Shaikh Abdul Hannan Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Air chief marshal
Honorific Suffix:	BBP,BUP, nswc, fawc, psc
Shaikh Abdul Hannan
Native Name:	শেখ আব্দুল হান্নান
Native Name Lang:	bn
Office:	16th Chief of Air Staff
Termstart:	12 June 2021
Term End:	11 June 2024
Primeminister:	Sheikh Hasina
Predecessor:	Masihuzzaman Serniabat
Successor:	Hasan Mahmood Khan
Birth Date:	1 August 1963
Birth Place:	Bagerhat, East Pakistan^[1]
Nationality:	Bangladeshi
Serviceyears:	1981–2024
Rank:	Air Chief Marshal
Commands:	• AOC of BAF Base Sheikh Hasina • AOC of BAF Base Matiur Rahman • Commandant of Bangabandhu Aeronautical Centre • Deputy Commandant of 101 Special Flying Unit, Dhaka • Deputy commandant of Defence Services Command and Staff College • SDS (Air) of National Defence College
Battles:	UNMIBH, MONUSCO

Shaikh Abdul Hannan (born 1 August 1963)^[2]  is a retired four-star Air chief marshal who served as 16th Chief of Air Staff of the Bangladesh Air Force. On 12 June 2021, Hannan took over command of the Bangladesh Air Force from his predecessor Masihuzzaman Serniabat.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Career

Hannan was commissioned on 14 July 1984 as a General Duties Pilot. The Air Chief Marshal is a category 'A' pilot and a qualified flying instructor.^[7] He also holds the proficiency wing and is chief examiner of helicopter examiner board of MI-17/171. An alumnus of Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC), Mirpur. Hannan graduated from Pakistan Air Force Air War College in 1999 and received his MDS and MSS degrees. He is the Top Graduate' of the 2014 class of National Defence University, Islamabad, where he received his MSc in National Security and War Studies while completing the National Security and War Course (nswc).^{[8] [9]}

Hannan served in the United Nations Protection Force in Bosnia Herzegovina (UNPROFOR) in 1995. He also led the BAF Contingent (BAN AIR-4) in the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) in 2006–07.

On 12 June 2021, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina appointed Hannan as Chief of Air Staff and he assumed charge on 12 June 2021.^{[10] [11] [12]}

Personal life

The Air Chief Marshal is married to Tahmida Hannan^{[13] [14]} and the couple has a son.

Notes and References

1. News: New Air Force chief takes charge . The Daily Star.
2. Web site: Chief of Air Staff . Bangladesh Air Force . 12 June 2021 . 25 June 2021.
3. Web site: Chief of Air Staff Adorned with Air Marshal Rank . ispr.gov.bd . 13 June 2021 . en-US . 13 June 2021.
4. News: New Air Force chief takes charge . 12 June 2021 . The Daily Star . 13 June 2021 . en.
5. News: Air vice marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan takes over BAF command . 12 June 2021 . Prothom Alo . 13 June 2021 . en.
6. News: Air Vice Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan takes over BAF Command . 12 June 2021 . The Independent . 13 June 2021 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20210613161954/https://theindependentbd.com/post/263435 . 2021-06-13.
7. Web site: Bangladesh Air Force . https://web.archive.org/web/20230811193625/https://baf.mil.bd/website/index.php . 2023-08-11 .
8. Web site: BAF Academy holds winter President Parade .
9. News: India, Bangladesh have an umbilical connection, says Bangladesh Air Force Chief . The Hindu . 17 December 2022 .
10. Web site: New Air Force chief takes charge . 13 June 2021 .
11. Web site: New Air Chief Air Vice Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan takes over BAF command . June 2021 .
12. Web site: Bangladesh Air Force celebrates 51st anniversary | News .
13. Web site: Bangladesh Air Force Women Welfare Association (BAFWWA) president Tahmida Hannan inaugurates tree .
14. Web site: Bangladesh Air Force Women's Welfare Association (BAFWWA) President Tahmida Hannan inaugurates 'BAFWA monthly market at Tk5' at all BAF units through video teleconferencing (VTC) on Thursday . January 2024 .