AKM Aminul Haque (officer) explained

Honorific Prefix:Major general
Abul Kashem Miah Aminul Haque
Native Name:আবুল কাশেম মিয়া আমিনুল হক
Native Name Lang:bn
Birth Place:Bhedarganj, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Rank: Major General
Serviceyears:1989–present
Unit:Corps of Signals
Commands:

AKM Aminul Haque is a major general of the Bangladesh Army and former director general of the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party.[1] He was the chairman of the Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank.[2] [3]

Haque was the Senior Directing Staff (Army-2) of the National Defence College.[4] Prior to joining the National Defence College, he served as director of IT, Directorate at Bangladesh Army Headquarters[5] and director of Trust Bank Limited.[6]

Early life and education

Haque was born in Bhedarganj Upazila, Shariatpur District. He completed his SSC and HSC from Cumilla Cadet College. He completed his undergraduate from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He completed two masters from the National University of Bangladesh and Bangladesh University of Professionals respectively. He received his PhD degree from the University of Dhaka in November 2022.[7]

Career

Haque was commissioned in Bangladesh Army on 22 December 1989 with 21st Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) Long Course.

In September 2011, Lieutenant Colonel Haque was the additional director of National Security Intelligence when he led an operation arrest six individuals in Dhaka in connection with the leak of question papers for medical and dental school exams.[8]

Haque served as defence adviser at the Bangladesh High Commission in London.[9]

In January 2020, Haque came back to Bangladesh and join Senior Directing Staff -SDS (Army)-2 of the National Defence College in Mirpur Cantonment.[10] [11] Later, he served as director of IT at Army Headquarters until he got promoted to major general. On 17 January 2023, he was appointed the Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party.[12] [13] He went to the shrine of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to pay tribute after his promotion.[14] [15]

Personal life

Haque's brother AKM Enamul Haque Shamim is an Awami League member of parliament, and the deputy minister of Sheikh Hasina cabinet. There was an attempted assassination of his brother, Enamul Haque Shamim, in June 2014 while he was serving as director of the National Security Intelligence.[16] His father engineer Abul Hashem is a veteran of Bangladesh Liberation War and former employee of Bangladesh Water Development Board.[17] His mother Ratnagarva Begum Ashrafunnesa also actively participated in the Bangladesh Liberation War with her husband.[18]

Notes and References

  1. News: 2023-02-12 . Engage villagers in cultivation activities, PM tells Ansar, VDP . 2023-07-31 . The Daily Star . UNB . en.
  2. News: Major General AKM Aminul Haque, Chairman of Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank and Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defense Party, presides over the banks 200th EC meeting at its head office in the capital on Monday. Md. Manjurul Alam, Md. Faizul Kabir,Director and Md. Mosaddake-Ul-Alam, Managing Director of the bank, were present. . 2023-07-31 . The New Nation . en.
  3. News: Alternative security for ambassadors to be discussed this or next week: FS . 2023-07-31 . The Daily Observer.
  4. Web site: National Defence College . 2022-01-02 . ndc.gov.bd.
  5. News: Bangabandhu Dhaka Marathon '21 on Jan 10 . 2022-01-02 . UNB . en.
  6. News: Trust Bank approves 20pc dividend . 2022-01-02 . The Financial Express . en.
  7. News: Maj Gen AKM Aminul Haque receives PhD . 2022-12-15 . Daily Sun . en.
  8. News: 6 arrested for medical entry questions leak . 2023-07-31 . . en.
  9. News: Armed Forces Day celebrated in UK . 2022-01-02 . The Asian Age. Bangladesh . en.
  10. Web site: Major General Aminul . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220102131117/https://mod.gov.bd/site/notices/e6db95a2-374c-4884-8e85-f805f1e4ed7f/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%8F-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%8F-%E0%A7%A9%E0%A7%AC%E0%A7%AB%E0%A7%A7-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%87-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8%E0%A5%A4 . 2022-01-02.
  11. Web site: National Defence College . 2023-07-31 . ndc.gov.bd.
  12. News: 2023-01-18 . Govt appoints 2 new DGs for BGB, Ansar . 2023-07-31 . The Daily Star . en.
  13. News: 2023-01-18 . BGB exchanges fire with drug peddlers along Ukhiya border . 2023-01-18 . . en.
  14. News: New Ansar VDP DG pays tribute to Bangabandhu . 2023-07-31 . The Asian Age . en.
  15. News: Newly-appointed Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP Major General AKM Aminul Haque along with others pays homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by giving a salute in front of his grave at Tungipara in Gopalganj on Monday. —ISPR PHOTO . 2023-07-31 . Daily Sun . en.
  16. News: AL leaders tense over Shamim shooting . 2014-06-19 . 2023-07-31 . . en.
  17. News: bn:বিএনপির কাজই হচ্ছে সরকারের কাজ প্রশ্নবিদ্ধ করা: এনামুল হক শামীম . https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/bangla-face/503642/বিএনপির-কাজই-হচ্ছে-সরকারের-কাজ-প্রশ্নবিদ্ধ-করা-এনামুল-হক-শামীম . 2022-01-02 . . bn.
  18. Web site: bn:মেজর জেনারেল হলেন শরীয়তপুরের একেএম আমিনুল হক স্বপন . https://www.bangladeshtoday.net/thit/15967/details . 2022-01-02 . bangladeshtoday.net . bn.