Post: | Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh |
Native Name: | বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশের মহাপরিচালক |
Flag: | File:বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশের পতাকা.svg |
Flagsize: | 160px |
Flagcaption: | Flag of BGB |
Insignia: | File:বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশের মনোগ্রাম.svg |
Insigniasize: | 110px |
Insigniacaption: | Monogram of BGB |
Reports To: | Prime Minister Ministry of Home Affairs |
Incumbent: | Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui |
Incumbentsince: | 30 January 2024 |
Department: | Border Guard Bangladesh |
Seat: | BGB Headquarters, Pilkhana, Bangladesh |
Abbreviation: | DG |
Appointer: | Prime Minister |
Appointer Qualified: | on the advice of the Minister of Home Affairs |
Residence: | DG Residence, Pilkhana |
Deputy: | Additional Director General (ADG) |
Precursor: | Director General of Bangladesh Rifles |
First: | Major General Chitta Ranjan Datta |
The Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh is the professional head of the Border Guard Bangladesh (abbreviated as BGB, previously Bangladesh Rifles). The current DG is Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui.[1] The first BGB chief was General Chitta Ranjan Dutta.[2]
The director general functions from the Bangladesh Border Guard Headquarters, which is located in Pilkhana, Dhaka.
Name | Photo | Term Began | Term Ended | ||
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1st | 31 July 1972 | 21 February 1974 | |||
2nd | 22 February 1974 | 31 October 1975 | |||
3rd | 1 November 1975 | 14 December 1977 | |||
4th | 15 December 1977 | 30 June 1982 | |||
5th | 1 July 1982 | 16 July 1985 | |||
6th | 17 July 1985 | 30 June 1988 | |||
7th | 1 July 1988 | 23 September 1990 | |||
8th | 24 September 1990 | 8 June 1992 | |||
9th | Major General Mohammad Anwar Hossain | 10 June 1992 | 11 February 1995 | ||
10th | 12 February 1995 | 18 July 1996 | |||
11th | 25 August 1996 | 30 December 1999 | |||
12th | 29 February 2000 | 11 July 2001 | |||
13th | 12 July 2001 | 1 December 2001 | |||
14th | 1 December 2001 | 21 January 2003 | |||
15th | 21 January 2003 | 18 February 2006 | |||
16th | 19 February 2006 | 25 February 2009 † | |||
17th | 28 February 2009 | 9 May 2010 | |||
18th | 9 May 2010 | 30 June 2011 | |||
19th | 30 June 2011 | 5 December 2012 | |||
20th | 5 December 2012 | 1 November 2016 | |||
21st | 2 November 2016 | 8 March 2018 | |||
22nd | 20 March 2018 | 28 February 2022 | |||
23nd | 02 March 2022 | 17 January 2023 | |||
24th | Major General A K M Nazmul Hasan | 18 January 2023 | 30 January 2024 | ||
25th | Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui | 30 January 2024 | Incumbent |