Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury Explained

Honorific Prefix:Rear admiral
Honorific Suffix:ndu, afwc, psc, BN
Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury
Office:16th Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard
Predecessor:M Ashraful Haq
Primeminister:Sheikh Hasina
Term Start:21 December 2021
Term End:14 January 2024
Spouse:Muslima Chowdhury
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Rank: Rear Admiral
Branch:
Serviceyears:1988–present
Commands:
Successor:Mir Ershad Ali
Battles:MONUSCO

Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury ndu, afwc, psc, BCGM, BN is a rear admiral of the Bangladesh Navy and former director general of the Bangladesh Coast Guard.[1] Prior to this appointment, he was the Commander of the Khulna Naval Area.[2]

Military career

Chowdhury joined the Bangladesh Navy in the executive branch on 1 January 1988. He completed the missile command and tactics course, a strategic studies course in China, a gunnery specialisation course in Pakistan, an armed forces war course at National Defence College in Bangladesh and combined forces maritime component commander flag officer course in the United States Pacific Fleet headquarters. He is the Senate member of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh.[3] During his tenure in the Bangladesh Coast Guard, it received four 20-metre-long rescue boats with oil pollution control equipment supplied by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).[4] He appointed as DG Coast Guard on 24 August 2021.

Personal life

Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury is married to Muslima Chowdhury.[5]

References

  1. News: 25 August 2021 . Rear Admiral Ashraful Hoq takes over as DG of Coast Guard . 14 December 2021 . The Daily Star.
  2. News: Rear Admiral Ashraful joins Coast Guard as 13th DG . 14 December 2021 . New Age.
  3. Web site: Hon'ble Members' List of Senate . 14 December 2021 . Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University.
  4. News: BCG gets 4 rescue boats from JICA . 14 December 2021 . Daily Sun.
  5. Web site: Ashraful . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211214100513/http://coastguard.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/coastguard.portal.gov.bd/office_order/2a2475ca_39ef_4f3e_9d01_1a175a927e63/2021-09-21-04-04-8cf1ff08cc6ffbc35d315783a8c42f9f.pdf . 14 December 2021.