List of serving admirals of the Bangladesh Navy

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This list represents the list of serving Admirals of Bangladesh Navy. Currently the navy has 1 Admiral with 15 Rear Admirals. Historically, the Vice Admiral was assigned as chief of naval staff. However as of 2015, there is no Vice Admiral post ameliorated in forthwith.

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Current Bangladesh Navy Admirals

  1. Admiral Mohammad Nazmul Hassan – Chief of Naval Staff, CNS - Naval Headquarters, Dhaka.
  1. Vacant
  1. Rear Admiral Mohammad Musa – Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations), ACNS (O) - Naval Headquarters, Dhaka.
  2. Rear Admiral S M Abul Kalam Azad – Commander, Dhaka Naval Area, COMDHAKA - BNS Haji Mohshin, Dhaka [1]
  3. Rear Admiral Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury – Vice Chancellor of Maritime University Bangladesh, VC BMU - Chattogram, Chittagong [2]
  4. Rear Admiral Abdullah Al Mamun Chowdhury – Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel), ACNS (P) - Naval Headquarters, Dhaka
  5. Rear Admiral Muhammad Zohir Uddin – Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Logistics), ACNS (LOG) - Naval Headquarters, Dhaka
  6. Rear Admiral Khondkar Misbahul Azim – Ambassador, Embassy of the People's Republic of Bangladesh for Oman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MoFA-Oman - Muscat, Oman
  7. Rear Admiral Golam Sadeq – Commander, Khulna Naval Area, COMKHUL - BNS Titumir, Khulna
  8. Rear Admiral Mir Ershad Ali – Commander, Chattogram Naval Area, COMCHIT - BNS Issa Khan, Chittagong [3]
  9. Rear Admiral Shaheen Rahman – Chairman, Mongla Port Authority, Chairman MPA - Mongla Port, Khulna
  10. Rear Admiral S M Moniruzzaman – Chairman, Chattogram Port Authority, Chairman CPA - Chittagong Port, Chittagong [4] [5]
  11. Rear Admiral Masud Iqbal – Chairman, Payra Port Authority, Chairman PPA - Payra Port, Barisal
  12. Rear Admiral Khandakar Akhter Hossain – Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Material), ACNS (M) - Naval Headquarters, Dhaka
  13. Rear Admiral Mohammad Ziaul Hoque – Director General, Bangladesh Coast Guard, DG (BCG) - Agargaon, Dhaka [6]
  14. Rear Admiral Mohammad Moinul Hassan – Commander, Bangladesh Navy Fleet, COMBAN - BNS Issa Khan, Chittagong
  15. Rear Admiral Muhammad Niyamat Elahee – Commandant, Naval Training and Doctrine Command, COMNATDOC - BNS Sher-e-Bangla, Barisal
  16. Vacant – Senior Directing Staff (Navy), National Defence College SDS (Navy) NDC - Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka

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References

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  2. ↑ "BMU new VC appoinment - - Secondary and Higher Education Division" (PDF). Secondary and Higher Education Division, Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  3. ↑ "Mir Ershad Ali back to Bangladesh Navy from Coast Guard - - Ministry of Public Administration" (PDF). Ministry of Public Administration. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
  4. ↑ "SM Moniruzzaman new chairman of Ctg Port - - observerbd.com". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  5. ↑ "Moniruzzaman new Ctg port chairman". The Business Standard. 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  6. ↑ "M Ziaul Hoque Appoints as new DG BCG - - Ministry of Public Administration" (PDF). Ministry of Public Administration. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
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