Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman (general)

For other people with similar names, see Mahbubur Rahman (disambiguation).

Mahbubur Rahman is a retired lieutenant general of the Bangladesh Army who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army^[1] from May 1996 to December 1997. He was graduated from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in civil engineering. He was commissioned in the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers from 17 special course on 2 March 1964.^{[citation needed]}

Lieutenant General Mahbubur Rahman
মাহবুবুর রহমান
8th Chief of Army Staff
In office 20 May 1996 – 23 December 1997
President	Abdur Rahman Biswas Shahabuddin Ahmed
Prime Minister	Muhammad Habibur Rahman (acting) Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by	Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim
Succeeded by	Mustafizur Rahman
Personal details
Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Education	Dhaka College Pakistan Military Academy BUET
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh  Pakistan (before 1971)
Branch	Bangladesh Army  Pakistan Army
Service years	1964–1997
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Corps of Engineers
Commands	Commander of 14th Independent Engineers Brigade ENC of Army Headquarters GOC of 19th Infantry Division Commandant of Defence Services Command and Staff College MGO of Army Headquarters 9th Chief of Army Staff
Conflict	Bangladesh War of Independence

Early life and education

He was born in Biral Upazila, Dinajpur District. He passed his matriculation from Dinajpur Zila School in 1956. He completed his intermediate from Dhaka College. In 1963 he completed his B.Sc in civil engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Later he joined the Pakistan Army.^[2]

Military career

He was commissioned in the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers from 17 Special Course on 2 March 1964.^{[citation needed]}

Politics

He joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party after retirement from Bangladesh Army.^[3] He is a former standing committee member of BNP.^[4] In the 8th National Parliament election in 2001, he was elected as a member of parliament from Dinajpur-2 constituency on the nomination of BNP.^[5] He left BNP in 2019.^[6][7]