inhabited by various ethnic groups and non-tribal people for ages. While the non-Bengali ethnic groups possess cultural distinctiveness, they are also an integral part of the original population. Since independence, the government of Bangladesh has been adopting and implementing various development projects for the overall development of the region. An agreement was executed on December 2, 1997 between the National Committee for Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Chittagong Hill Tracts People's Association. According to the terms of the agreement, the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs was formed on July 15, 1998.[3]
In 2004, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia restricted the amount of discretionary cash allocation Deputy Moni Swapan Dewan could spend.[4] The government also allocated rice, 28 thousand tons for Bengalis, 10 thousand tons for Bangladesh Army, and 2.1 thousand tons for former rebels in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.[5]
| Portrait | Minister | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||
| 1 | Kalparanjan Chakma | 1 January 1998 | 15 July 2001 | Bangladesh Awami League | Hasina I | |||
| 2 | Latifur Rahman (Chief Adviser) | 15 July 2001 | 10 October 2001 | Independent | Latifur | |||
| 3 | Moni Swapan Dewan (Deputy Minister) | 10 October 2001 | 29 October 2006 | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Khaleda II | |||
| 4 | Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury (Adviser) | 29 October 2006 | 11 January 2007 | Independent | Iajuddin | |||
| 5 | Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury (Adviser) | 11 January 2007 | 8 January 2008 | Independent | Fakhruddin | |||
| 6 | Fakhruddin Ahmed (Chief Adviser) | 8 January 2008 | 6 January 2009 | |||||
| 7 | Dipankar Talukdar (Minister of State) | 6 January 2009 | 24 January 2014 | Bangladesh Awami League | Hasina II | |||
| 8 | Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing (Minister of State until 2019) | 24 January 2014 | 9 January 2024 | Hasina III | ||||
| Hasina IV | ||||||||
| 9 | Kujendra Lal Tripura (Minister of State) | 11 January 2024 | 5 August 2024 | Hasina V | ||||
| 10 | Supradip Chakma (Adviser) | 8 August 2024 | Incumbent | Independent | Yunus | |||