Principal Staff Officer of Armed Forces Division | |
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সশস্ত্র বাহিনী বিভাগের প্রিন্সিপাল স্টাফ অফিসার (Bengali) | |
since 21 August 2024 | |
Bangladesh Armed Forces | |
Type | Armed Forces Division service chief |
Status | Executive head of the Armed Forces Division. |
Abbreviation | PSO |
Member of | Directorate General of Defence Purchase National Committee on Security Affairs Armed Forces Division |
Reports to | President Chief Adviser Minister of Defence |
Seat | Chief Adviser's Office |
Appointer | Chief Adviser |
Term length | 3 years, or at the age of 60, whichever is earlier. |
Formation | 1972 |
First holder | Brigadier General Abul Hasanat Md Abdullah |
Website | Official website |
The principal staff officer, abbreviated as PSO, is the head of the Armed Forces Division, a ministry level joint forces headquarters under Chief Adviser's office. It acts as the high command of the national armed forces. It is currently held by a three-star rank lieutenant general.
The principal staff officer is the head of Armed Forces Division, which is part of the Chief Adviser's office. He is assisted by a PS (acting PSO) and five departmental heads each one star rank military officer from Bangladesh Armed Forces.[1]
Under the direct supervision and guidance of the Chief Adviser he has the authority, direction, and control over all operational and administrative services. He also, as per government notification, performs the duties of a full-fledged secretary with full administrative and financial authority as that of a secretary in any other division or ministry.
The following table chronicles the appointees to the office of principal staff officer.
Portrait | Principal Staff Officer | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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Abul Hasanat Md Abdullah | Brigadier General1972 | 1975 | 3–4 years | [2] | |
Major General Nurul Islam Shishu | 19 January 1976 | 11 December 1980 | 4 years, 327 days | [3] | |
Lieutenant General Mir Shawkat Ali (1938–2010) | 12 December 1980 | 30 June 1985 | 4 years, 200 days | [4] | |
Major General Imamuzzaman Chowdhury | 18 December 1990 | 11 September 1996 | 5 years, 268 days | ||
Major General Abdus Salam (born 1942) | 15 September 1996 | 10 January 1999 | 2 years, 117 days | [5] | |
Major General Shubid Ali Bhuiyan (born 1945) | 12 January 1999 | 12 April 2004 | 5 years, 91 days | [6] | |
Major General A. I. M. Mostofa Reza Nur Psc | 12 April 2004 | 6 June 2006 | 2 years, 55 days | ||
Major General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury Ndc, psc (born 1953) | 8 June 2006 | 5 June 2007 | 362 days | [7] | |
Lieutenant General Masud Uddin Chowdhury Ndu, psc (born 1954) | 5 June 2007 | 2 June 2008 | 363 days | [8] | |
Lieutenant General Md Abdul Mubeen Ndc, psc (born 1955) | 4 June 2008 | 12 June 2009 | 1 year, 8 days | [9] | |
Lieutenant General Abdul Wadud Ndc, psc | 13 June 2009 | 1 January 2013 | 3 years, 203 days | ||
Lieutenant General Shafiul Huq Ndc, psc (born 1958) | 1 January 2013 | 24 June 2015 | 2 years, 174 days | ||
Lieutenant General Mainul Islam Afwc, psc (born 1959) | 1 July 2015 | 31 January 2016 | 214 days | [10] | |
Lieutenant General Md Mahfuzur Rahman Rcds, ndc, afwc, psc, PhD (born 1961) | 1 February 2016 | 24 November 2020 | 4 years, 298 days | [11] | |
Lieutenant General Waker-uz-Zaman (born 1966) | 24 November 2020 | 29 December 2023 | 3 years, 35 days | [12] | |
Lieutenant General Mizanur Rahman Shamim (born 1968) | 29 December 2023 | 6 August 2024 | 221 days | ||
Lieutenant General SM Kamrul Hassan | 21 August 2024 | present | 22 days |