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 Bangladesh Navy has 1 Admiral with 16 Rear Admirals & no Vice Admiral.

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Current Bangladesh Navy Admirals

  1. Admiral Mohammad Nazmul Hassan, Chief of Naval Staff,  (CNS), Naval Headquarters, Banani, Dhaka.
  1. Vacant
  1. Rear Admiral Mohammad Musa, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel), ACNS (P), Naval Headquarters, Banani, 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 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, VC BSMRMU, Ministry of Education [2]
  4. Rear Admiral M Anwar Hossain, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations), ACNS (O), Naval Headquarters, Banani, Dhaka.
  5. Rear Admiral Abdullah Al Mamun Chowdhury, Bangladesh Navy. (Bangladesh)|
  6. Rear Admiral Muhammad Zohir Uddin, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Logistics), ACNS (Log), Naval Headquarters, Banani, Dhaka
  7. Rear Admiral Khondkar Misbah-ul-Azim, Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA-4)
  8. Rear Admiral Mir Ershad Ali, Commander, Chattogram Naval Area, COMCHIT, BNS Issa Khan, Chattogram [3]
  9. Rear Admiral Shaheen Rahman, Chairman, Mongla Port Authority, Chairman MPA, Ministry of Shipping
  10. Rear Admiral Golam Sadeq, Commander, Khulna Naval Area, COMKHUL BNS Titumir, Khulna
  11. Rear Admiral S M Moniruzzaman, Chairman, Chattogram Port Authority, Chairman CPA, Ministry of Shipping [4] [5]
  12. Rear Admiral Masud Iqbal, Chairman, Payra Port Authority, Chairman PPA, Ministry of Shipping
  13. Rear Admiral Khandakar Akhter Hossain, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Material), ACNS (M), Naval Headquarters, Banani, Dhaka.
  14. Rear Admiral Md Ziaul Hoque, Director General, Bangladesh Coast Guard, DG (BCG), Ministry of Home Affairs [6]
  15. Rear Admiral Mohammad Moinul Hassan, Commander, Bangladesh Navy Fleet, COMBAN BNS Issa Khan, Chattogram
  16. Rear Admiral Muhammad Niyamat Elahee, Commander, Naval Training and Doctrine Command, COMNATDOC BNS Sher-e-Bangla, Patuakhali
  17. Vacant High Commissioner of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Maldives, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MoFA-Maldives

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References

  1. ↑ "S M Abul Kalam Azad back to BD Navy - - Ministry of Public Administration" (PDF). Ministry of Public Administration. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  2. ↑ "BSMRMU 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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