Ashab Uddin (major-general) explained

Honorific Prefix:Major General
Ashab Uddin
Honorific Suffix:NDC, PSC
Native Name:আসহাব উদ্দীন
Native Name Lang:bn
Birth Date:28 October 1958
Birth Place:Beanibazar, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Birth Name:Mohammad Ashab Uddin
Allegiance: Bangladesh
Serviceyears:1979-2016
Rank: Major General
Unit:East Bengal Regiment
Commands:
Battles:ONUMOZ
Bangladesh Rifles revolt
Awards:United Nations Peacekeeping Medal
Alma Mater:University of Chittagong
National University, Bangladesh
Faujdarhat Cadet College
Spouse:Farha Ashab Chowdhury
Children:2

Ashab Uddin (born 28 October 1958) is a retired major general of the Bangladesh Army. He has also served as Bangladesh's ambassador to Kuwait and Yemen.[1] [2] [3]

Early life

Ashab Uddin was born on 28 October 1958 in Matijura village of Tilpara union in Beanibazar, Sylhet. He married Farha Asab Chowdhury on 29 February 1988. The couple has a daughter, Faria, and a son, Farhan.[4]

He passed SSC and HSC from Faujdarhat Cadet College. He graduated from University of Chittagong. He holds postgraduate and postgraduate defense studies from the Department of Political Science at the National University. He holds a master's degree in national and international strategic studies (MPhil) from the University of Madras, India.

He completed several courses, including a military science course at the Defence Services Command and Staff College and an army staff course in Pakistan. He completed the reserve component in 1996, the special forces operation in 2003, and the senior executive course in the United States in 2008.

Career

Ashab Uddin was commissioned in the Bangladesh Army in 1979 in the first regular batch. He commanded two infantry battalions, two infantry brigades and served as general officer commanding (GOC) of two infantry divisions, and area commander of Savar and Chittagong areas. He also served as the director military training and military secretary in Army HQ. He was also the commandant of the Defence Services Command and Staff College. He retired from the Bangladesh Army in 2016.

He served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to the embassy in Kuwait and Yemen from 17 August 2013 to 2016. He was the president of Bangladesh Shooting Sports Federation and also the president of Bhatiary Golf & Country Club and Savar Golf Club.

UN mission

He has taken part in UN peacekeeping operations in Mozambique as a peacekeeper.

Award

Notes and References

  1. News: 11 September 2012 . bn:মেজর জেনারেল আসহাব উদ্দিন রাষ্ট্রদূত হিসেবে নিয়োগ পাচ্ছেন . https://www.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/138048.details . live . https://archive.today/20220327011317/https://www.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/138048.details . 2022-03-27 . 2022-03-26 . . bn.
  2. News: 17 August 2014 . bn:কুয়েতে জাতীয় শোক দিবস পালন . https://www.prothomalo.com/life/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B8-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4 . live . https://archive.today/20220327011409/https://www.prothomalo.com/life/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B8-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4 . 2022-03-27 . 2022-03-26 . . bn.
  3. News: Sayedul Islam . 2015-04-02 . bn:ইয়েমেনে প্রবাসী বাংলাদেশীদের ফিরিয়ে আনার চেষ্টা চলছে . https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news/2015/04/150402_si_yemen_bangladeshi . live . https://archive.today/20220327011415/https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news/2015/04/150402_si_yemen_bangladeshi . 2022-03-27 . 2022-03-26 . . bn.
  4. Web site: Major General Mohammad Ashab Uddin, ndc, psc (retd) . live . https://archive.today/20220326040051/http://metrouni.edu.bd/about-us/leadership-and-management/board-advisers/mohammad-ashab-uddin/ . 2022-03-26 . 2022-03-26 . . en-US.