Muhammad Abu Sayed Siddique

Muhammad Abu Sayed Siddique^[a][b] is a retired two star officer of Bangladesh Army who served as the master general of ordnance and chairman of Jolshiri Abashon. Siddique was also a member of the board of trustees at Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Abu Sayed Siddique
Maj Gen Md Abu Sayed Siddique
Born	(1967-01-01) 1 January 1967 (age 58)
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch	Bangladesh Army
Years of service	1986 - 2022
Rank	Major General
Service number	BA - 3126
Unit	Ordnance Corps
Commands	Master General of Ordnance of Army Headquarters Commandant of Ordnance Center and School Commandant of CMTD, Dhaka Commandant of CMTD, Rajendrapur Commandant of COD, Rajendrapur
Battles / wars	UNMEE ONUMOZ UNMIS UNMISS
Awards	Sena Utokorsho Padak(SUP) Oshamanno Sheba Padak(OSP) Sena Parodorshita Padak (SPP)

Education and training

Siddque finished high school from Rangpur Cadet College. He was then recruited in Bangladesh Military Academy on 1984. He received his commission with the 15th BMA long course in Ordnance corps on December 1986. He is a graduate of Defence Services Command and Staff College and the Armed Forces War College. Siddque obtained two masters degrees from National University, Bangladesh. One in defence studies while other from war studies. He also obtained his Phd degree from Jahangirnagar University. His Phd agenda was on Public Procurement. Siddique also attended a capstone Course on national security and strategic studies from National Defence College in 2018.

Military career

Siddque instructed at Ordnance centre and school and commanded three divisional ordnance depots as major to lieutenant colonel. He was then promoted to colonel and tenured as commandant of central ordnance depot in Rajendrapur Cantonment. He was then transferred to Army headquarters and ameliorated to brigadier general for serving as director of Ordnance directorate. He then commanded the central ordnance depot of Dhaka Cantonment.

Not longer after, Siddque was designated as the senior most officer of Ordnance corps while serving as commandant of ordnance centre and school. He was upgraded to major general and appointed as master general of ordnance back at army headquarters. He was also honoured with the title Colonel commandant of ordnance corps in 2017. In 2018, Siddique inaugurated Qirat and Azan competition at the Air Force Central Jame Masjid as chief patron.^[6][7] He also orchestrated the establishment of the Ordnance Museum Complex and put exertion on stationing QW missiles and Type 15 tanks in Ramu Cantonment.^[8][9]

Siddique was instrumental on the agreement with Bashundhara Group over Jolshiri project on 2 September 2020 in which Bashundhara provided 860 acre to Jolshiri Abashon.^[3][10] Siddique visited Sylhet to distribute aid under former chief of army staff general Shafiuddin Ahmed and then Sylhet area commander major general Hamidul Haque among people affected by flooding. Siddique went to leave per retirement on 2022. Currently he is serving as an advisor of Governance Policy Explorer Center.^[11][12][13]

UN Mission

Siddque participated United Nations peacekeeping missions four times. First as an observer operative in Eritrea in 1993. He was then appointed as ordnance officer in command of BANENGR-5 in Mozambique. Siddque was also deployed with Bangladesh battalion in 2008 for United Nations Mission in Sudan and in 2011 for United Nations Mission in South Sudan.

Personal life

Siddique is married to Taslim Jahan.^[14]