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Abu Sayed Mohammad Abdul Awal
Bangladeshi military person From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abu Sayed Mohammad Abdul Awal [a] (born 1957) is a retired two star officer of Bangladesh Navy and former assistant chief of naval staff personnel and operations and furthermore antecedent high commissioner to Maldives.[3][4]
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Early life and education
Awal was born in 1957 in Jamalpur of then East Pakistan (now in Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh). He was one of the pioneer cadets of the Bangladesh Naval Academy in July 1976 with former chief of naval staff vice admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed. He was commissioned as acting sub Lieutenant in Bangladesh Navy in January 1979. Awal was a naval artillery officer and a graduate of the Defence Services Command and Staff College and the National Defence College. Awal also attended in Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, the Turkish Naval Academy and the obtained a gunnery staff from the Naval War College. Awal acquired one Master's Degree at Defence studies from the Bangladesh University of Professionals.
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Military career
Awal commanded two warships, two offshore vessels and three patrol crafts and one naval base. He also commanded the Bangladesh naval flotilla and furthermore director of naval operations at naval headquarters. Awal was ameliorated to commodore and appointed as defence attaché of Bangladesh Mission to Sri Lanka. Awal soon was promoted to the rank of rear admiral on 29 September 2008[5] and designated as assistant chief of naval staff (Operation) at naval headquarters. He was soon designated as the first naval officer be high commissioner to Maldives on August 2010. Awal returned to naval headquarters on December four years later. He went to leave per retirement as assistant chief of naval staff for personnel on 31 January 2015.[1][6][7]
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Personal life
Awal married Keya Awal and has one daughter.
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