M Anwar Hossain Explained

Honorific Prefix:Rear Admiral
Mohammad Anwar Hossain
Honorific Suffix:NGP, PCGM, BCGMS, ndc, afwc, psc
Branch:
Serviceyears:January 1988 – present
Rank: Rear Admiral
Commands:
Battles:UNIFIL
Awards: Nou Gourobh Padak (NGP)

M Anwar Hossain is a senior Bangladesh Navy officer who serving as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operation) as of December 2023. He previously served as deputy director general of the Bangladesh Coast Guard and commander of Khulna Naval Area.

Career

Hossain was commissioned in the Bangladesh Navy on 1 January 1988.[1]

Every year from 2011 through 2019, he participated in the annual bilateral Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training exercises conducted with the United States Navy.[2] He was commanding officer of the guided missile frigate BNS Ali Haider in May 2014, when it deployed as part of the maritime task force (MTF) of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).[3]

Since promotion to flag rank, Hossain has held appointments as deputy director general of the Bangladesh Coast Guard,[4] and commander of Khulna Naval Area.[5]

He served on Khulna Shipyard Ltd's board of directors through April 2023.[6]

Personal life

Anwar Hossain is married to Lubna Anwar. They have two children; one son and one daughter.

References

  1. Web site: ACNS(P) . Bangladesh Navy . 29 May 2023.
  2. Web site: U.S. and Bangladesh Navies Conclude Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2019 . Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet.
  3. News: Oman, Bangladesh officials stree on naval cooperation . Times of Oman . 29 May 2014.
  4. News: Jayanta Gupta . 20 October 2020 . Regional conference held between Indian and Bangladeshi coast guards . 2021-12-22 . The Times of India . en.
  5. News: BNS Umar Farooq to join naval exercise EX Milan-2022 . Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.
  6. Web site: Board of Directors – Khulna Shipyard Ltd . 2023-04-04 . en-US . https://web.archive.org/web/20230404113549/https://www.khulnashipyard.com/board-of-directors/ . 2023-04-04.