Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman Explained

Honorific Prefix:Lieutenant General (Retd.)
Mahbubur Rahman
Office:8th Chief of Army Staff
President:Abdur Rahman Biswas
Shahabuddin Ahmed
Primeminister:Muhammad Habibur Rahman (Acting)
Sheikh Hasina
Term Start:20 May 1996
Term End:23 December 1997
Predecessor:Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim
Successor:Mustafizur Rahman
Party:Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Allegiance:
(before 1971)
Branch:
Serviceyears:1964-1997
Rank: Lieutenant General
Unit:Corps of Engineers
Commands:
Battles:Bangladesh Liberation War
Native Name:মাহবুবুর রহমান

Mahbubur Rahman is a retired lieutenant general of the Bangladesh Army who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army[1] from May 1996 to December 1997. He was graduated from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in civil engineering. He was commissioned in the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers from 17 special course on 2 March 1964.

He fought in the Bangladesh liberation war in 1971 under Z force. He joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party after retirement from Bangladesh Army. He is a former standing committee member of BNP.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Bangladesh army chief ousted, troops on alert. https://web.archive.org/web/20121107080639/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/16345737.html?dids=16345737:16345737&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+21,+1996&author=&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Bangladesh+army+chief+ousted,+troops+on+alert&pqatl=google. dead. 7 November 2012. 21 May 1996. USA Today. 4. 1 July 2011.
  2. News: BNP leader Mahbubur Rahman hurt in Dinajpur road crash. The Daily Star. 25 June 2016. 2016-10-01.
  3. Web site: Bangladesh Open to US Help in Gauging IS Presence: Minister. BenarNews. en. 2016-10-01.