Sheikh Pasha Habib Uddin

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Shaikh Pasha Habib Uddin
Born20 November 1967 (1967-11-20) (age 54)
Feni, Bangladesh
Allegiance Bangladesh
Service/branch Bangladesh Army
Years of service1987 – present
RankBangladesh-army-OF-7.svgMajor General
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UnitCorps of Artillery
Commands held
Senior Directing Staff (SDS Army-1) of National Defence College

Commandant of Bangladesh Ordnance Factories (BOF) 

  Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP
Battles/warsUNOCI
Alma materUniversity of Chittagong
University of Dhaka (MBA)
National University of Bangladesh

Shaikh Pasha Habib Uddin SGP, BAMS, afwc, psc is a two-star rank Bangladesh Army officer and the current Senior Directing Staff (Army-1), National Defence College.[1] He was Commandant, Bangladesh Ordnance Factories (BOF) and the Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party. He also served as the chairman of Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank.[2][3]

Early life and education[]

Habib Uddin was born on 20 November 1967 in Feni, Bangladesh. He graduated from Faujdarhat Cadet College and joined the 16th long course of the Bangladesh Military Academy. He was commissioned in the Bangladesh Army on 26 June 1987. He completed his undergraduate from the University of Chittagong and an MBA from the IBA, University of Dhaka. He completed a master's in war studies and another in defence studies from the National University of Bangladesh. He attended the National Defence College and the Defence Services Command and Staff College. In 2006, he completed a course on civic response to terrorism at the United States Navy operated Naval Postgraduate School in California. He completed a leadership course at the United States Military Academy.[4]

Career[]

Habib Uddin served as the defence attache in the Bangladesh embassy in the United Kingdom. He commanded the second artillery brigade. He was deputed to the Border Guards Bangladesh where he served as the commander of the 1st Battalion. He was an instructor in the School of Infantry and Tactics. He commanded a Bangladeshi United Nation Peacekeeping contingent. He commanded a mechanized infantry unit in the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire. He served in the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence.[4] He was made the Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and the Village Defence Party on 31 April 2017.[5] On 6 January 2018, he announced that 600,000 personnel of Bangladesh Ansar and the Village Defence Party will be deployed in the next general election of Bangladesh.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "National Defence College". www.ndc.gov.bd. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  2. ^ "Major General Sheikh Pasha Habib Uddin". The New Nation. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Hasina govt wants 'improved' gen elections". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Ansar and VDP (In Bengali)". ansarvdp.gov.bd. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Major General Pasha made new DG of Ansar". The Independent. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  6. ^ "'600,000 Ansar, VDP men to be deployed in next polls'". The Daily Sun. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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