Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury
Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury | |
|---|---|
| 16th Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard | |
| In office 21 December 2021 – 14 January 2024 | |
| President | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Preceded by | Ashraful Haq |
| Succeeded by | Mir Ershad Ali |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse | Muslima Chowdhury |
| Education | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Bangladesh |
| Branch/service |  Bangladesh Navy Bangladesh Coast Guard |
Years of service | 1988–2025 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands |
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| Battles/wars | MONUSCO |
Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury[a] is a retired two star officer of the Bangladesh Navy and former vice chancellor of Maritime University Bangladesh[1] and director general of the Bangladesh Coast Guard.[2] Before that, he was the commander of the Khulna Naval Area.[3]
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 the National Defence College in Bangladesh and combined forces maritime component commander flag officer course in the United States Pacific Fleet headquarters.
He was a senate member of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh.[4] During his tenure in the Bangladesh Coast Guard, it received four 20-metre-long rescue boats with oil pollution control equipment supplied by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).[5] He was appointed DG Coast Guard on 24 August 2021.
Personal life
Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury is married to Muslima Chowdhury.[6]
References
Footnotes
- ↑ (G), ndu, afwc, psc, BCGM, BN
Citations
- ↑ "Rear Admiral Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury Joins as 4th Vice-Chancellor of Maritime University". The Business Standard. 9 September 2024.
- ↑ "Rear Admiral Ashraful Hoq takes over as DG of Coast Guard". The Daily Star. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ↑ "Rear Admiral Ashraful joins Coast Guard as 13th DG". New Age. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ↑ "Hon'ble Members' List of Senate". Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ↑ "BCG gets 4 rescue boats from JICA". Daily Sun. 7 December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ↑ "Ashraful" (PDF). Bangladesh Coast Guard. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 December 2021.