Mir Mushfiqur Rahman

Mir Mushfiqur Rahman
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch	Bangladesh Army
Years of service	1991 - present
Rank	Major General
Unit	Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
Commands	GOC of 24th Infantry Division Military Secretary at Army Headquarters Director General of Directorate General of Defence Purchase Commander of 44th Infantry Brigade Commander of 203rd Infantry Brigade
Battles / wars	UNMISS MINUSMA
Awards	Sena Utkorsho Padak(SUP) Bishishto Seba Padak (BSP)

Mir Mushfiqur Rahman ^{[a] [b]} is a two star officer of the Bangladesh Army and incumbent general officer commanding of 24th Infantry Division and area commander, Chittagong area. He is also the former director general of the Directorate General of Defence Purchase and military secretary at army headquarters. ^{[1] [2]}

Education

Rahman enlisted to Bangladesh Military Academy on 1989 and was commissioned in East Bengal Regiment with the 24th BMA long course in 21 June 1991. Rahman is a graduate of Defence Services Command and Staff College and the National Defence College. He obtained his bachelor's degree in chemistry from University of Chittagong and Master's of defence studies from Bangladesh University of Professionals. ^[1]

Military career

Rahman commanded two infantry companies at Rangamati, Rangpur and one infantry battalion, the 23rd Bangladesh Infantry Regiment at Cumilla respectively. Rahman also instructed at the School of Infantry and Tactics as major and Defence Services Command and Staff College as colonel. ^[3] He was promoted to brigadier general in 2015 and was posted as commander of 44th infantry brigade in Cumilla. Rahman also served as chief of doctrine division at ARTDOC headquarters, Momenshahi in 2017 and commander of 203rd infantry brigade at Khagrachhari in 2019.

Rahman was promoted to major general on January 2023 and was appointed as director general of Directorate General of Defence Purchase. He then tenured as military secretary at army headquarters on July 2024. He was appointed as general officer commanding of 24th Infantry Division and area commander Chittagong area, succeeding his colleague major general Mainur Rahman in October 2024. He is the incumbent chairman of the governing body at Army Medical College, Chattogram and Chittagong Cantonment Public College. ^[4]

United Nations peacekeeping missions

Rahman served in United Nations peacekeeping missions twice. First, under UNSC as a pioneer commanding officer of BANBAT-10 in UNMISS in South Sudan from 2011 to 2012 and received citations by SRSG for outstanding performance. He again served as force commander of Bangladesh contingent at MINUSMA in Mali from 2018 to 2019.

References

Footnotes

1. Bengali: মীর মুশফিকুর রহমান
2. BSP, SUP, ndc, psc

1. "President Parade of 87 BMA Long Course and 59 BMA Special Course". Bangladesh Military Academy .
2. "Cantonment English School & College". cesc.edu.bd. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
3. "Senior Instructors (Bangladesh Army)". Defence Services Command and Staff College .
4. "Chairman's Message". Army Medical College Chittagong. 2025-07-13. Retrieved 2025-07-30.