Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army
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The Chief of the Army Staff (CAS) of the Bangladesh Army is the professional head of the Bangladesh Army. By virtue of the eminence of the Bangladesh Army amongst the military forces of Bangladesh, he is also regarded as the senior-most defence official in the country. The current CAS is Lieutenant General Moeen U Ahmed, psc.
The Army Chief functions from the Army Headquarters, which is located in the Dhaka Cantonment. The Army Chief is normally a Lieutenant General. The official residence of the Army Chief is known as 'Senabhaban' or Army House and has served as the official residence of the CAS since indpendence, prior to that serving as the Flag Staff House (residence of the senior most officer in the garrison in that case the General Officer Commanding of 14 Infantry Division) of Dhaka Cantonment.
[edit] List of Chiefs of Staff
- General M.A.G. Osmany December 1971-April 1972 (commander in chief of armed forces)
- Colonel K.M. Shafiullah April 1972- August 1975 (dismissed after coup)
- Major General Ziaur Rahman August-November 1975 (dismissed in November 3 coup)
- Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf November 3-7, 1975 (leader of short-lived coup;killed on November 7)
- Major General Ziaur Rahman (2nd Time) November 7, 1975- November 1980
- Lt. General Hossain Mohammad Ershad December 1980-August 1985
- Lt. General Atiqur Rahman September 1, 1986-
- Lt. General Nuruddin Khan
- Lt. General Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim
- Lt. General Mahbubur Rahman ( 20 May 1996 to 23 December 1997)
- Lt. General Mustafizur Rahman (24 December 1997 to 23 December 2000)
- Lt. General M Harun-Ar-Rashid (24 December 2000 to 16 June 2002)
- Lt. General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury (16 June 2002 to 15 June 2005)
- Lt. General Moeen U Ahmed (present) (15 June 2005 to ---2006))
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