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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