Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army
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| Bangladesh Army | |
| Seat | Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Appointer | The President and PM |
| Formation | 26 March 1971 |
| Website | Official Website |
Chief of Army Staff (abbreviated as CAS) of Bangladesh Army is the professional head of the Bangladesh Army. The current CAS is General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq .[1]
The Chief of Army Staff functions from the Army Headquarters, which is located in the Dhaka Cantonment.
List of Chiefs of Army staff
| # | Name | Photo | Term Began | Term Ended | Decoration | Unit of Commission | Commission category |
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| 1st | Major General Mohammad A. Rab | 3 January 1972 | 5 April 1972 | Bir Uttom | Army Service Corps | BDF War Commander 1971 | |
| 2nd | Major General Kazi M Shafiullah | 50px | 5 April 1972 | 24 August 1975 | Bir Uttom | East Bengal Regiment | BDF War Commander 1971 |
| 3rd | Major General Ziaur Rahman |  |
24 August 1975 | 3 November 1975 | Bir Uttom | East Bengal Regiment | BDF War Commander 1971 |
| 4th | Major General Khaled Mosharraf |  |
3 November 1975 | 7 November 1975 | Bir Uttom | East Bengal Regiment | BDF War Commander 1971 |
| 5th | Lieutenant General Ziaur Rahman | |
7 November 1975 | Feb 1979 | Bir Uttom | East Bengal Regiment | BDF War Commander 1971 |
| 6th | Lieutenant General Hussain Mohammad Ershad |  |
Feb 1979 | Aug 1986 | psc | East Bengal Regiment | Repatriated |
| 7th | Lieutenant General Atiqur Rahman | 50px | 1 September 1986 | August 1990 | Regiment of Artillery | Repatriated | |
| 8th | Lieutenant General Nuruddin Khan | November 1990 | June 1994 | Corps of Engineers | Repatriated | ||
| 9th | Lieutenant General Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim | June 1994 | June 1996 | Bir Bikram | East Bengal Regiment | BDF Officer 1971 | |
| 10th | Lieutenant General Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman | May 1996 | December 1997 | Corps of Engineers | Repatriated | ||
| 11th | General Mustafizur Rahman | 24 December 1997 | 23 December 2000 | Bir Protik | Corps of Engineers | Freedom Fighter | |
| 12th | Lieutenant General M Harun-Ar-Rashid | 24 December 2000 | 16 June 2002 | Bir Protik | East Bengal Regiment | BDF Officer 1971 | |
| 13th | Lieutenant General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury | 16 June 2002 | 15 June 2005 | awc, psc | Frontier Force Regiment | Repatriated | |
| 14th | General Moeen U Ahmed |  |
15 June 2005 | 15 June 2009 | ndc, psc | East Bengal Regiment | After independence |
| 15th | General Md Abdul Mubeen | General Abdul Mubeen | 15 June 2009 | 25 June 2012 | ndc, psc | East Bengal Regiment | After independence |
| 16th | General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan | 25 June 2012 | 25 June 2015 | psc | East Bengal Regiment | After independence | |
| 17th | General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq | 25 June 2015 | PhD, ndc, psc | Armoured Corps | After independence |
