Rezaqul Haider (general)

Rezaqul Haider is a retired Bangladesh Army officer who is the former director of the Border Guard Bangladesh.^[1]

Rezaqul Haider
14th Director General of Bangladesh Rifles
In office 1 December 2001 – 21 January 2003
President	A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar (acting) Iajuddin Ahmed
Prime Minister	Khaleda Zia
Preceded by	Mohammad Abu Ishaque Ibrahim
Succeeded by	Jahangir Alam Chowdhury
Personal details
Born	(1951-04-18) 18 April 1951 (age 73) Dacca, East Bengal, Pakistan
Alma mater	Faujdarhat Cadet College East Bengal Regimental School Pakistan Military Academy Allahabad University
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch/service	Bangladesh Army Bangladesh Rifles
Years of service	1971-2006
Rank	Major General
Unit	East Bengal Regiment
Commands	Commandant of Defence Services Command and Staff College GOC of 66th Infantry Division Director General of Bangladesh Rifles Commandant of East Bengal Regimental Centre
Battles/wars	Bangladesh Liberation War UNAMET

Early life

Haider was born on 18 April 1951 in Dhaka, he passed both SSC and HSC from Faujdarhat Cadet College. He did his graduation in Bachelor of Arts under Pakistan Military Academy and Masters in Defence Studies from Allahabad University, India.^[2]

Career

Haider was commissioned on 29 August 1971. He became 14th Director General of Bangladesh Rifles on 1 December 2001. He has worked at UNAMET for UNTAET as Chief Military Observer. He has won The Wiesel Ethics Award '2000 for display of dedication to the ideals of international civil service, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release Wednesday.

He was supposed to be appointed by prime minister Khaleda Zia as she decided, but Moeen U Ahmed managed his appointment, cancelling the decision and using his army colleague Major (rtd) Sayeed Eskandar who was incidentally a younger brother of Khaleda Zia to cancel the decision.^[3] In 2005, he was appointed as the ambassador of Bangladesh to the Republic of Turkey. ^[2]

See also

Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury

References

1. "Secretary-General Appoints Brigadier Rezaqul Haider". United Nations. 24 June 1999.
2. "Maj Gen Rezaqul Haider made Ambassador to Turkey". BDNews24. Retrieved 9 August 2005.
3. Chowdhury, Mukhlesur Rahman (25 November 2019). Crisis in Governance: Military Rule in Bangladesh during 2007–2008. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-5275-4393-5.