Rear Admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarde ...

M Hasan Ali Khan, ndc, psc, BN (died February 19, 2013) was Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Navy between 2005 and 2007. He was preceded by Rear Admiral

Shah Iqbal Mujtaba Rear Admiral Shah Iqbal Mujtaba, ndc, psc, BN (born 1948) is former Chief of Staff for the Bangladesh Navy. Early life Admiral Mujtaba joined the erstwhile Pakistan Navy as an officer cadet on 11 November 1966, and commissioned in the Executive ...

ndc, psc, BN and succeeded by Vice Admiral

Sarwar Jahan Nizam Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam, ndu, psc, BN (born 1952) is the first ever Vice-Admiral and Ex- Chief of Staff for the Bangladesh Navy. He is preceded by Rear Admiral M Hasan Ali Khan ndc, psc, BN and succeeded by Vice Admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed ...

ndu, psc, BN.

Early life

Khan was born in the hat-laxmipur district of Gaibandha in 1950. He joined as an officer cadet in Pakistan Navy on 9 May 1969. Later he was commissioned into the Executive Branch of Bangladesh Navy in 1972. Admiral Khan graduated from the Defence Services Command & Staff College in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

and National Defence College Dhaka. He also took the degree from United States Pacific Centre for Security Studies Executives course.

Naval commands

Khan commanded a number of ships and establishments of the navy. Khan also held a range of staff command positions including Administrative Authority Dhaka (ADMIN Dhaka) and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Logistics) at Naval Headquarters. Rear Admiral M Hasan Ali Khan, ndc, psc, BN took over the charge of Chief of Naval Staff on 10 January 2005, and served in that position until retiring on February 10, 2007. He died on 19 February 2013 and was buried at

Banani military graveyard Banani may refer to: People * Bruno Banani (luger), a Tongan Olympian Places * Banani, Mali a village * Banani Model Town, a neighbourhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh * Banani Lake, Dhaka, Bangladesh Other uses * Bruno Banani, a German fashion company ...

References

, - Chiefs of Naval Staff (Bangladesh) Bangladeshi Navy admirals Burials at Banani Graveyard 2013 deaths {{Bangladesh-bio-stub