Rear Admiral M Hasan Ali Khan, ndc, psc, BN was Ex-Chief of Staff

Chief of Staff

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 for the Bangladesh Navy

Bangladesh Navy

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. He is preceded by Rear Admiral

Rear Admiral

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 Shah Iqbal Mujtaba

Shah Iqbal Mujtaba

Rear Admiral Shah Iqbal Mujtaba ndc, psc, BN is Ex-Chief of Staff for the Bangladesh Navy. He was preceded by Rear Admiral Abu Taher ndu, psc, BN and succeeded by Rear Admiral M Hasan Ali Khan ndc, psc, BN.-Early life:...

 ndc, psc, BN and succeeded by Vice Admiral

Vice Admiral

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 Sarwar Jahan Nizam

Sarwar Jahan Nizam

Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam ndu, psc, BN is the first ever Vice-Admiral and Ex-Chief of Staff for the Bangladesh Navy. He is preceded by Rear Admiral M Hasan Ali Khan ndc, psc, BN and succeeded by Vice Admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed ndc, psc, BN...

 ndu, psc, BN

Early life

Admiral Khan was born in the hat-laxmipur district of Gaibandha in 1950. He joined as an officer cadet in Pakistan Navy on 9 May 1969. Later he was commissioned into the Executive Branch of Bangladesh Navy in 1972.

Admiral Khan graduated from the Defence Services Command & Staff College in Dhaka

Dhaka

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 and National Defence College Dhaka. He also took the degree from United States Pacific Centre for Security Studies Executives course.

Naval commands

Admiral Khan commanded a number of ships and establishments of the navy. He successfully commanded BN technical base BNS Shaheed Moazzem for 3 years. Besides He served as Naval Secretary at Naval headquarters for a long time.

Khan also held a range of staff command positions including Administrative Authority Dhaka (ADMIN Dhaka)and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Logistics) at Naval Headquarters.

Rear Admiral M Hasan Ali Khan, ndc, psc, BN Took over the charge of Chief of Naval Staff On 10 January 2005.

After finishing his long naval service Admiral Khan came to normal retirement on February 9, 2007.

See also

• Military of Bangladesh
  Military of Bangladesh
  The Bangladesh Armed Forces consists of the three uniformed military services of Bangladesh: the Bangladesh Army, the Bangladesh Navy and the Bangladesh Air Force. The para-military Border Guard Bangladesh and Bangladesh Coast Guard are under the jurisdiction of the during peacetime, but during...