A. N. M. Muniruzzaman (general)

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A N M Muniruzzaman
AllegianceFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan (before 1972)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Service / branchFlag of the Pakistani Army.svg  Pakistan Army
Flag of the Bangladesh Army.svg  Bangladesh Army
Years of service1969 – 2006
Rank Bangladesh-army-OF-7.svg Major General
BD Army Major General Star Plate.svg
Unit Regiment of Artillery
Commands
Battles / wars UNTAC
Awards Independence Award Ribbon.svg Independence Day Award

Abdullah Nurul Muhammad 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 spoken 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]

References

  1. ↑ Dey, AKM Zakaria,Monoj (2024-09-15). "Bangladesh is amid a serious security threat". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2024-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 "Gen. Anm Muniruzzaman | Planetary Security Initiative". www.planetarysecurityinitiative.org. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  3. ↑ "Bangladesh – SAFN" . Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  4. ↑ "South Asian University concept needs to be pursued". The Daily Star. 20 August 2006. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Short Bio Of ANM Muniruzzaman | BIPSS". 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  6. 1 2 Chowdhury, Mukhlesur Rahman (2019-11-25). Crisis in Governance: Military Rule in Bangladesh during 2007–2008. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 91. ISBN   978-1-5275-4393-5.
  7. 1 2 "Major General Munir Muniruzzaman (Ret.)". GMACCC. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  8. ↑ "Security Council" (PDF). digitallibrary.un.org. 21 November 1993. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  9. ↑ "Workshop on Rohingya crisis in Dhaka tomorrow". The Daily Star. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
  10. ↑ "Roundtable on ties with Singapore on May 25". The Daily Star. 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  11. ↑ Azad, M. Abul Kalam (2015-12-28). "Signs are very alarming". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  12. ↑ Mostofa, Shafi Md (2023-02-02). Dynamics of Violent Extremism in South Asia: Nexus between State Fragility and Extremism. Springer Nature. p. 92. ISBN   978-981-19-7405-2.
  13. ↑ "'Strategic autonomy' must be maintained'". Prothomalo. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  14. ↑ "Maj Gen Muniruzzaman (retd) elected chairman, Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change". Prothomalo. 2023-01-22. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  15. ↑ "Gen. Anm Muniruzzaman | Planetary Security Initiative". www.planetarysecurityinitiative.org. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  16. ↑ "'We need to fortify our border'". The Business Standard. 2024-02-06. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  17. ↑ Bhattacherjee, Kallol (2024-09-01). "India must engage with all sides in Bangladesh: Top policy analyst". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2024-09-15.
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