Maj Gen Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui takes charge as BGB DG
He took the charge from outgoing BGB chief Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan this afternoon.
Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui has taken charge as the new director general (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).
He took over charge from outgoing DG Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan on Monday afternoon, reads a press release.
Prior to joining BGB, he served as director of the Directorate of Military Training and chairman of the Army Sports Control Board at Bangladesh Army Headquarters in Dhaka.
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Maj Gen Ashrafuzzaman joined the Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) with the 27th BMA Long Course and was commissioned into the Artillery Corps of the Bangladesh Army on 20 December 1992.
He has completed various professional training courses at home and abroad. He is a graduate of the School of Artillery, Fort Sill, USA; Defense Services Command and Staff College, Mirpur, Dhaka; Defense Services Staff College, Wellington, Tamil Nadu, India and National Defense College, New Delhi, India.
The new BGB DG earned a Bachelor's degree from Chittagong University, a Master's in Defense Studies (MDS) from National University, an MSc and MPhil from the University of Madras, India and an MBA from Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP).
He has held various command, staff and instructor positions in various appointments at home and abroad. He has served in five artillery units and commanded an artillery regiment and two artillery brigades.
Maj Gen Ashrafuzzaman also served as an instructor at the Bangladesh Military Academy, staff officer grade-3 of an infantry division, brigade major of an infantry brigade and colonel staff of an infantry division. He also served as director of the Internal Affairs Bureau of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI).
Maj Gen Ashrafuzzaman successfully completed his mission by participating in the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Ethiopia (UNMEE) and Sudan (UNMIS). He also served as a force generation officer in the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) at the United Nations Secretariat in New York, USA
