A. N. M. Muniruzzaman

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A. N. M. Muniruzzaman is a retired major general of Bangladesh Army, [1] and president of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace & Security Studies. [2] [3] He is the chairperson of the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change. [2] He was the Director General of the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies. [4]

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Early life and education

Muniruzzaman graduated from the National University, Bangladesh and National Defence College. [5] He studied at the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College, and the Naval War College. [5]

Career

Muniruzzaman was stuck in West Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 and was repatriated after the Independence of Bangladesh. [6] He received his commission in the artillery regiment. [5]

Muniruzzaman was the military advisor to the President of Bangladesh. [7] He had served in the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia as the chief military liaison officer. [7] [8]

In 1999, Muniruzzaman worked for the establishment of Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operations Training. [5]

Muniruzzaman was appointed the Director General of the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies in 2005 to clear the path for Major General Moeen U Ahmed to become the next chief of Army Staff. [5] [6]

Muniruzzaman established Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies in 2007. [9] [5] He jointly organized a round table in 2009 in Singapore with Institute of South Asian Studies. [10] In 2013, he testified in front of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs about Bangladesh. [5] He raised concerns about increasing militant attacks on minorities in 2015 and had warned of prison radicalization. [11] [12] He has called for maintaining strategic ambiguity of Bangladesh when it comes to foreign relations. [13]

On 22 January 2023, Muniruzzaman was elected Chairman of the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change. [14] He had spoke in front of the UN Security Council on climate change. [15] In February 2024, he called for the fortification of the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. [16] After the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina he called on India to engage will political parties in Bangladesh. [17]

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