Md Jahangir Al Mustahidur Rahman () is a

Bangladesh Army The Bangladesh Army is the land warfare branch and the largest component of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The primary mission of the Army is to provide necessary forces and capabilities to deliver the Bangladeshi government's security and def ...

Major General. In his civil career he was the chairman of

Bangladesh Tea Board The Bangladesh Tea Board or BTB, an autonomous body responsible for creating laws regarding tea production, controlling and encouraging the production of tea and is located in Nasirabad, Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is under the Ministry of Commer ...

. He is currently appointed as the Bangladeshi Ambassador to

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

Early life

Rahman was born on 5 July 1967 in

Tangail District Tangail ( bn, টাঙ্গাইল জেলা) formerly a small Mohokuma of Greater Mymensingh district is a district (''zila'') in the central region of Bangladesh. In 1969, Tangail district was created by Tangail Mohokuma from its 237 ...

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

, Pakistan. He joined Bangladesh Military Academy and was commission into the Bangladesh Army Service Corps on 25 December 1986. Rahman completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the

National University of Bangladesh The National University of Bangladesh ( bn, জাতীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, বাংলাদেশ ) is a public university of Bangladesh that was established by an Act of Parliament as an affiliating University ...

. He graduated from the Defence Services Command and Staff College and received command training in Pakistan.

Career

Rahman received his commission on 25 December 1986. Rahman served as the commander of a Supply and Transport Battalion. He was the commanding officer of a Station Supply Depot. He worked as an Assistant Military Secretary in the Bangladesh Army headquarters. Rahman held a number of positions in the military intelligence agency,

Directorate General of Forces Intelligence The Directorate General of Forces Intelligence ( bn, প্রতিরক্ষা গোয়েন্দা মহাপরিদপ্তর), commonly known as DGFI, is the military intelligence agency of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, tas ...

. He worked as an instructor in the

Bangladesh Military Academy Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) is the officers training institute for the officer cadets of Bangladesh Army. It is located in Bhatiary, near Chittagong Hill Tracts, in the Chittagong District of south-east Bangladesh, about 13 kilometres ...

and Army Service Corps School. He was deployed in

United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission The United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) was established on April 9, 1991 following the Gulf War by Security Council Resolution 689 (1991) and fully deployed by early May 1991. The task of joint military observers was to mon ...

in 1991. Rahman was promoted to commandant of the Army Service Corps Centre and School. He was then transferred to the Army headquarters where he worked as the director of Supply and Transport Directorate. Rahman served as the Managing Director of the Bangladesh Army owned

Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Limited (BMTF) is a commercial automobile assembly plant of the Bangladesh Army. It mainly engaged to build and modify automobiles specially for defence industry. It is located at Gazipur, about 40 km from Dh ...

. He served as the Deputy Chief Supply Officer of the

United Nations Mission in Sudan The United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) was established by the UN Security Council under Resolution 1590 of 24 March 2005, in response to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the government of the Sudan and the Sudan ...

. He served in the United Nations Mission in Liberia as its Deputy Chief of Integrated Support Services. Rahman was appointed Chairman of Bangladesh Tea Board in 2018. He inaugurated the

Sreemangal Upazila Sreemangal ( bn, শ্রীমঙ্গল, Srimongol) is an upazila of Moulvibazar District in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh. It is located at the southwest of the district, and borders the Habiganj District to the west and the Indian state ...

tea auction center. In September 2019, he was recalled back to the army. He was appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to Lebanon in May 2020.

References

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