Mohammad Shubid Ali Bhuiyan

Mohammad Shubid Ali Bhuiyan is a retired Bangladesh Army officer and Awami League politician and former member of parliament for Comilla-1.^[1][2]

Mohammad Shubid Ali Bhuiyan
মোহাম্মদ সুবিদ আলী ভুইয়া
Member of Parliament for Comilla-1
In office December 2008 – 10 January 2024
Preceded by	Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain
Principal Staff Officer of Armed Forces Division
In office 12 January 1999 – 12 April 2004
President	Shahabuddin Ahmed A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar (acting) Iajuddin Ahmed
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina Latifur Rahman (acting) Khaleda Zia
Preceded by	Abdus Salam
Succeeded by	A. I. M. Mostofa Reza Nur
Personal details
Born	(1945-07-28) July 28, 1945 (age 80) Daudkandi, Bengal, British India
Political party	Awami League
Alma mater	University of Dhaka
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan (before 1971)  Bangladesh
Branch/service	Pakistan Army  Bangladesh Army
Years of service	1966–2004
Rank	Major General
Unit	East Bengal Regiment
Commands	Principal Staff Officer of Armed Forces Division GOC of 55th Infantry Division Commander of Logistics Area Station Commander, Chittagong Commander of 44th Infantry Brigade
Battles/wars	Bangladesh Liberation War 1996 Bangladeshi coup attempt

Birth and early life

Shubid Ali Bhuiyan was born in Comilla District on 28 July 1945.^[3]

Career

He graduated from Dhaka University's Islamic history and culture department. In 1966 he joined the Pakistan Army. In 1969 he was transferred to East Bengal Regiment. He fought under the command of Major General Ziaur Rahman in the Bangladesh Liberation War. From 1999 to 2004 he was the Armed Forces Division’s Principal Staff Officer under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh Awami League. His name came up in the Purulia arms drop case as his signature was on the end user certificate.^[4]

In 2001 he attempted to get the Bangladesh Nationalist Party nomination to contest the parliamentary election. He contested 2008 parliamentary election under Awami League and was elected member of parliament for Daudkandi, Comilla.^[4] He is the chairman of parliamentary standing committee on Defence.^[1]

Controversies

In 2025, three cases were filed against Bhuiyan and his family members accusing them of illegally amassing Tk 8.85 crore in assets and engaging in suspicious bank transactions amounting to Tk 321.61 crore.^[5]