S. M. Matiur Rahman

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S M Matiur Rahman
Native name
এস. এম. মতিউর রহমান
Nickname(s)Jewel
Born (1965-11-24) 24 November 1965 (age 58)
Pangsha, Rajbari District, East Pakistan
AllegianceFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Service/branchFlag of the Bangladesh Army.svg  Bangladesh Army
Years of service1985–2023
Rank Bangladesh-army-OF-8.svg Lieutenant general
BD Army Lieutenant General Star Plate.svg
Service number BA - 2884
Unit Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
Commands held
Battles/wars
Awards Army Medal of Excellence Bar.png Sena Utokorsho Padak(SUP)
Extraordiary Service Medal.png Oshamanno Sheba Padak(OSP)
Bangladesh Army Para Commando sign.svg Maroon Parachute Wing
Police career
Unit Rapid Action Battalion
AllegianceFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
BranchBangladesh Police Flag.svg Bangladesh Police
Service years2008–2010
Rank Bangladesh Police DIGP Rank.svg Additional Director

S M Matiur Rahman OSP (BAR), SUP, afwc, psc, is a retired three-star-rank Bangladesh Army officer, a lieutenant general. He was general officer commanding, Army Training and Doctrine Command (GOC ARTDOC), Mymensingh Cantonment. Prior to join ARTDOC, he was GOC of 24 Infantry Division and area commander of Chattogram area. Earlier, he was adjutant general of the Bangladesh Army. [1] He was also vice chairman of Trust Bank's board of directors. He served as general officer commanding (GOC) of 55 Infantry Division & Area Commander of Jessore Area. [2] He also served as the director of Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Bureau (CTIB) of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence. He served as commander of 46th Independent Infantry Brigade. He also served as additional director general (operations) of the Rapid Action Battalion.

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Education and training

Matiur completed his schooling from Kashbamajail Atahar Hossain High School & Higher School from Notre Dame College. He joined 13th BMA long course and was commissioned in the Corps of Infantry in December 1985. He attended various professional training courses at home and abroad. In his early career he attended Air Borne Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, in the United States. He is one of the pioneer officers of the Bangladesh Army to complete Jump Master Course and Free Fall Course from the School of Infantry and Tactics. He also completed the Jungle Operation Course from Malaysia.

Matiur graduated from Defence Services Command and Staff College and from National Defence College. At the same time, he completed his Master's in Defence Studies (MDS) and Master's in War Studies (MWS) in 2000 and 2007 respectively from National University of Bangladesh. [3]

Career

In his career he adorned various command and staff appointments at battalion, brigade and division level. Besides, he served as an instructor in Bangladesh Military Academy and in the School of Infantry and Tactics for many years and thus contributed significantly in making and grooming the future leaders of Bangladesh Army. He retired from the army on 23 November 2023.

UN Mission

While he was a major participated in United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in former Yugoslavia as a military observer in 1995–1996. He led a Bangladeshi military contingent in Ivory Coast as part of United Nations peace keeping operation there in 2008–2009.

RAB

Being a colonel he held the appointment of additional director general (operations) of Rapid Action Battalion Forces. Under his command for the first time law enforcers in Bangladesh have captured suspected members of Jaish-e-Mohammed, one of the major terrorist outfits operative in South Asia. [4]

Army

As lieutenant colonel, he commanded an infantry battalion and also the only para-commando battalion of Bangladesh Army. When he was promoted to brigadier general, he commanded the infantry brigade of Bangladesh Army – 46 Independent Infantry Brigade located at Dhaka. [5]

He also served as GOC of 55 Infantry Division. He organized Assault River Crossing 2016, where the army for the first time used a drone to locate enemy position. [2]

He joined the army headquarters as adjutant general on 9 February 2016. As adjutant general of the Bangladesh Army, he is the chairman of Army Housing Scheme, Governing Body of Cadet Colleges, Trust Transport Services and Trust Technical Training Institute. He is also the chairman of management committee of Sena Kalyan Sangstha and the vice chairman of Army Welfare Trust and Sena Hotel Developments Limited. [3] He is the current president of Army Golf Club (AGC), Dhaka Cantonment.

CTIB

As brigadier general he served as director of Counter Terrorism Intelligence Bureau (CTIB), a child agency of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI).

ARTDOC

In December 2020, Matiur Rahman was serving as a major general and GOC of 24th Infantry Division in Chattogram when he was promoted to Lieutenant General and appointed to succeed Lieutenant General Shafiuddin Ahmed as the GOC of Army Training and Doctrine Command (ARTDOC) when Shafiuddin Ahmed was appointed as the quartermaster general of the Bangladesh Army. [6]

Personal life

General Matiur is married to Syeda Towhida Aziz and is a father of two children.

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References

  1. ↑ "Army top brass goes through reshuffle". New Age.
  2. 1 2 ehsannewyork (2015-02-05). "Massive Assault River Crossing Exercise by Bangladesh Armed Forces". Bangladesh – Audacity of Hope. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  3. 1 2 "Board of Directors". trustbank.com.bd. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  4. ↑ "Jaish-e-Mohammed operative captured". The Daily Star. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  5. ↑ "DSE Senior Vice‐President presenting crest to Brigadier General S M Matiur Rahman" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Major shuffle in the top brass of Bangladesh Army". bdnews24.com . December 25, 2020. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
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