Director General of Forces Intelligence

The Director General of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence of Bangladesh is the professional head of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (abbreviated as DGFI). It is the main defence intelligence agency of Bangladesh.^[1][2]

Director General of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence
প্রতিরক্ষা গোয়েন্দা মহাপরিদপ্তরের মহাপরিচালক
Insignia of the DGFI
Flag of the DGFI
Incumbent Major General Jahangir Alam since 14 October 2024
Directorate General of Forces Intelligence
Type	DGFI service chief
Abbreviation	DG
Member of	National Committee on Security Affairs
Reports to	President Chief Adviser Minister of Defence
Residence	Dhaka Cantonment
Seat	DGFI Building, Shadhinota Sarani Rd, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Appointer	Chief Adviser of Bangladesh
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
Formation	1979; 46 years ago (1979)
First holder	Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury
Salary	৳112080 (US$920) per month (incl. allowances)

List of Director General (DG) of Directorate of Forces Intelligence (DFI)

#	Rank	Name	Start of term	End of term
Director
1	Brigadier General	Abdur Rauf	1972	1975
2	Colonel	Jamil Uddin Ahmad	1975	1975
3	Air Vice Marshal	Aminul Islam Khan	1975	1977
Director-Martial Law Communication and Control Center
4	Wing Commander	Muhammad Hamidullah Khan	1977	1978
List of Director General (DG) of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI)
5	Major General	Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury	1979	1981
6		Muhammad Abdul Hamid	1981	1987
7		Mohammad Abdul Latif	1987	1990
16		A S M Nazrul Islam	1999	2001
17		Mohammad Abdul Halim	2001	2003
18		Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury	2003	2004
19		Sadik Hasan Rumi	2004	2006
20		A T M Amin	2006	2007
21	Brigadier General	Chowdhury Fazlul Bari	2007	2008
22	Major General	Golam Mohammad	2008	2009
23		Molla Fazle Akbar	2009	2011
24		Sheikh Mamun Khaled	2011	2013
25		Mohammad Akbar Hossain	2013	2017
26		Mohammad Saiful Abedin	2017	2020
27		Mohammad Saiful Alam	2020	2021
28		Ahmed Tabrez Shams Chowdhury	2021	2022
29		Hamidul Haque	2022	2024
30		Md. Faizur Rahman	2024	14 October, 2024[3]
31		Jahangir Alam	14 October, 2024	present