General (Bangladesh)

General
জেনারেল
The insignia for the rank of general is the Nymphaeaceae the Emblem of Bangladesh, above two pips and crossed sword and baton.
Vehicle Star plate of general
Country Bangladesh
Service branch Bangladesh Army
AbbreviationGen
Rank groupGeneral officer
Flag officer
RankFour Star
NATO rank codeOF-9
Non-NATO rankO-10
Next lower rankLieutenant general
Equivalent ranksAdmiral (Navy)
Air Chief Marshal (Air force)

General (Bengali: জেনারেল, romanizedJēnārēla) is a four star general officer rank in the Bangladesh Army. It is the highest achieved rank in the Bangladesh Army. General ranks above the three star rank of Lieutenant general. The rank is denoted as a full-fledged general to extricate subordinate officers - Lieutenant general and Major general which are also general officers.

The rank was established in 2007, when Moeen U Ahmed was promoted to this rank.[1][2][3][4] Only the Chief of Army Staff (CAS) of Bangladesh Army gets this rank.

The current General and CAS of Bangladesh Army is General Waker-uz-Zaman.[5]

  1. ^ "Bangladesh armed forces elite promoted". Dawn. 25 May 2007.
  2. ^ "Politicians' failure led to Jan 11 changeover: speakers". New Age (Bangladesh). 14 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. ^ "'Jan 11 a full-scale military takeover'". New Age (Bangladesh). 13 September 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  4. ^ "ILLUSTRIOUS STUDENTS". PAF College Sargodha. Archived from the original on 28 September 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Chief of Army Staff". Bangladesh Army. Retrieved 6 December 2019.