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Generals holding appointments of the army headquarters and ministries within the government have been written in bold format (e.g. Master General of Ordnance - MGO); Other appointments apart from general officer commanding are indicated with the corresponding appointments, such as the vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Professionals is designated as (VC BUP).
During the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971, Maj. Gen. M. A. Rab (then lieutenant Colonel) was the Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Army under the combined command of Bangladesh Forces which served as the origins of Bangladesh Armed Forces and General M. A. G. Osmani was the Commander-in-Chief. [4]
General Waker-Uz-Zaman [a] SBP OSP SGP psc (born 16 September 1966) is a four star general of the Bangladesh Army who is the current Chief of Army Staff (CAS) [2] of the Bangladesh Army since 23 June 2024. [3] [4] [5] Prior to his appointment as CAS, he served as the Chief of General Staff (CGS) of the Bangladesh Army.
The insignia for the rank of major general is the shapla taken from the Bangladesh coat of arms, above a 'crossed sword and baton' since 2013. [2] Until 2013, the insignia was used for 'lieutenant-general' rank and major general's insignia was only a pip over crossed sword and baton. Major generals wear two-star pointed badge in collars.
Mohammad Shaheenul Haque OSP, BSP, ndc, hdmc, psc is a three-star rank Lieutenant general in the Bangladesh Army and the current Commandant of National Defence College, Dhaka. Prior to that he was Chief of General Staff (CGS) at army headquarters. Before that, he was the Master-General of the Ordnance (MGO) at AHQ.
The Bangladesh Army is commanded by the Chief of Army Staff who is a four star general. Under the command of Army Headquarters, Bangladesh Army has 1 training command and 10 area commands consigned with their coequal divisions. The training command also the doctrine body of the army and is commanded by a general officer commanding with the rank ...
General Ahmed with then Director of Army National Guard General Daniel R. Hokanson and former adjutant general of Oregon National Guard Major General Michael E. Stencel at the Pentagon on 20 April 2022. On 10 June 2021, Shafiuddin Ahmed was appointed to a three-year term to succeed General Aziz Ahmed as the 18th Bangladeshi Army Chief of Staff. [5]
Bhuiyan was appointed of Chief of Army Staff in June 2012 replacing General Md Abdul Mubeen, who was his course-mate. [12] Bhuiyan was promoted to full general on the day he took office of Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army on 25 June 2012. [13] He invited Indian army chief General Bikram Singh in 2012's October to visit Bangladesh. [14] In ...