Sultan Ahmed (Rear Admiral)

Sultan Ahmed was the 4th chief of the Bangladesh Navy, addressed as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS). He was a gunnery officer aboard a missile frigate in the Pakistan Navy and qualified to be a logistics officer on a submarine. Between 1963 and 1968 he was a submarine warfare officer. At the time of the 1971 War, he was studying in the United States Army Intelligence Center for a joint NATO counter-intelligence training program [1][2][3] He was made the Deputy Director General of newly created DGFI under Lieutenant General Ziaur Rahman's supervision. He was a Deputy Martial Law Administrator during the regime of President Hussain Muhammad Ershad and the Minister for Communication and Shipping.[4] He was the chief of Bangladesh navy from 6 August 1984 to 14 August 1990.[5] He was also elected as a Member of Parliament from Rajshahi.

Rear Admiral

Sultan Ahmed
Born4 April 1938
Rajshahi
Died21 December 2012
Dhaka
Buried
Banani Graveyard
Allegiance Pakistan
 Bangladesh
Service/branch Pakistan Navy
 Bangladesh Navy
Years of service1959-1990
RankRear Admiral

Commands heldChiefs of Naval Staff, Bangladesh Navy
Deputy Director General, DGFI Director of Operations, Bangladesh Coast Guard
Deputy Inspector General, Bangladesh Police
AwardsNavy Cross
President Police Medal
Other workMember of Parliament

References
  1. Rizvi, H. (15 January 1993). Pakistan and the Geostrategic Environment: A Study of Foreign Policy. Springer. p. 56. ISBN 9780230379848.
  2. IDSA News Review on East Asia. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. 1990-01-01. p. 32.
  3. Near East/South Asia Report. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1987-01-01.
  4. The Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace: Workshop on the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace, Dhaka, People People's Republic of Bangladesh, November 23-25, 1985. BRILL. 1986-01-01. pp. xix. ISBN 0898389178.
  5. "Bangladesh Navy". www.navy.mil.bd. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
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