A. N. M. Muniruzzaman is a retired major general of Bangladesh Army,[1] and president of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace & Security Studies.[2][3] He is the chairperson of the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change.[2] He was the Director General of the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies.[4]
Early life and education
editMuniruzzaman graduated from the National University, Bangladesh and National Defence College.[5] He studied at the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College, and the Naval War College.[5]
Career
editMuniruzzaman was stuck in West Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 and was repatriated after the Independence of Bangladesh.[6] He received his commission in the artillery regiment.[5]
Muniruzzaman was the military advisor to the President of Bangladesh.[7] He had served in the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia as the chief military liaison officer.[7][8]
In 1999, Muniruzzaman worked for the establishment of Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operations Training.[5]
Muniruzzaman was appointed the Director General of the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies in 2005 to clear the path for Major General Moeen U Ahmed to become the next chief of Army Staff.[5][6]
Muniruzzaman established Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies in 2007.[9][5] He jointly organized a round table in 2009 in Singapore with Institute of South Asian Studies.[10] In 2013, he testified in front of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs about Bangladesh.[5] He raised concerns about increasing militant attacks on minorities in 2015 and had warned of prison radicalization.[11][12] He has called for maintaining strategic ambiguity of Bangladesh when it comes to foreign relations.[13]
On 22 January 2023, Muniruzzaman was elected Chairman of the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change.[14] He had spoke in front of the UN Security Council on climate change.[15] In February 2024, he called for the fortification of the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.[16] After the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina he called on India to engage will political parties in Bangladesh.[17]
References
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- ^ a b Chowdhury, Mukhlesur Rahman (2019-11-25). Crisis in Governance: Military Rule in Bangladesh during 2007–2008. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-5275-4393-5.
- ^ a b "Major General Munir Muniruzzaman (Ret.)". GMACCC. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ "Security Council" (PDF). digitallibrary.un.org. 21 November 1993. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Workshop on Rohingya crisis in Dhaka tomorrow". The Daily Star. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- ^ "Roundtable on ties with Singapore on May 25". The Daily Star. 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ Azad, M. Abul Kalam (2015-12-28). "Signs are very alarming". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ Mostofa, Shafi Md (2023-02-02). Dynamics of Violent Extremism in South Asia: Nexus between State Fragility and Extremism. Springer Nature. p. 92. ISBN 978-981-19-7405-2.
- ^ "'Strategic autonomy' must be maintained'". Prothomalo. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ "Maj Gen Muniruzzaman (retd) elected chairman, Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change". Prothomalo. 2023-01-22. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ "Gen. Anm Muniruzzaman | Planetary Security Initiative". www.planetarysecurityinitiative.org. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ "'We need to fortify our border'". The Business Standard. 2024-02-06. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ Bhattacherjee, Kallol (2024-09-01). "India must engage with all sides in Bangladesh: Top policy analyst". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-09-15.