Aziz Ahmed (general)
| Aziz Ahmed | |
|---|---|
| Born |
01 January 1961 (age 55) Narayangonj |
| Allegiance |
 Bangladesh |
| Service/branch |
 Bangladesh Army |
| Years of service | 10 June 1983-present |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant General |
| Unit | Corps of Artillery |
| Commands held | |
| Battles/wars | |
Aziz Ahmed is a Lieutenant General in the Bangladesh Army and the present General Officer Commanding (GOC) of ARTDOC.[1] He was previously Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh.[2] He was previously the GOC of 33 Infantry Division stationed at Comilla cantonment.[3] He also served as the Chairman of Shimanto Bank, which is a sister concern of BGB Welfare Trust.[4][5]
Early life and education
Aziz was born on 1 January 1961. He comes from Narayangonj city of Bangladesh. His father was Abdul Wadud and his mother is Renuja Begum.
He completed his SSC from Mohammadpur Government High School in 1975, Textile Technology from College of Textile Technology in 1980 and earned his graduation in BA (pass) under Chittagong University in 1983. He is a graduate of Defense Services Command and Staff College, Mirpur. He completed his Masters in Defense Studies and MSc (Technical) from National University and also did Masters in Business Administration (Executive) from American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB).
Aziz attended a number of professional courses, seminars and symposiums at home and abroad. Worth mentioning few are Officers’ Gunnery Staff Course from Artillery Center & School, Chittagong and Long Gunnery Staff Course from School of Artillery, Deolali, India.
Career
Army
Aziz was commissioned in the Corps of Artillery on 10 June 1983 with 8th BMA Long Course. Within his colourful military career, he held a number of important staff appointments. He had been a GSO-3 (Operation) in CHT, Brigade Major in an infantry brigade, GSO-II in AHQ Military Training Directorate and GSO-I of AHQ Pay Pension & Allowance Directorate.
He has a vast experience as commander where he commanded one artillery regiment, two artillery brigades including an independent Air Defense Artillery Brigade. The General also served as instructor in Artillery Center & School and School of Military Intelligence for long time.
As a Major General, he commanded 33 Infantry Division in Comilla. Later he was appointed as DG of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). [3] On 02 November 2016 he was promoted to Lieutenant General and appointed as GOC of ARTDOC.[1]
Border Guards Bangladesh
Even before joining BGB as its director general, he served few stints in BGB. He commanded one battalion, served as sector commander.
He took over the charge of Border Guard Bangladesh on 5 December 2012. Under his command BGB constructed four regional headquarters, 15 battalions and 108 new border outposts, two floating outposts in the Sundarbans, 370 km fence along the border in Chittagong Hill Tracts area, as well as 55 border outposts. Motorcycles have been allotted to BGB members at the outposts for patrolling.
During his tenure a total of 18,000 new soldiers have been recruited in the force, including 100 female recruits.[6]
UN Mission
He was an observer for the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) and a military adviser to the force commander of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS).[3]
Personal life
He is a widely travelled personality. He has visited number of countries like Singapore, India, Kuwait, Saudi-Arab, Iraq, Cyprus, PASOLS in Fiji, Australia, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Bahrain, Malaysia, etc. Major General Aziz is married to Begum Dilshad Nahar Aziz and they have three sons. The sports loving General has keen interest in golf and also in reading.[7]
References
- 1 2 "Maj Gen Abul Hossain appointed Border Guard Bangladesh chief". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
- ↑ "Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)". daily-sun.com. The Daily Sun. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed new BGB director general". The Daily Star. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ↑ "PM opens 'Shimanto Bank' for BGB members". Dhaka Tribune. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ↑ "PM inaugurates Shimanto Bank". en.prothom-alo.com. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ↑ "Outgoing BGB chief unhappy with border killing, Felani trial". Dhaka Tribune. 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
- ↑ "Border Guard Bangladesh". www.bgb.gov.bd. Retrieved 2016-11-04.