ANM Muniruzzaman is a retired major general of

Bangladesh Army The Bangladesh Army () is the land warfare branch, and the largest component of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The primary mission of the Army is to defend the land of Bangladesh from any external attack. Control of personnel and operations is ad ...

, and president of the

Bangladesh Institute of Peace & Security Studies Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) is a non-party, non-profit organization and independent think tank devoted to studying peace and security issues related to South and Southeast Asia. The institute seeks to bridge the gap ...

. He is the chairperson of the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change. He was the Director General of the

Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) is a state owned autonomous national research institute and think tank working as a statutory institute that carries out research on security and strategic issues in Bangladesh ...

Early life and education

Muniruzzaman graduated from the

National University, Bangladesh National University (NU; ) is a public collegiate university of Bangladesh that was established in 1992 by an Act of Parliament as an affiliating university of the country to impart graduate and post-graduate level education to students through ...

and National Defence College. He studied at the

Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) is a U.S. Department of Defense institute that officially opened Sept. 4, 1995, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Center addresses regional and global security issues, inviting milit ...

, Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College, and the

Naval War College The Naval War College (NWC or NAVWARCOL) is the staff college and "Home of Thought" for the United States Navy at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island. The NWC educates and develops leaders, supports defining the future Navy and associa ...

Career

Muniruzzaman was stuck in

West Pakistan West Pakistan was the western province of Pakistan between One Unit, 1955 and Legal Framework Order, 1970, 1970, covering the territory of present-day Pakistan. Its land borders were with Afghanistan, India and Iran, with a maritime border wit ...

during the

Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War (, ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, was an War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalism, Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which res ...

in 1971 and was repatriated after the

Independence of Bangladesh The independence of Bangladesh was Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence, declared from Pakistan on 26 March 1971, which is now celebrated as Independence Day (Bangladesh), Independence Day. The Bangladesh Liberation War started on 26 March ...

. He received his commission in the artillery regiment. Muniruzzaman was the military advisor to the President of Bangladesh. He had served in the

United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia The United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) was a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Cambodia in 1992–93 formed following the 1991 Paris Peace Accords. This was the first occasion in which the UN directly assumed re ...

as the chief military liaison officer. In 1999, Muniruzzaman worked for the establishment of Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operations Training. Muniruzzaman was appointed the Director General of the

in 2005 to clear the path for Major General

Moeen U Ahmed Moeen Uddin Ahmed (born 21 January 1953) is a former Bangladeshi four star general and the 12th Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army, Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army from 15 June 2005 to 15 June 2009. He has worked in High Commi ...

to become the next chief of Army Staff. Muniruzzaman established Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies in 2007. He jointly organized a round table in 2009 in Singapore with Institute of South Asian Studies. In 2013, he testified in front of the

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about Bangladesh. He raised concerns about increasing militant attacks on minorities in 2015 and had warned of prison radicalization. He has called for maintaining strategic ambiguity of Bangladesh when it comes to foreign relations. On 22 January 2023, Muniruzzaman was elected Chairman of the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change. He had spoken in front of the UN Security Council on climate change. In February 2024, he called for the fortification of the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. After the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina he called on India to engage will political parties in Bangladesh.

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