Engineer-in-Chief (Bangladesh army)

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Engineer in Chief (E in C) is a principal staff officer of Bangladesh Army in army headquarters and a technical advisor to the Chief of Army Staff on combat engineering and military works matters. He is head of the Military Engineer Services and has technical control on Corps of Engineers.

The current Engineer in Chief of Bangladesh Army is Major General Hasan Uz Zaman. [1]

List of Engineer-in-Chiefs

Sl.NameTerm StartTerm EndReference
1Major General Fazlur Rahman Al Mamun17 November 19759 January 1978 [2]
2Major General M A Matin 10 January 197811 June 1981 [2]
3Major General Mozammel Hossain19 July 198123 March 1982 [2]
4Major General Mahmudul Hasan 13 April 19826 July 1986 [2]
5Major General Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman 13 August 19863 April 1989 [2]
6Major General Mohammad A Halim15 May 198930 May 1995 [2]
7Major General Mustafa Kamaluddin30 May 19954 January 1996 [2]
8Major General Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman 4 January 199618 January 1996 [2]
9Major General Golam Kader 18 January 199618 June 1996 [3]
10Major General Abdul Hafiz Mallik 14 August 199624 February 2001 [3]
11Brigadier General Abdul Wadud 25 February 200116 November 2001 [3]
12Major General Tarique Ahmed Siddique 17 November 200117 March 2002 [3]
13Major General Abdul Wadud 26 August 20022 February 2006 [3]
14Major General Ismail Faruque Chowdhury 3 February 200624 July 2008 [3]
15Major General Nizam Ahmed4 September 200814 May 2009 [3]
16Major General Hameed-Al-Hasan14 May 200924 July 2011 [4]
17Major General Mohd. Habibur Rahman Khan 24 July 20111 August 2013 [4]
18Major General Abul Hossain 1 August 201318 December 2013 [4]
19Major General Md Abdul Quadir 18 December 201329 September 2015 [4]
20Major General Siddiqur Rahman Sarker 29 September 201517 February 2019 [4]
21Major General Ibne Fazal Shayekhuzzaman 8 December 201917 February 2022 [4]
22Major General Md Jubayer Salehin 17 February 202221 September 2023 [4]
23Major General Iftekhar Anis 21 September 202312 September 2024
24Major General Hasan Uz Zaman 9 September 2024present

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References

  1. ↑ "Construction work of Padma bridge link road begins". The Daily Star. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 মিলিটারী ইঞ্জিনিয়ার সার্ভিসেস. Military Engineer Services. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 মিলিটারী ইঞ্জিনিয়ার সার্ভিসেস. Military Engineer Services. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 মিলিটারী ইঞ্জিনিয়ার সার্ভিসেস. Military Engineer Services. Retrieved 2022-10-04.


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