Bangladesh Army - List of Chiefs of Army Staff

List of Chiefs of Army Staff

  • 1st
  • Major General (promoted from Lt. Colonel) M. Abdur Rab – Bir Uttam July 1971 – April 1972, (also Assistant Commander in Chief of Bangladesh Forces led by General M A G Osmany, Commandar in Chief of Bangladesh Armed Forces and Mukti Bahini)
  • First Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army
  • 2nd
  • Major General K M Shafiullah – Bir Uttam April 1972 – August 1975(sacked), (2nd army chief)
  • 3rd
  • Major General Ziaur Rahman – Bir Uttam July 1975 – 1977
  • 4th
  • Lieutenant General Ziaur Rahman – Bir Uttam Jan 1977 – Dec 1977
  • 5th
  • Lieutenant General Hussain Mohammad Ershad Dec 1978 – Aug 1986
  • 6th
  • Lieutenant General Atiqur Rahman 1 September 1986 – August 1990
  • 7th
  • Lieutenant General Nuruddin Khan November 1990 – June 1994
  • 8th
  • Lieutenant General Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim – Bir Bikram June 1994 – June 1996
  • 9th
  • Lieutenant General Mahbubur Rahman June 1996 – December 1997
  • 10th
  • Lieutenant General (later General) Mustafizur Rahman – Bir Pratik 24 December 1997 to 23 December 2000
  • 11th
  • Lieutenant General M Harun-Ar-Rashid 24 December 2000 to 16 June 2002
  • 12th
  • Lieutenant General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury 16 June 2002 to 15 June 2005
  • 13th
  • General Moeen U Ahmed 15 June 2005 to 15 June 2009
  • 14th
  • General Md Abdul Mubeen 15 June 2009 to 25 June 2012
  • 15th
  • General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan 25 June 2012 to Present

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