M Manzur Ahmed is a retired Brigadier General of Bangladesh Army and former Director-General of

National Security Intelligence The Directorate General of National Security Intelligence ( bn, জাতীয় নিরাপত্তা গোয়েন্দা সংস্থা, Jātīẏa nirāpattā gōẏēndā saṅghastha), commonly known as the NSI, is the ...

, the main civilian intelligence agency of Bangladesh.

Career

Ahmed joined Bangladesh Army as part of the 2nd short commission. Ahmed was sent to forced retirement during the

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government term from 2001 to 2006. He was reinstated in the army and promoted after

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came to power in 2009. Despite being a retired officer, Ahmed was appointed Director General of National Security Intelligence on 17 March 2009. He replaced Sheikh Md Monirul Islam who had been appointed Director General of

Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) is a state owned autonomous national research institute and think tank working as a statutory institute that carries out research on security and strategic issues in Bangladesh ...

. Ahmed was placed in charge of the agency as part of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's plan to reorganize intelligence agencies of Bangladesh. Ahmed was replaced by Major General

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as Director General of National Security Intelligence in March 2014.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, M Manzur Living people Bangladesh Army generals Year of birth missing (living people) Directors General of National Security Intelligence