Golam Sadeq

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Golam Sadeq
AllegianceFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
BranchNaval Ensign of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Navy
Years of service1989 – present
Rank 12.BNF-VADM.svg Rear Admiral
BN Rear Admiral Star Plate.svg
Commands
Awards Navy Glorious Service Medal Ribbon.png Nou Gourobh Padak (NGP)
Three CNS Commendation Padak.png Commendation Padak

Golam Sadeq [a] is a two-star officer in the Bangladesh Navy and incumbent commander of Khulna naval area. [1] He is a former chairman of Payra Port Authority, the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority and also antecedent commandant of Bangladesh Naval Academy [2]

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Early life and education

Sadeq finished high school from the Rangpur Cadet College and enlisted to Bangladesh Naval Academy on 1987. [3] Soon after he received naval training from the Royal Malaysian Navy up until 1990. Sadeq is a naval artillery officer and a graduate of Defence Services Command and Staff College, the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and furthermore the National Defence College. Sadeq also attended a naval command course from the Naval War College at Newport, United States and was awarded Top Gun Awards for confidential records at the Command and Staff Training Institute.

Military career

Sadeq was aide-de-camp to chief of naval staff rear admiral Mohammad Nurul Islam in the rank of lieutenant. Sadeq commanded an offshore missile craft in the same rank. Later on he commanded, one warship, two patrol crafts, one offshore vessel and one minesweeper craft. Sadeq moreover commanded two naval bases, the Special Warfare Diving and Salvage and the Bangladesh Naval Academy. [4] On January 2020, he became chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority. Sadeq was promoted to rear admiral on March 2023 and was designated briefly as senior directing staff (navy) for the National Defence College. [5] [6] In April 2023, he was appointed as chairman of Payra Port Authority. Sadeq returned to navy on January 2024. [7]

Personal life

Rear Admiral Sadeq is married and father of a son and a daughter. [3]

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ (G), NGP, ndc, ncc, psc, BN

    Citations

    1. ↑ "BIWTA gets new chairman". The Financial Express (Bangladesh) (Press release). 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
    2. ↑ "Ex Faculty". National Defence College. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
    3. 1 2 "Biography of BIWTA Chairman, Commodore Golam Sadeq" (PDF). Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority .
    4. ↑ "BIWTA gets new chairman". Daily Sun (Bangladesh) . 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
    5. ↑ "Commodore Golam Sadeq made new BIWTA chief". The Independent (Bangladesh) (Press release). 2020-01-20. Archived from the original on 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
    6. ↑ "PM vows to turn Bangladesh Navy into 'Builder Navy'". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . BSS. 2017-12-24. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
    7. ↑ "Rear Admiral Sadeq new chairman of Payra Port". Daily Sun (Bangladesh) . 2023-04-12. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
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