Major General Khan Firoz Ahmed ndc, afwc, psc is a two-star general of the Bangladesh Army. He is currently serving as the Military Secretary in Army Headquarters,

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. He also served as Acting

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in January 2023.Before serving as Military Secretary, he was the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 7th Infantry Division & Area Commander, Barishal Area from 02 December 2021 to 27 August 2022. He also served as the Defense Advisor of Bangladesh permanent mission to UN 2017 to 2020. He was promoted to the rank of Major General on 2 December 2021. He was commissioned in the

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with the 23rd BMA Long Course on 21 December 1990.

Early life and education

Ahmed was born on 10 April 1969 in

Khulna Khulna ( bn, খুলনা, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of Khulna District and Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 b ...

. He completed his SSC and HSC from

Khulna Zilla School Khulna Zilla School ( bn, খুলনা জিলা স্কুল) is the oldest high school in the Khulna district of Bangladesh. It was established in 1885. It provides education from class three (Grade-3) to class ten (Grade-10). The scho ...

and Government Sundarban College respectively. While he stood 9th in the Jessore Board. Ahmed graduated from

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in Mirpur and second one from

Command and Staff College, Quetta ( ''romanized'': Pir Sho Biyamooz Saadi)English: Grow old, learning Saadi ur, سیکھتے ہوئے عمر رسیدہ ہو جاؤ، سعدی , established = (as the ''Army Staff College'' in Deolali, British India) , closed ...

, Pakistan. He attained three Master's degrees on varied disciplines. He completed afwc and ndc from National Defense College, Mirpur, Bangladesh. He is also working on his PhD Research from

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(BUP).

Career

Ahmed was the defence advisor to the

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and during his tenure 12 Bangladeshi peacekeepers had been honored by UN secretary general.

Personal life

Ahmed is married and a father of a daughter and a son.

References

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Early life and education

Career

Personal life

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