Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury

Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury^[a] is a retired two star officer of the Bangladesh Navy and former vice chancellor of Maritime University Bangladesh^[1] and director general of the Bangladesh Coast Guard.^[2] Before that, he was the commander of the Khulna Naval Area.^[3]

Rear admiral Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury
16th Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard
In office 21 December 2021 – 14 January 2024
President	Abdul Hamid Mohammed Shahabuddin
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by	Ashraful Haq
Succeeded by	Mir Ershad Ali
Personal details
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Spouse	Muslima Chowdhury
Alma mater	United States Pacific Fleet National Defence College
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch/service	Bangladesh Navy  Bangladesh Coast Guard
Years of service	1988–2025
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands	Vice-Chancellor of Maritime University Bangladesh Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard Commander, Khulna Naval Area (COMKHUL) Commodore, Superintendent Dockyard
Battles/wars	MONUSCO

Military career

Chowdhury joined the Bangladesh Navy in the executive branch on 1 January 1988. He completed the missile command and tactics course, a strategic studies course in China, a gunnery specialisation course in Pakistan, an armed forces war course at National Defence College in Bangladesh and combined forces maritime component commander flag officer course in the United States Pacific Fleet headquarters. He is the Senate member of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh.^[4] During his tenure in the Bangladesh Coast Guard, it received four 20-metre-long rescue boats with oil pollution control equipment supplied by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).^[5] He appointed as DG Coast Guard on 24 August 2021.

Personal life

Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury is married to Muslima Chowdhury.^[6]