Shah Iqbal Mujtaba Explained

Honorific Prefix:Rear Admiral
Shah Iqbal Mujtaba
Honorific Suffix:ndc, psc, BN
Office:9th Chief of Naval Staff
President:A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury
Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar (acting)
Iajuddin Ahmed
Primeminister:Khaleda Zia
Predecessor:Abu Taher
Successor:M. Hasan Ali Khan
Term Start:4 June 2002
Term End:9 January 2005
Office1:4th Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard
President1:A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury
Primeminister1:Khaleda Zia
Predecessor1:Mohammad Shahabuddin
Successor1:S. M. H. Kabir
Term Start1:29 January 2002
Term End1:29 May 2002
Birth Date:11 February 1948
Birth Place:Dacca, East Bengal, Pakistan
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Serviceyears:1970–2005
Rank: Rear Admiral
Commands:
  • Commodore Administrative Authority Dhaka (ADMIN Dhaka)
  • Commodore Commanding Khulna (COMKHUL)
  • Commander, Flotilla (COMBAN)
  • Commodore commanding Chittagong (COMCHIT)
  • Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel)
  • Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations)
  • Director General, Bangladesh Coast Guard
  • Chief of Naval Staff

Rear Admiral Shah Iqbal Mujtaba, ndc, psc, BN (born 11 February 1948) is former chief of staff[1] [2] for the Bangladesh Navy.

Early life

Mujtaba joined the erstwhile Pakistan Navy as an officer cadet[3] on 11 November 1966, and commissioned in the Executive Branch on 1 June 1970. Mujtaba graduated from the Defence Services Command & Staff College Dhaka and from the National Defence College Dhaka in 2001. Besides He attended Senior International Defence Management Course (SIDMC) at US Naval Postgraduate School in 1993 and Legal Aspect of Military & Peacekeeping Operations Course at the US Naval Justice School in 1998.

Naval commands

As a qualified officer, Mujtaba commanded various kinds of ships and establishments. He performed as director of naval operations (DNO), director of naval plans (DNP) and director of naval intelligence (DNI) at Naval Headquarters.[4] As a senior officer of the Bangladesh Navy, Mujtaba held all kinds of command and staff positions that includes Naval Administrative Authority Dhaka (ADMIN Dhaka), Commodore Commanding Khulna (COMKHUL), Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN) and Commodore Commanding Chittagong (COMCHIT). At Naval Headquarters he served as assistant chief of naval staff (operations) and assistant chief of naval staff (personnel). Besides his professional duties he also served as deputy commandant of Defence Services Command and Staff College, Dhaka. He was also the senior directing staff at the National Defence College, Dhaka. Mujtaba held a diplomatic appointment as defence adviser/attache in Malaysia. Prior to his appointment as chief of naval staff, he served as director general of Bangladesh Coast Guard under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Rear Admiral Shah Iqbal Mujtaba was appointed as chief of naval staff on 4 June 2002. Admiral Mujtaba came to normal retirement on 10 January 2005 after ending his long 34 years naval service.

Personal life

Mujataba married Naima Mujtaba and is blessed with two daughters.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: B'desh naval chief meets Rao Naval cooperation with other nations . Bangladesh Strategic & Development Forum . 2004-06-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110213050253/http://www.bdsdf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=2332 . 2011-02-13 . dead.
  2. Web site: Combined Commanders' Conference: PM Underlines Need for Modernisation of Armed Forces . Chamachar . Sainik . 2004-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060715205706/http://mod.nic.in/samachar/nov01-04/body.html . 2006-07-15 . dead.
  3. News: Daily Times . B'desh naval chief meets Rao . 2003-02-26 . 7 . http://archive.today/2012.07.28-224706/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_26-2-2003_pg7_45 . 2012-07-28.
  4. News: Senior Navy officers redeployed Redeployment aims at replacing positions of retired officers . Ogbulafor . Adaego . Daily Times . 2011-03-16 . 2011-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110814062757/http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/senior-navy-officers-redeployed . 2011-08-14 . dead.