Anwar Hussain (officer)

Anwar Hussain is a retired 3 Star General of the Bangladesh Army. He has served as the Quarter Master General of the Army.[1][2][3] He is the former Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) and General officer Commanding (GOC) of Army Training and Doctrine Command (ARTDOC). He has been honored as the Colonel Commandant of Regiment of Artillery of Bangladesh Army as he is the highest Ranking and senior longest serving officer of Regiment of Artillery of Bangladesh Army.

Anwar Hussain
19th Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh
In office
30 June 2011 – 5 December 2012
PresidentZillur Rahman
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byMd Rafiqul Islam
Succeeded byAziz Ahmed
Personal details
BornNarayangonj
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater
Military Training
Bangladesh Military Academy
Awards Independence Day Award
Military service
Allegiance Bangladesh
Branch/service Bangladesh Army
Border Guard Bangladesh
Years of service1979-2018
Rank Lieutenant General
UnitRegiment of Artillery
Commands
Battles/warsUNOMIG
UNIIMOG

Education

He completed the Army Staff Course from Defence Services Command and Staff College, Mirpur in 1991, the Command and General Staff Course at Staff College Germany in 1992-93 and the National Defence Course from National Defence College, Mirpur in 2006.[4]

Career

Hussain was commissioned in the Artillery Corps of Bangladesh Army on 23 December 1979 from the 1st BMA long course.

During his long tenure he served as Commander of 9th Artillery Brigade, Commandant of Artillery Centre and School (AC&S), Director of a Directorate under General Staff Branch at Army Headquarters and GOC of 33 Infantry Division and Area Commander of Comilla Area. He served as General officer Commanding of Army Training and Doctrine Command.[4][5]

He served as Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh from 30 June 2011 to 5 December 2012.[6] During his tenure as BGB chief, the Coordinated Border Management Plan (CBMP) to reduce killings and crime along the common frontier and to further enhance the quality of border management was signed between BGB & BSF.[7]

He was the Vice Chairman of the Bangladesh Diesel Plant Limited Board of Directors, an enterprise of Bangladesh Army. He also served as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bangladesh Machine tools Factory limited .[8] He was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Canteen Stores Department (CSD). All DOHS and AHS comes under his authority as he was the Quarter Master General (QMG) of Bangladesh Army.

UN Mission

In 1988-89 Anwar Hussain served as an observer of United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG) in 1988-89 and as Chief Military Observer of UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) in 2008–09.[4][9]

References
  1. লে. জেনারেল আজিজ কোয়ার্টারমাস্টার জেনারেল হলেন. Samakal (in Bengali). 9 January 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. "PM opens new establishments at Dhaka cantt". New Age. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  3. "Navy, Air chiefs adorned new rank badges". The Independent. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. "New BGB chief takes charge". The Daily Star. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  5. "Lt Gen Belal next army chief". New Age. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  6. "Border Guard Bangladesh". bgb.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  7. "Bangladesh, India ink border deal". The Hindu. 17 April 2017. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  8. "BDP exhibits its products". BSS. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  9. "UNOMIG: United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia - Facts and Figures". www.un.org. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
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