| Rezaqul Haider | |
| Birth Date: | 18 April 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Dacca, East Bengal, Pakistan |
| Office: | 14th Director General of Bangladesh Rifles |
| President: | A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar (acting) Iajuddin Ahmed |
| Primeminister: | Khaleda Zia |
| Predecessor: | Mohammad Abu Ishaque Ibrahim |
| Successor: | Jahangir Alam Chowdhury |
| Term Start: | 1 December 2001 |
| Term End: | 21 January 2003 |
| Alma Mater: | Faujdarhat Cadet College East Bengal Regimental School Pakistan Military Academy Allahabad University |
| Branch: | Bangladesh Rifles |
| Serviceyears: | 1971-2006 |
| Rank: | Major General |
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| Unit: | East Bengal Regiment |
| Battles: | Bangladesh Liberation War UNAMET |
Rezaqul Haider is a retired Bangladesh Army officer who is the former director of the Border Guard Bangladesh.[1]
Haider was born on 18 April 1951 in Dhaka, he passed both SSC and HSC from Faujdarhat Cadet College. He did his graduation in Bachelor of Arts under Pakistan Military Academy and Masters in Defence Studies from Allahabad University, India.
Haider was commissioned on 29 August 1971. He became 14th Director General of Bangladesh Rifles on 1 December 2001. He has worked at UNAMET for UNTAET as Chief Military Observer. He is the recipient of The Wiesel Ethics Award '2000 for his contributions to the international civil service.
He was supposed to be appointed by prime minister Khaleda Zia as she decided, but Moeen U Ahmed managed his appointment, cancelling the decision and using his army colleague Major (rtd) Sayeed Eskandar who was incidentally a younger brother of Khaleda Zia to cancel the decision.[2] In 2005, he was appointed as the ambassador of Bangladesh to the Republic of Turkey. [3]