Chief of the General Staff (Bangladesh) explained

Chief of the General Staff (abbreviated as CGS) is the most coveted position within the Bangladesh Army after that of the Chief of Army Staff (CAS). The CGS is "the organizational lead on both intelligence and operations", hence being in charge of the Military Intelligence (MI) and Military Operations (MO) Directorate

List of Chiefs of General Staff

PortraitName
1Colonel Mohammad Abdur Rab
2Brigadier General Khaled Mosharraf
3Brigadier General Mir Shawkat Ali
4Major General Muhammed Abul Manzur
5Major General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury
6Major General Moeen U Ahmed
7Major General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan
8Major General Sina Ibn Jamali
9Lieutenant General Abdul Hafiz
10Lieutenant General Mohammad Mainul Islam
11Lieutenant General Sabbir Ahmed
12Lieutenant General Muhammad Nazimuddin
13Lieutenant General Shafiqur Rahman
14Lieutenant General Ataul Hakim Sarwar Hasan
15Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman
16Lieutenant General Mohammad Shaheenul Haque
17Lieutenant General Mizanur Rahman Shamim

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References

  1. News: MA Rab . . 29 June 2015.
  2. Web site: Major reshuffle made in Bangladeshi army . 2024-10-03 . TASS.
  3. Web site: Lt Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman posted to CGS in army . 31 December 2023 . The Daily Star.
  4. News: Gen Sarwar Hasan made chief of general staff, replaced by Gen Akbar as NDC commandant. 13 Jan 2021. bdnews24.com. en.
  5. News: Shafiqur made CGS, Mujibur new DG of SSF . . . 31 July 2018. 2 August 2018.
  6. News: Changes in top army positions . live . The Daily Star . 2017-02-17 . 2017-02-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170217084459/http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/changes-top-army-positions-1362619 . 2017-02-17 .
  7. News: Lt Gen Sabbir new CGS. The Independent. Dhaka. 2016-11-10.
  8. News: Lt Gen Moinul Islam takes over as new Armed Forces Division PSO. bdnews24.com. 12 April 2017.