Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh

Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh
DG
Incumbent
Major General Shafeenul Islam
since 20 March 2018
Border Guards Bangladesh
Seat BGB HQ, Peelkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Appointer The President and PM of Bangladesh
Formation 1795
First holder Major General Chitta Ranjan Datta
Website Official Website

Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh (abbreviated as BGB) also known as 'Border Guards chief' is the professional head of the Border Guards Bangladesh (previously Bangladesh Rifles). The current DG is Major General Shafeenul Islam.[1] The first BGB chief was General Chitta Ranjan Datta.

The Director General functions from the Bangladesh Border Guards Headquarters, which is located in the Peelkhana, Dhaka.

List of Director Generals of Border Guards Bangladesh[2]

#NamePhotoTerm BeganTerm Ended
1stMajor-General Chitta Ranjan Datta31 July 197221 February 1974
2ndMajor General M Khalilur Rahman22 February 197431 October 1975
3rdMajor General Quazi Golam Dastgir1 November 197514 December 1977
4thMajor General Muhammad Atiqur Rahman15 December 197730 June 1982
5thMajor General R A M Golam Muktadir1 July 198216 July 1985
6thMajor General Sofi Ahmed Chowdhury17 July 198530 June 1988
7thMajor General Sadiqur Rahman Chowdhury1 July 198823 September 1990
8thMajor General Mohammad Abdul Latif24 September 19908 June 1992
9thMajor General Mohammad Anwar Hossain10 June 199211 February 1995
10thMajor General Ejaz Ahmed Chowdhury12 February 199518 July 1996
11thMajor General Mohammad Azizur Rahman25 August 199630 December 1999
12thMajor General A. L. M. Fazlur Rahman29 February 200011 July 2001
13thMajor General Mohammad Abu Ishaque Ibrahim12 July 20011 December 2001
14thMajor General Rezaqul Haider1 December 200121 January 2003
15thMajor General Md Jahangir Alam Choudhury21 January 200318 February 2006
16thMajor General Shakil Ahmed19 February 200625 February 2009
17thMajor General Md Mainul Islam28 February 20099 May 2010
18thMajor General Md Rafiqul Islam9 May 201030 June 2011
19thMajor General Anwar Hussain30 June 20115 December 2012
20thMajor General Aziz Ahmed5 December 20121 November 2016
21stMajor General Abul Hossain2 November 20168 March 2018
22ndMajor General Md Shafeenul Islam20 March 2018present

References

  1. ↑ "Maj Gen Shafeenul new DG of BGB". The Daily Star. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Border Guard Bangladesh". www.bgb.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
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