Mia Mohammad Zainul Abedin was a

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 ...

General. He was the former Military Secretary to the Prime Minister of

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

from 2011 to 2019. He was a recipient of

Bir Bikrom Bir Bikrom () is the third highest gallantry award in Bangladesh. Like the other gallantry awards, this was introduced immediately after the Bangladeshi Liberation War. Bir Bikrom was awarded to 175 fighters. Recipients 175 fighters have been a ...

gallantry award.

Early life

Abedin was born on 1 January 1960 in Lohagara,

Chittagong District Chittagong District (), ( Chatgaiya: Sitang/Chatga), officially Chattogram District, is a district located in south-eastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Division. Due to its geographical location, Chittagong is classified as a s ...

, East Pakistan,

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. He graduated from

Faujdarhat Cadet College Faujdarhat Cadet College is a historic public military high school being the first of its kind in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) and second in entire Pakistan, modelled after Public school (United Kingdom), public schools in the UK (according t ...

in Chittagong.

Career

Abedin was commissioned with the 2nd BMA long course in

in 1980. Abedin was placed in charge of

Special Security Force The Special Security Force (; abbreviated as SSF) is a Bangladeshi law enforcement agency that provides protection to the President, Prime Minister and the Chief Adviser as well as any person designated as a VVIP as per state protocol, includin ...

in 2009. On 28 November 2011, he was made the Military Secretary to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh,

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Death

Abedin died on 17 December 2019 in

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, Singapore.

References

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