President Guard Regiment
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প্রেসিডেন্ট গার্ড রেজিমেন্ট
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| caption = Insignia of the President Guard Regiment
| dates = 05 July 1975 – present{{Cite web |last=Army |first=Bangladesh |date=7 July 2025 |title=প্রেসিডেন্ট গার্ড রেজিমেন্ট (পিজিআর) এর ৫০তম প্রতিষ্ঠা বার্ষিকী অনুষ্ঠানে মহামান্য রাষ্ট্রপতি |url=https://www.facebook.com/share/19rmc2hDnS/ |url-status=live}}
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| type = Mechanized Infantry
| role = Protection of the President and Prime minister{{Cite news|url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/eyvw4c09uq|title=President asks PGR to ensure security for VVIPs not isolating them from people|date=5 July 2023|website=Prothom Alo}}
VVIPs as per state protocol.
| size = 3 Regiments
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| garrison = Dhaka Cantonment
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| commander1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Bangladesh Army.svg}} Brigadier General Ghulam Ariqul Alam, afwc, psc, Infantry
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The President Guard Regiment ({{langx|bn|প্রেসিডেন্ট গার্ড রেজিমেন্ট}}; abbreviated as PGR) is a cavalry regiment of Bangladesh Army under the Executive Office of the President of Bangladesh.{{cite news |title=Ensure VVIPs security with advanced IT training, excellence: President|url=https://www.bssnews.net/news-flash/70228 |access-date=28 July 2024 |work=BSS}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/work-uphold-glory-pgr-president-1772446|title=Work to uphold glory of PGR: President|first=Dhaka|last=Unb|date=17 July 2019|website=The Daily Star}} It is located at Dhaka Cantonment, Bangabhaban and prime minister or chief adviser house.{{cite web | url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/armed-forces-symbol-our-sovereignty-pm-3651046 | title=Armed forces, a symbol of our sovereignty: PM | date=7 July 2024|work =The Daily Star}} It provides military support for all security functions;{{cite news |title=President urges Guard Regiment to embrace latest IT skills |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/president-urges-guard-regiment-embrace-latest-it-skills-893366 |work=The Business Standard |date=6 July 2024 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=President asks PGR to comply with chain of command |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/president-asks-pgr-to-comply-with-chain-of-command |access-date=28 July 2024 |work=The Financial Express (Bangladesh) |language=en}} including presidential travel, general medical support, emergency medical services, and hospitality services.{{cite news |title=President asks PGR to ensure security for VVIPs not isolating them from people |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/eyvw4c09uq |work=Prothom Alo |date=5 July 2023 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Unb |first1=Dhaka |title=Work to uphold glory of PGR: President |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/work-uphold-glory-pgr-president-1772446 |work=The Daily Star |date=17 July 2019 |language=en}} The PGR is headed by the Military Secretary to the President and the Commander, President Guard Regiment. The regiment was created by President Ziaur Rahman in 1976. It was originally designated as the Presidential Security Force. The PSF was restructured and upgraded to full regimental status by military ruler Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1982 and the new title of President Guard Regiment was adopted.
History
The "predecessor" of the regiment was the President's Bodyguard of Pakistan, which was itself descended from the colonial-era Governor General's Bodyguard. This role was discontinued in 1971 with Bangladeshi independence but the regiment was established in 1976 and restructured in 1982, and charged with ensuring the physical security of the President, visiting heads of state and high-ranking dignitaries.
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Mission and function
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The force is charged with providing security for the President of Bangladesh, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh,{{cite news |last1=UNB |first1=Dhaka |title=PM renews commitment to modernise army |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-145614 |work=The Daily Star |date=6 July 2010 |language=en}} their immediate family members and any other VVIPs designated as such by both enacted legislation and government decisions.{{cite news |title=Ensure security for VVIPs without disrupting public attachment, president asks PGR |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/ensure-security-for-vvips-without-disrupting-public-attachment-president-asks-pgr |work=The Financial Express |language=en|date=4 July 2023}}{{cite news |title=Bangabhaban bids farewell to President Hamid|url=https://www.bssnews.net/news-flash/122182 |work=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha|date=24 April 2023}}
All presidential aides-de-camp are assigned under this office. Visiting spouses of foreign Heads of State, Heads of Government and dignitaries also receive their protection.{{cite news |last1=Unb |first1=Dhaka |title=President asks PGR to be loyal to leadership |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-145631 |work=The Daily Star |date=6 July 2010 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Armed forces developed as three-dimensional: PM Hasina |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/armed-forces-developed-three-dimensional-pm-hasina-893986 |work=The Business Standard |date=7 July 2024 |language=en}}
The commander of the President Guard Regiment is an army major general with the designation of Military Secretary to the President; the equivalent of the U.S. Director of the White House Military Office.{{cite web |script-title=bn:কর্মকর্তাবৃন্দের তালিকা |url=https://bangabhaban.gov.bd/site/view/officer_list_category/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8%20%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6 |website=রাষ্ট্রপতির কার্যালয়, বঙ্গভবন |publisher=আপন বিভাগ, রাষ্ট্রপতির কার্যালয় |access-date=28 July 2024}} The commander reports directly to the president.{{cite book |editor-last=Heitzman |editor-first=James |editor2-last=Worden |editor2-first=Robert L |year=1989 |title=Bangladesh: A Country Study 2nd |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/89600298/ |publisher=Federal Research Division, Library of Congress |location=Washington, D.C. |edition=|pages=221–222 |lccn=89-600298 |oclc=49223313 |quote=Another security organization is the Presidential Security Force. Formed by Ershad while he was chief martial law administrator, the organization's mission is to ensure the physical security of Ershad and his family ... The commander of the Presidential Security Force is an army brigadier who reports directly to the president.}}{{PD-notice}}
The Commander is normally a Brigadier General with responsibility for the day-to-day administration of the regiment.
The regiment consists of eight platoons, each commanded by either a major or a captain. The regiment's uniform varies slightly from that of other units of the Bangladesh Army. Its members are authorised to carry firearms when in uniform, even during peacetime.
See also
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Category:Regiments of Bangladesh