M. Farid Habib

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Admiral
Farid Habib
NBP, OSP
Bangladesh Navy VAdm Muhammad Farid Habib.jpg
13th Chief of Naval Staff
In office
28 January 2013 –27 January 2016
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by Zahir Uddin Ahmed
Succeeded by Mohammad Nizamuddin Ahmed
Personal details
Born (1959-04-22) 22 April 1959 (age 66)
Tangail, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Awards Army Medal Bar.png Noubahini Padak (NBP)
Extraordiary Service Medal.png Oshamanno Sheba Padak (OSP)
Three CNS Commendation Padak.png Commendation Padak
Military service
AllegianceFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Branch/serviceNaval Ensign of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Navy
Ensign of the Bangladesh Coast Guard.svg  Bangladesh Coast Guard
Years of service1979 – 2016
Rank 14.BNF-ADMF.svg Admiral
BN Admiral Star Plate.svg
Commands
  • Chief of Naval Staff
  • Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations)
  • Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel)
  • Naval Administrative Authority Dhaka (Admin Dhaka)
  • Director (Planning), Bangladesh Coast Guard
  • Commodore Commanding Khulna (COMKHUL)
  • Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMFLOT)

Mohammed Farid Habib [a] (born 22 April 1959) is a retired four star admiral who was the former chief of naval staff of Bangladesh Navy [1] and the incumbent chairman of Trustee Board of University of Scholars. he is the first four star officer of the navy.

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Early life and education

Habib was born in 1959 at village Ichhapur in Kalihati Upazila of Tangail District then East Pakistan (now in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh). [2] He is the youngest son of Mohammad Ali who was a deputy secretary to the Government of East Pakistan and later the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh. [3]

Habib was one of the pioneer cadets of Bangladesh Naval Academy in 1976. [2] He received basic naval training as a Midshipman at Britannia Royal Naval College in the United Kingdom. [3] Habib was commissioned in the executive Branch in Bangladesh Navy on 1 January 1979 as navigator officer. vice admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed, his predecessor is his course mate. [4] Habib obtained in Missile and Mine Sweeping Courses from China and Specialization on Navigation & Direction from Australia and furthermore Pakistan. He is a graduated from Defence Services Command and Staff College and also from Surface Warfare Officers' School (SWOS) in Newport, United States. He attended National Defence Course and Capstone Course from the National Defence College and the Joint Warfare Course and Sea Safety Course in United Kingdom. He furthermore obtained two master's degrees in Defence Studies (MDS) from National University, Bangladesh and Flag Officers Combined Force Maritime Component Commanders Course from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in United States. [3]

Military career

Habib commanded three warships, one large patrol craft, one mine-sweeper missile craft, the Khulna naval area, the naval administrative authority at Dhaka and the Bangladesh naval flotilla. As captain, Habib served at Bangladesh Coast Guard as director of planning. He also taught at Defence Services Command and Staff College and served as commandant of Bangladesh Naval Academy. Habib spent a considerable length at naval headquarters, serving as naval secretary, naval judge advocate general, director of operations and naval plans and furthermore the assistant chief of naval staff for operations and then personnel. Habib also worked with Bangladesh Navy Hydrographic & Oceanographic Center as chairman and served as executive director for the Bangladesh Sea Scouts. [3]

Habib was promoted to vice admiral and appointed as chief of naval staff on 20 January 2013 and assumed office on 28 January 2013. He has been promoted to the rank of admiral on 17 January 2016 [1] and went to leave per retirement ten days later. He was succeeded by vice admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed as naval chief. He has been awarded with the highest scouts award Silver Tiger by president Zillur Rahman [5]

Personal life

He is married to Begum Hafiza Habib and has a son and a daughter. He loves to pass his leisure in reading various periodicals and magazines and plays cricket, lawn tennis and golf. [3]

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ (ND), NBP, OSP, BCGM, ndc, psc

    Citations

    1. 1 2 "BN, BAF chiefs rank upgraded". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . 17 January 2016. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
    2. 1 2 "Farid Habib new navy chief". The Daily Star . 21 January 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Chairman BIO-DATA". ions.navy.mil.bd. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
    4. ↑ "Farid Habib new Navy chief". The Daily Ittefaq. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
    5. ↑ "Rear Admiral Nizamuddin made new navy chief". The Independent . Dhaka. 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
    Military offices
    Preceded by
    Vice Admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed
    		Chief of Naval Staff
    2013-2016    		Succeeded by
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