AKM Aminul Haque is a

two-star rank An officer of two-star rank is a senior commander in many of the armed services holding a rank described by the NATO code of OF-7. The term is also used by some armed forces which are not NATO members. Typically, two-star officers hold the rank ...

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officer and incumbent Director General of

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and Village Defence Party. Prior to join here he was Senior Directing Staff -SDS (Army)-2, National Defence College. Prior to Join NDC, he served as director of IT, Directorate of Army Headquarters as well as member of Board of Directors, Trust Bank Limited.

Early life and education

After completion of SSC and HSC from Cumilla Cadet College he join Bangladesh Army. Haque was commissioned in Bangladesh Army on 22 December 1989 with 21st

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(BMA) Long Course. He completed his undergraduate from the

University of Chittagong The University of Chittagong ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, caṭṭagram bishwabidyalay) is a public research university with multidisciplinary faculties situated across a 1754-acres hilly landmas ...

and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He completed a master's in defence studies and another in security studies from the National University of Bangladesh and

Bangladesh University of Professionals Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) is the 31st public university of Bangladesh (according to University Grants Commission of Bangladesh), located in Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka. It is the first public university of Bangladesh to be run by ...

Career

Aminul Haque successfully served as defence adviser at the Bangladesh High Commission in London. In January 2020, he came back to Bangladesh and join NDC course in Mirpur. Later he served as director of IT at Army Headquarter until he got promoted from brigadier general to major general. In December, 2021 he elevated to two-star rank and posted at NDC. He received his PhD degree in the 53rd convocation of Dhaka University. His research topic was ‘Development of Open Space Management System to Response Scenario Earthquake in Dhaka Metropolitan Area’. On 17th January, 2023 Govt appoint him as the Director General of

and Village Defence Party.

Family life

Aminul Haque is married to Shimul Amin. The couple have two daughters and a son. His brother

AKM Enamul Haque Shamim AKM Enamul Hoque Shameem (born 29 March 1965) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent deputy minister of the ministry of Water Resources. He is also the member of Parliament from Shariatpur-2. Career Shameem was elected to Par ...

is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent deputy minister of Sheikh Hasina government. His father engineer Abul Hashem is a freedom fighter and he runs a charity organization named Ashrafunnesa Foundation. His mother Ratnagarva Begum Ashrafunnesa was also actively participated in the Liberation War with her husband.

References

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