Kazi Sarwar Hossain

Kazi Sarwar Hossain
Hossain in Malé (2016)
12th Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard
In office
1 April 2011 – 4 December 2013
PresidentZillur Rahman
Abdul Hamid
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byA. S. M. A. Abedin
Succeeded byMakbul Hossain
Bangladesh High Commissioner to the Maldives
In office
25 March 2015[1] – 5 December 2016[2]
PresidentAbdul Hamid
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byAbdul Awal[3]
Succeeded byAkhtar Habib[4]
Personal details
EducationUniversity of Madras
Military service
Allegiance Bangladesh
Branch/service Bangladesh Navy
 Bangladesh Coast Guard
Years of service
1980 - 2017
RankRear Admiral
Commands
Battles/warsUNOCI

Kazi Sarwar Hossain is a retired[5] rear admiral of the Bangladesh Navy and a former ambassador of Bangladesh to the Maldives.[6][7] He is the former director general of the Bangladesh Coast Guard.[8]

Early life

Hossain did his MBA at Honolulu University.[9] He completed defense studies at the University of Madras.[9]

Career

Hossain joined the Bangladesh Navy in 1980.[8] He had served in the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire.[10]

In April 2011, Hossain, as director general of the Coast Guard, received three patrol crafts transferred from the Bangladesh Navy.[11]

In January 2015, Hossain was appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to the Maldives, where he replaced Rear Admiral Abu Sayed Mohammad Abdul Awal.[9] He left the post the next year after a farewell call on Vice President Abdulla Jihad of the Maldives.[12]

In March 2022, Hossain identified China and the United States as key players in the Bay of Bengal.[13] He was the second keynote speaker.[14] He is an adviser of the Bangladesh Institute of Maritime Research and Development.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "New Bangladeshi High Commissioner presents credentials to the President". The President's Office. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  2. ↑ "Ambassador of Bangladesh pays the Farewell Call on the President". The President's Office. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  3. ↑ "Bangladeshi High Commissioner pays farewell call on President Yameen". The President's Office. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  4. ↑ "Ambassador of Bangladesh Presents his Credentials to the President". The President's Office. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  5. ↑ "IUB-BIMRAD-ICCCAD sign MoU". iub.edu.bd. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  6. ↑ "Bangladesh needs necessary policies to benefit from Bay of Bengal". Dhaka Tribune. 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  7. ↑ "Emami announces ultimate man of Bangladesh". Bangladesh Development Reports. 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  8. 1 2 "Kazi Sarwar new envoy to Maldives". The Daily Observer. 16 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-08-01. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  9. 1 2 3 "Rear Admiral Kazi Sarwar Hossain new Maldives envoy". bdnews24.com. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  10. ↑ "Bangladesh appoints new High Commissioner to Maldives – Minivan News – Archive". minivannewsarchive.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  11. ↑ "Coast Guard gets three Navy ships". The Daily Star. 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  12. ↑ "Ambassador of Bangladesh pays the Farewell Call on the Vice President". The President's Office. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  13. ↑ "Bay of Bengal to be a region of peace". Prothom Alo. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  14. ↑ "Bay of Bengal might evolve into a major arena of regional, global strategic contest: Roundtable". UNB. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  15. ↑ "Growing importance of the Bay of Bengal for Bangladesh in the post-Covid world". The Daily Star. 2020-10-14. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
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