SM Shafiuddin Ahmed
SM Shafiuddin Ahmed | |
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এস এম শফিউদ্দিন আহমেদ | |
17th Chief of Army Staff | |
Assumed office 24 June 2021 | |
President | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Aziz Ahmed |
Personal details | |
Born | Independence Day Award | 1 December 1963
Website | army.mil.bd |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Bangladesh |
Branch/service | Bangladesh Army |
Years of service | 1983–present |
Rank | General |
Unit | East Bengal Regiment |
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Battles/wars |
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Service number | BA-2496[3] |
Sheikh Mohammad Shafiuddin Ahmed (born 1 December 1963)
Early life and academics
Sheikh Mohammad Shafiuddin Ahmed was born on 1 December 1963 into an aristocratic family of Sheikhs in Narail District.[9] His family had been freedom fighters in Khulna.[2] His father, late Sheikh Mohammad Rokon Uddin Ahmed was a freedom fighter, professor and social worker.
Shafiuddin Ahmed is a former student of
Career
Shafiuddin Ahmed was commissioned in the 4th Battalion the East Bengal Regiment of Bangladesh Army on 23 December 1983 in the 9th Bangladesh Military Academy Long Course.[3][12][7] After the commission, he started his military career by joining the East Bengal Regiment in the counter-insurgency operation area in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.[6] He served as battalion commander in the 1st Bangladesh Battalion of (BMA) and commanded an infantry brigade. He also served as the Director of Military Training in Military Training Directorate at the General Staff Branch, Army Headquarters. He served as the general officer commanding and area commander of the 19th Infantry Division and Ghatail Area in 2012.[13][14] He also served as the director general of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS).[13]
He served as a senior directing staff (SDS) at National Defense Colle & GOC of Logistics Area. On 25 August 2019, he was promoted to
United Nations peacekeeping missions
Shafiuddin Ahmed served as a deputy force commander of MINUSCA in the Central African Republic from 2014 to 2016 and received citations by SRSG for outstanding performance.[15] Under UNSC in Mozambique, he served in ONUMOZ from 1993 to 1994.
As the Chief of Army Staff
On June 10, 2021, Shafiuddin Ahmed was appointed to a three-year term to succeed General Aziz Ahmed as the 18th Bangladeshi Army Chief of Staff.[5] He was promoted to the rank of general on June 24, 2021, his first day in his new role. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal and Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan presented his new rank insignia in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban.[4]
Shafiuddin Ahmed's other current roles include chairing the Board of Directors of
Personal life
Shafiuddin Ahmed is married to Noorjahan Ahmed, and has two daughters.[2]
References
- ^ a b "New Chief of Army Staff biography". Daily Sun (Bangladesh). 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Chief of Army Staff". Bangladesh Army. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Lt General SM Shafiuddin named new army chief". The Daily Star. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ a b "New army chief SM Shafiuddin adorned with rank badge of General". Dhaka Tribune. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Bangladesh names SM Shafiuddin Ahmed as new army chief". bdnews24.com. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ a b নবনিযুক্ত সেনাবাহিনী প্রধানের দায়িত্বভার গ্রহণ [Assuming charge, the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff]. Inter-Services Public Relations (in Bengali). 24 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ a b লেফটেন্যান্ট জেনারেল হলেন এস এম শফিউদ্দিন আহমেদ [The Lieutenant General is SM Shafuddin Ahmed]. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 25 August 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Major shuffle in the top brass of Bangladesh Army". bdnews24.com. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "New Chief of Army Staff biography". Daily Sun. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Rashid, Muktadir (10 June 2021). "Lt Gen SM Shafiuddin Ahmed made new chief of Bangladesh Army". New Age. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ সেনানিবাসে কর্মব্যস্ত সময় পার করেছেন সেনাবাহিনী প্রধান [The army chief has spent a busy time in the cantonment]. Inter-Services Public Relations (in Bengali). 10 September 2021. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Maj Gen Shafiuddin promoted to Lieutenant General". United News of Bangladesh. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ a b লে. জেনারেল হলেন শফিউদ্দিন আহমেদ [The Lt General is SM Shafiuddin Ahmed]. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ লে. জেনারেল হলেন এস এম শফিউদ্দিন আহমেদ [The Lt. General is SM Shafiuddin Ahmed]. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). 25 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ মেজর জেনারেল এস এম শফিউদ্দিন আহমেদ এর লেফটেন্যান্ট জেনারেল পদে পদোন্নতি লাভ [Major General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General]. Inter-Services Public Relations (in Bengali). 25 August 2019. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ "Board of Trustees". Bangladesh Army University of Engineering & Technology. Retrieved 24 December 2021.