M. Shaheen Iqbal

Mohammad Shaheen Iqbal^[a][1][2] is a retired four star admiral of the Bangladesh Navy who served as chief of the naval staff till 24 July 2023.^[3]

Admiral Shaheen Iqbal NBP, NUP
মোহাম্মদ শাহীন ইকবাল
Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal
16th Chief of Naval Staff
In office 25 July 2020 – 24 July 2023
President	Abdul Hamid Mohammed Shahabuddin
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by	Aurangzeb Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Mohammad Nazmul Hassan
Personal details
Born	1964 (age 60–61) Comilla, East Pakistan, Pakistan[1]
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	Naval War College National Defence College BAF Shaheen College Dhaka
Awards	Noubahini Padak (NBP) Nou Utkorso Padak (NUP)
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch/service	Bangladesh Navy
Years of service	1982–2023
Rank	Admiral
Commands	Chief of Naval Staff Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel) Commander, Chittagong Naval Area (COMCHIT) Commander, Khulna Naval Area (COMKHUL) Commodore, BNS Titumir Director of National Security Intelligence
Battles/wars	UNAMI

Early life and education

Iqbal was born in Comilla of then East Pakistan (now in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh) to a Bengali Muslim military family. He finished his secondary and high school from BAF Shaheen College Dhaka. Iqbal was enlisted to Bangladesh Naval Academy in 1980 and was commissioned in executive branch as a torpedo anti-submarine coordinating (TAS) officer in 1982. He is a graduate of Defence Services Command and Staff College, Armed Forces war college, and the National Defence College. Iqbal also attended the operational planning domain course from Naval War College at Newport, United States.

Military career

Iqbal commanded three warships, one offshore missile vessel and one large patrol craft and one minesweeper vessel. He was also commander of two naval areas, one naval base and furthermore the director of School of Maritime Warfare and Tactics, National Security Intelligence and the SWADS. At naval headquarters Iqbal was in charge of naval intelligence, naval operations and was the assistant chief of naval staff for personnel and then operations. He was ameliorated to vice admiral on July 2020 and appointed the chief of naval staff. Same year he was promoted to admiral in September. Iqbal went into retirement on 24 July 2023 and was succeeded by admiral Mohammad Nazmul Hassan.^[4]

See also

• List of serving admirals of the Bangladesh Navy
• Chief of Naval Staff (Bangladesh)