Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury

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Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury
13th Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard
Assumed office
21 December 2021
PresidentAbdul Hamid
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byRear Admiral M Ashraful Haq
Military service
Allegiance Bangladesh
Branch/service Bangladesh Navy
Bangladesh Coast Guard
Years of service1988-present
RankRear admiral

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Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury ndu, afwc, psc, BN is a rear admiral of the Bangladesh Navy and the incumbent director general of the Bangladesh Coast Guard.[1] Prior to this appointment, he was the director general of the Khulna Naval Area.[2]

Military career[]

Chowdhury joined the Bangladesh Navy in the executive branch on 1 January 1988. He completed the missile command and tactics course, a strategic studies course in China, a gunnery specialisation course in Pakistan, an armed forces war course at National Defence College in Bangladesh and combined forces maritime component commander flag officer course in United States Pacific Fleet headquarters. He is the Senate member of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh.[3] During his tenure in the Bangladesh Coast Guard, it received four 20-metre-long rescue boats with oil pollution control equipment supplied by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).[4]

Personal life[]

Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury is married to Muslima Chowdhury.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Report, Star Digital (25 August 2021). "Rear Admiral Ashraful Hoq takes over as DG of Coast Guard". The Daily Star. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Rear Admiral Ashraful joins Coast Guard as 13th DG". New Age. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Hon'ble Members' List of Senate". Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  4. ^ sun, daily. "BCG gets 4 rescue boats from JICA | Daily Sun |". Daily Sun. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Ashraful" (PDF). Bangladesh Coast Guard. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 December 2021.
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