Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army
| General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan | |
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| Current Chief of Army Staff | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 25 June 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 July 1957 Comilla, Bangladesh |
| Religion | Islam |
| Awards | Kuwait Liberation Medal |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Bangladesh |
| Service/branch |  Bangladesh Army |
| Years of service | 1976-present |
| Rank |  General |
| Commands | General Officer Commanding: - 9 Infantry division, Savar 24 Infantry division, Chittagong Chief of General Staff Chief of Army Staff |
| Battles/wars | Counter Insurgency Operation in Chittagong Hill Tracts Operation Desert Storm UNAMSIL |
Chief of Army Staff (abbreviated as CAS) of Bangladesh Army is the professional head of the Bangladesh Army. The current CAS is General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan .[1]
The Chief of Army Staff functions from the Army Headquarters, which is located in the Dhaka Cantonment.
List of Chiefs of Army staff
| SERIAL | NAME | PICTURE | PERIOD | REMARKS |
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| 1st | Major General M. A. Rab, Bir Uttom | 3 January 1972 – 5 April 1972 |
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| 2nd | Major General K M Shafiullah, Bir Uttom |  | 5 April 1972 – 24 August 1975 |
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| 3rd | Major General Ziaur Rahman, Bir Uttom |  | 24 August 1975 – 3 November 1975 | |
| 4th | Major General Khaled Mosharraf, Bir Uttom |  | 3 November 1975 – 7 November 1975 |
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| 5th | Lieutenant General Ziaur Rahman, Bir Uttom | | 7 November 1975 – Feb 1979 |
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| 6th | Lieutenant General Hussain Mohammad Ershad |  | Feb 1979 – Aug 1986 |
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| 7th | Lieutenant General Atiqur Rahman | 1 September 1986 – August 1990 | ||
| 8th | Lieutenant General Nuruddin Khan | November 1990 – June 1994 | ||
| 9th | Lieutenant General Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim, Bir Bikram | June 1994 – June 1996 | Sacked | |
| 10th | Lieutenant General Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman | May 1996 – December 1997 | ||
| 11th | General Mustafizur Rahman, Bir Protik |  | 24 December 1997 – 23 December 2000 | |
| 12th | Lieutenant General M Harun-Ar-Rashid |  | 24 December 2000 – 16 June 2002 | |
| 13th | Lieutenant General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, awc, psc |  | 16 June 2002 – 15 June 2005 | |
| 14th | General Moeen U Ahmed, ndc, psc |  | 15 June 2005 – 15 June 2009 | |
| 15th | General Md Abdul Mubeen, ndc, psc |  | 15 June 2009 – 25 June 2012 | |
| 16th | General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, psc | 25 June 2012 – present |
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