Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman (general)
{{short description|Former (8th) Army chief of Bangladesh}}
{{similar names||Mahbubur Rahman (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Lieutenant General
| name = Mahbubur Rahman
| office = 8th Chief of Army Staff
| image =
| president = Abdur Rahman Biswas
Shahabuddin Ahmed
| primeminister = {{ubil|Muhammad Habibur Rahman (acting)|Sheikh Hasina}}
| term_start = 20 May 1996
| term_end = 23 December 1997
| predecessor = Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim
| successor = Mustafizur Rahman
| education = {{ubl|Dhaka College|Pakistan Military Academy|BUET}}
| party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
| allegiance = {{BAN}}
{{PAK}} (before 1971)
| branch = {{army|Bangladesh}}
{{army|Pakistan}}
| branch_label = Branch
| serviceyears = 1964–1997
| serviceyears_label = Service years
| rank = 20px Lieutenant General
30px
| unit = Corps of Engineers
| commands = {{idp|*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}}
| battles = Bangladesh War of Independence
| battles_label = Conflict
| caption = Lieutenant General Mahbubur Rahman
| native_name = {{no bold|মাহবুবুর রহমান}}
}}
Mahbubur Rahman is a retired lieutenant general of the Bangladesh Army who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/16345737.html?dids=16345737:16345737&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+21%2C+1996&author=&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Bangladesh+army+chief+ousted%2C+troops+on+alert&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107080639/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/16345737.html?dids=16345737:16345737&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+21,+1996&author=&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Bangladesh+army+chief+ousted,+troops+on+alert&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2012|title=Bangladesh army chief ousted, troops on alert|date=21 May 1996|work=USA Today|page=4|accessdate=1 July 2011}} 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|date=July 2024}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/editorial/2017/04/28/227101 |script-title=bn:সেনা জীবনের সেই রোমাঞ্চিত দিনগুলো |date=28 April 2017 |work=Bangladesh Pratidin |language=bn}}
Military career
He was commissioned in the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers from 17 Special Course on 2 March 1964.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
Politics
He joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party after retirement from Bangladesh Army.{{cite news |title=BNP leader Mahbubur Rahman shifted to ICU |url=https://www.jagonews24.com/en/politics/news/68232 |work=Jago News 24 |date=4 May 2023}} He is a former standing committee member of BNP.{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/bnp-leader-mahbubur-rahman-hurt-dinajpur-road-crash-1245538|title=BNP leader Mahbubur Rahman hurt in Dinajpur road crash|work=The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|date=25 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716141242/http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/bnp-leader-mahbubur-rahman-hurt-dinajpur-road-crash-1245538 |access-date=1 October 2016|archive-date=16 July 2023 }} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.benarnews.org/english/news/bengali/IS-US-Bangladesh-Cooperation-10282015163358.html|title=Bangladesh Open to US Help in Gauging IS Presence: Minister|website=BenarNews|language=en|access-date=1 October 2016}} He left BNP in 2019.{{cite news|title=Ex-BNP leader, army chief Mahbub, wife infected with coronavirus |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/local-news/ex-bnp-leader-army-chief-mahbub-wife-infected-with-coronavirus|work=Prothom Alo |date=22 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622142951/https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/local-news/ex-bnp-leader-army-chief-mahbub-wife-infected-with-coronavirus |archive-date=22 June 2021 |language=en}}{{cite news |script-title=bn:সাবেক সেনাপ্রধান মাহবুবুর রহমান গুরুতর অসুস্থ |url=https://www.banglatribune.com/others/796883/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5 |work=Bangla Tribune |date=2 May 2023 |language=bn}}
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Category:Chiefs of Army Staff, Bangladesh
Category:8th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Engineers in Chief of the Bangladesh Army
Category:Former Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians
Category:20th-century Bangladeshi military personnel
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