Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui

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Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui
মোহাম্মদ আশরাফুজ্জামান সিদ্দিকী
25th Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh
Assumed office
30 January 2024
Years of service1992–present
Rank Bangladesh-army-OF-7.svg Major General
BD Army Major General Star Plate.svg
UnitRegiment of Artillery

Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui is a major general in the Bangladesh Army who is the incumbent director general of the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB). [1] Prior to his promotion to Major General, he served as the Director of Army Sports Control Board as a Brigadier General. [2]

Siddiqui is the chairman of Shimanto Bank. [3] He was the Director of the Internal Affairs Bureau of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence. [4]

Career

Siddiqui joined the Bangladesh Military Academy and received his commission on 10 December 1992. [5]

Siddiqui also served as Commander, 11th Artillery Brigade and Director, [4] Internal Affairs Bureau of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence. [6] He was the chairman of the Army Sports Control Board. [7] He was the director of Military Training Directorate. [7]

Siddiqui was the head of the risk management committee and trustee board member of Trust Bank Limited. [5] He served in United Nations Mission in Sudan and the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea. [5]

Siddiqui was the commander of the 9th Artillery Brigade of Bangladesh Army. [8]

On 30 January 2024, Siddiqui was appointed director general of the Border Guards Bangladesh replacing Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan. [9] Deputy secretary of the Public Administration ministry, Abdullah Arif Mohammad, signed the gazette notification. [10]

In February 2024, Siddiqui said that he would not allow any more Rohingya people to enter Bangladesh from Myanmar. [11]

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