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M Manzur Ahmed is a retired brigadier general of the Bangladesh Army and former director-general of
National Security Intelligence The National Security Intelligence, commonly known as the NSI, is the principal civilian intelligence agency of Bangladesh. The NSI is the leading body of the Government of Bangladesh in the fields of internal security, counter terrorism, coun ...
, the main civilian intelligence agency of Bangladesh.


Career

Ahmed joined the Bangladesh Army as part of the 2nd short commission. Ahmed was sent to forced retirement during the
Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (), popularly abbreviated as BNP (), is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. It was founded on 1 September 1978 by President of Bangladesh, President Ziaur Rahman, wit ...
government term from 2001 to 2006. He was reinstated in the army and promoted after the
Awami League The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achievin ...
came to power in 2009. Despite being a retired officer, Ahmed was appointed director general of National Security Intelligence on 17 March 2009. He replaced Sheikh Md Monirul Islam who had been appointed director general of
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 ...
. Ahmed was placed in charge of the agency as part of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's plan to reorganize the intelligence agencies of Bangladesh. Ahmed was replaced by Major General Shamsul Haque as director general of National Security Intelligence in March 2014.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, M Manzur Living people Bangladesh Army generals Bangladesh Army brigadiers Year of birth missing (living people) Directors general of National Security Intelligence 20th-century Bangladeshi military personnel 21st-century Bangladeshi military personnel