Rezaqul Haider (general)
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Rezaqul Haider | |
|---|---|
| 14th Director General of Bangladesh Rifles | |
| In office 1 December 2001 – 21 January 2003 | |
| President | A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar (acting) Iajuddin Ahmed |
| Prime Minister | Khaleda Zia |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Abu Ishaque Ibrahim |
| Succeeded by | Jahangir Alam Chowdhury |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 April 1951 Dacca, East Bengal, Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Faujdarhat Cadet College East Bengal Regimental School Pakistan Military Academy Allahabad University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Bangladesh |
| Branch/service |  Bangladesh Army Bangladesh Rifles |
| Years of service | 1971-2006 |
| Rank |  Major General |
| Unit | East Bengal Regiment |
| Commands |
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| Battles/wars | Bangladesh Liberation War UNAMET |
Rezaqul Haider is a retired Bangladesh Army officer who is the former director of the Border Guard Bangladesh.[1]
Early life
[edit]Haider was born on 18 April 1951 in Dhaka, he passed both SSC and HSC from Faujdarhat Cadet College. He did his graduation in Bachelor of Arts under Pakistan Military Academy and Masters in Defence Studies from Allahabad University, India.[2]
Career
[edit]Haider was commissioned on 29 August 1971. He became 14th Director General of Bangladesh Rifles on 1 December 2001. He has worked at UNAMET for UNTAET as Chief Military Observer. He is the recipient of The Wiesel Ethics Award '2000 for his contributions to the international civil service.
He was supposed to be appointed by prime minister Khaleda Zia as she decided, but Moeen U Ahmed managed his appointment, cancelling the decision and using his army colleague Major (rtd) Sayeed Eskandar who was incidentally a younger brother of Khaleda Zia to cancel the decision.[3] In 2005, he was appointed as the ambassador of Bangladesh to the Republic of Turkey. [2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Secretary-General Appoints Brigadier Rezaqul Haider". United Nations. 24 June 1999.
- ^ a b "Maj Gen Rezaqul Haider made Ambassador to Turkey". BDNews24. Retrieved 9 August 2005.
- ^ Chowdhury, Mukhlesur Rahman (25 November 2019). Crisis in Governance: Military Rule in Bangladesh during 2007–2008. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-5275-4393-5.