AKM Aminul Haque (officer)

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Major general

AKM Aminul Haque
Native name
একেএম আমিনুল হক
Born19 December 1968 (1968-12-19) (age 55)
Bhedarganj, East Pakistan, Pakistan
AllegianceFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Service/branch
Years of service1989–present
Rank Bangladesh-army-OF-7.svg Major General
BD Army Major General Star Plate.svg
UnitCorps of Signals
Commands held
Alma mater
Military Training

AKM Aminul Haque is a Major General of Bangladesh Army officer and Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party. [1] He is the chairman of the Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank. [2] [3]

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Haque was the Senior Directing Staff -SDS (Army)-2 of the National Defence College. [4] Prior to joining the National Defence College, he served as director of IT, Directorate at Bangladesh Army Headquarters [5] and director of Trust Bank Limited. [6]

Early life and education

Haque was born in Bhedarganj Upazila, Shariatpur District. [7] He completed his SSC and HSC from Cumilla Cadet College. [8] He completed his undergraduate from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. [8] He completed two masters from the National University of Bangladesh and Bangladesh University of Professionals respectively. [8] He received his PhD degree from the University of Dhaka in November 2022. [8]

Career

Haque was commissioned in Bangladesh Army on 22 December 1989 with 21st Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) Long Course.

In September 2011, Lieutenant Colonel Haque was the additional director of National Security Intelligence when he led an operation arrest six individuals in Dhaka in connection with the leak of question papers for medical and dental school exams. [9]

Haque served as defence adviser at the Bangladesh High Commission in London. [10]

In January 2020, Haque came back to Bangladesh and join Senior Directing Staff -SDS (Army)-2 of the National Defence College in Mirpur Cantonment. [11] [12] Later he served as director of IT at Army Headquarter until he got promoted to major general. On 17 January 2023, he was appointed the Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party. [13] [14] He went to the shrine of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to pay tribute after his promotion. [15] [16]

Personal life

Haque's brother AKM Enamul Haque Shamim is an Awami League member of parliament, and the deputy minister of Sheikh Hasina cabinet. [17] There was an attempted assassination of his brother, Enamul Haque Shamim, in June 2014 while he was serving as director of the National Security Intelligence. [17] His father engineer Abul Hashem is a veteran of Bangladesh Liberation War and former employee of Bangladesh Water Development Board. [18] [7] His mother Ratnagarva Begum Ashrafunnesa was also actively participated in the Bangladesh Liberation War with her husband. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ UNB, Gazipur (2023-02-12). "Engage villagers in cultivation activities, PM tells Ansar, VDP". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  2. ↑ "Major General AKM Aminul Haque, Chairman of Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank and Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defense Party, presides over the banks 200th EC meeting at its head office in the capital on Monday. Md. Manjurul Alam, Md. Faizul Kabir,Director and Md. Mosaddake-Ul-Alam, Managing Director of the bank, were present". The New Nation. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  3. ↑ "Alternative security for ambassadors to be discussed this or next week: FS". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  4. ↑ "National Defence College". ndc.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  5. ↑ "Bangabandhu Dhaka Marathon '21 on Jan 10". UNB. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
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  7. 1 2 3 মেজর জেনারেল হলেন শরীয়তপুরের একেএম আমিনুল হক স্বপন. bangladeshtoday.net (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Maj Gen AKM Aminul Haque receives PhD | Daily Sun |". daily sun. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  9. ↑ "6 arrested for medical entry questions leak". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  10. ↑ Desk, AA News. "Armed Forces Day celebrated in UK | The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh". The Asian Age. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
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  12. ↑ "National Defence College". ndc.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  13. ↑ "Govt appoints 2 new DGs for BGB, Ansar". The Daily Star. 2023-01-18. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
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  17. 1 2 "AL leaders tense over Shamim shooting". bdnews24.com. 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
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