| Sultan Ahmed | |
| Office: | 4th Chief of Naval Staff |
| President: | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| Primeminister: | Ataur Rahman Khan Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury Moudud Ahmed Kazi Zafar Ahmed |
| Predecessor: | Mahbub Ali Khan |
| Successor: | Amir Ahmed Mustafa |
| Term Start: | 6 August 1984 |
| Term End: | 14 August 1990 |
| Birth Date: | 4 April 1938 |
| Death Date: | 21 December 2012 |
| Birth Place: | Rajshahi, Bengal, British India |
| Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Allegiance: | (before 1971) |
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| Serviceyears: | 1959-1990 |
| Rank: | Rear Admiral |
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| Awards: | Navy Cross PPM (bsr) |
Sultan Ahmed was the 4th chief of the Bangladesh Navy, addressed as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS). He was a gunnery officer aboard a missile frigate in the Pakistan Navy and qualified to be a logistics officer on a submarine. Between 1963 and 1968 he was a submarine warfare officer. At the time of the 1971 war, he was studying in the United States Army Intelligence Center for a joint NATO counter-intelligence training program [1] [2] [3] He was made the Deputy Director General of newly created DGFI under Lieutenant General Ziaur Rahman's supervision. He was a Deputy Martial Law Administrator during the regime of President Hussain Muhammad Ershad and the Minister for Communication and Shipping.[4] Upon the death of naval chief Rear Admiral Mahbub Ali Khan on 6 August 1984, Sultan Ahmed became the chief of Bangladesh navy. He continued to serve as the naval chief till 14 August 1990, few months before Ershad resigned as the president of the country.[5] He was also elected as a Member of Parliament from Rajshahi.
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