Honorific Prefix: | Major General (Late) |
Mia Mohammad Zainul Abedim | |
Honorific Suffix: | Bir Bikrom |
Office: | 10th Director General of Special Security Force |
President: | Iajuddin Ahmed Zillur Rahman |
Primeminister: | Sheikh Hasina |
Term Start: | 19 January 2009 |
Term End: | 27 November 2011 |
Predecessor: | Ashraf Abdullah Yusuf |
Successor: | Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1960 |
Birth Place: | Lohagara, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
Death Place: | Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore |
Branch: | Bangladesh Army |
Serviceyears: | 1980-2019 |
Rank: | Major General |
Unit: | East Bengal Regiment |
Commands: |
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Battles: | Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict |
Awards: | Bir Bikrom |
Mia Mohammad Zainul Abedin was a Bangladesh Army General. He was the former Military Secretary to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 2011 to 2019.[1] [2] He was a recipient of Bir Bikrom gallantry award.[3]
Abedin was born on 1 January 1960 in Lohagara, Chittagong District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. He graduated from Faujdarhat Cadet College in Chittagong.[4]
Abedin was commissioned with the 2nd BMA long course in Bangladesh Army in 1980.
Abedin was placed in charge of Special Security Force in 2009.
On 28 November 2011, he was made the Military Secretary to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina.[5]
Abedin died on 17 December 2019 in Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore.