Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army
| Chief of Staff of the Army
CAS | |
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Flag of the Bangladesh Army | |
| Bangladesh Army | |
| Seat | Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Appointer | The President and PM |
| Formation | 12 April, 1971 |
| First holder | Gen. M. A. G. Osmani |
| Website | Official Website |
Chief of Army Staff (abbreviated as CAS) of Bangladesh Army also known as 'army chief' is the professional head of the Bangladesh Army. The current CAS is General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq .[1] The first army chief was General Osmani.
The Chief of Army Staff functions from the Army Headquarters, which is located in the Dhaka Cantonment.
List of former Chiefs of Army staff
| # | Name | Photo | Term Began | Term Ended | Decoration | Unit of Commission | Commission category |
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| 1st | General M. A. G. Osmani | 12 April 1971 | 6 April 1972 | Bir Uttom | East Bengal Regiment | ||
| 2nd | Major General Kazi M Shafiullah |  | 7 April 1972 | 24 August 1975 | Bir Uttom | East Bengal Regiment | BDF War Commander 1971 |
| 3rd | Major General Ziaur Rahman |  | 24 August 1975 | 3 November 1975 | Bir Uttom | East Bengal Regiment | BDF War Commander 1971 |
| 4th | Major General Khaled Mosharraf |  | 3 November 1975 | 7 November 1975 | Bir Uttom | East Bengal Regiment | BDF War Commander 1971 |
| 5th | Lieutenant General Ziaur Rahman | | 7 November 1975 | 28 Apr 1978 | Bir Uttom | East Bengal Regiment | BDF War Commander 1971 |
| 6th | Lieutenant General Hussain Mohammad Ershad |  | 29 Apr 1978 | 30 Aug 1986 | psc | East Bengal Regiment | Repatriated |
| 7th | Lieutenant General Atiqur Rahman |  | 31 Aug 1986 | 30 August 1990 | Regiment of Artillery | Repatriated | |
| 8th | Lieutenant General Nuruddin Khan | Aug 1990 | Aug 1994 | Corps of Engineers | Repatriated | ||
| 9th | Lieutenant General Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim | Aug 1994 | Aug 1996 | Bir Bikram | East Bengal Regiment | BDF Officer 1971 | |
| 10th | Lieutenant General Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman | May 1996 | December 1997 | Corps of Engineers | Repatriated | ||
| 11th | General Mustafizur Rahman | 24 December 1997 | 23 December 2000 | Bir Protik | Corps of Engineers | Freedom Fighter | |
| 12th | Lieutenant General M Harun-Ar-Rashid | 24 December 2000 | 15 June 2002 | Bir Protik | East Bengal Regiment | BDF Officer 1971 | |
| 13th | Lieutenant General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury | 16 June 2002 | 15 June 2005 | awc, psc | Frontier Force Regiment | Repatriated | |
| 14th | General Moeen U Ahmed |  | 16 June 2005 | 15 June 2009 | ndc, psc | East Bengal Regiment | After independence |
| 15th | General Md Abdul Mubeen | 16 June 2009 | 25 June 2012 | ndc, psc | East Bengal Regiment | After independence | |
| 16th | General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan | 26 June 2012 | 25 June 2015 | psc | East Bengal Regiment |
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