Mahbubur Rahman SUP, mmed, mcps, dph is a retired Major General of Bangladesh Army and the Director General of the Directorate General of Medical Services. Prior to this appointment, he was DG of DGDA. Before that he was Commandant of

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. He is the 13th Colonel Commandant of Army Medical Corps.

Early life

Rahman was born on 2 January 1962. He did his MBBS from the Rajshahi Medical College in 1985 and received his commission from Bangladesh Army next year.

Career

Rahman was promoted to Brigadier General rank in 2011 and was appointed head of the Army Medical Corps Center and School. He was the dean of the medical department at the

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. He also worked as the Chief Health Officer of the

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. On 3 February 2019, Rahman was appointed the head of

. On 8 May 2019, Rahman was appointed the Director General of the

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. He visited JMI Industrial Park of the JMI Group in November 2019. He approved

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vaccines bought from

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by BEXIMCO for usage during the

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. On 11 August 2021,

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issued a contempt of court ruling against Rahman,

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who is the Director General of

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, Babul Kumar Shaha who is the Director General of

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, Lokman Hossain Miah who is the health secretary, and AFM Anwarul Haque who is the managing director of Indo-Bangla Pharmaceuticals Limited AFM Anwarul Haque for failing to stop the manufacturing of low quality antibiotics. He retired in January 2023.

References

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