Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Rear admiral
| honorific_suffix =
| name = Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury
| office = 16th Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard
| predecessor = Ashraful Haq
| president = {{ubl|Abdul Hamid|Mohammed Shahabuddin}}
| term_start = 21 December 2021
| term_end = 14 January 2024
| spouse = Muslima Chowdhury
| alma_mater = {{ubl|United States Pacific Fleet|National Defence College}}
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| allegiance = {{BAN}}
| rank = 20px Rear Admiral
20px
| branch = {{navy|Bangladesh}}
{{coast guard|Bangladesh}}
| serviceyears = 1988–2025
| commands = *Vice-Chancellor of Maritime University Bangladesh
- Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard
- Commander, Khulna Naval Area (COMKHUL)
- Commodore, Superintendent Dockyard
| successor = Mir Ershad Ali
| battles = MONUSCO
| primeminister = Sheikh Hasina
}}
Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury{{efn|(G), ndu, afwc, psc, BCGM, BN}} is a retired two star officer of the Bangladesh Navy and former vice chancellor of Maritime University Bangladesh{{cite news |title=Rear Admiral Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury Joins as 4th Vice-Chancellor of Maritime University |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/economy/corporates/rear-admiral-ashraful-hoq-chowdhury-joins-4th-vice-chancellor-bsmr-maritime |work=The Business Standard |date=9 September 2024 |language=en}} and director general of the Bangladesh Coast Guard.{{Cite news |date=25 August 2021 |title=Rear Admiral Ashraful Hoq takes over as DG of Coast Guard |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/bangladesh-coast-guard-gets-new-dg-2160396 |access-date=14 December 2021 |work=The Daily Star}} Before that, he was the commander of the Khulna Naval Area.{{Cite news |title=Rear Admiral Ashraful joins Coast Guard as 13th DG |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/147178/rear-admiral-ashraful-joins-coast-guard-as-13th-dg |access-date=14 December 2021 |work=New Age}}
Military career
Chowdhury joined the Bangladesh Navy in the executive branch on 1 January 1988. He completed the missile command and tactics course, a strategic studies course in China, a gunnery specialisation course in Pakistan, an armed forces war course at National Defence College in Bangladesh and combined forces maritime component commander flag officer course in the United States Pacific Fleet headquarters. He is the Senate member of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh.{{Cite web |title=Hon'ble Members' List of Senate |url=https://bsmrmu.edu.bd/board/7 |access-date=14 December 2021 |publisher=Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University}} During his tenure in the Bangladesh Coast Guard, it received four 20-metre-long rescue boats with oil pollution control equipment supplied by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).{{Cite news |title=BCG gets 4 rescue boats from JICA |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/592346/BCG-gets-4-rescue-boats-from-JICA |access-date=14 December 2021 |work=Daily Sun}} He appointed as DG Coast Guard on 24 August 2021.
Personal life
Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury is married to Muslima Chowdhury.{{Cite web |title=Ashraful |url=http://coastguard.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/coastguard.portal.gov.bd/office_order/2a2475ca_39ef_4f3e_9d01_1a175a927e63/2021-09-21-04-04-8cf1ff08cc6ffbc35d315783a8c42f9f.pdf |publisher=Bangladesh Coast Guard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214100513/http://coastguard.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/coastguard.portal.gov.bd/office_order/2a2475ca_39ef_4f3e_9d01_1a175a927e63/2021-09-21-04-04-8cf1ff08cc6ffbc35d315783a8c42f9f.pdf |archive-date=14 December 2021}}
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Category:Bangladeshi Navy admirals
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)