Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui is a two star officer in the

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. He is the incumbent director general of the

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and current chairman of

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. Siddique was the former chairman of the Army Sports Control Board and the director of the Internal Affairs Bureau of

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Early life and education

Siddique was born into

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family of

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, Bangladesh. His paternal grandfather hailed from

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(now in

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, India) and migrated to Rangpur during the Partition of Bengal on 1947. Siddiqui enlisted to

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on 1990 and was commissioned in corps of artillery with the 27th BMA long course on 20 December 1992. He is a graduate of

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and the National Defence College. Siddique also under gone master gunnery course at the

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, United States. He also obtained his master's degree on

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from Bangladesh University of Professionals.

Military career

Siddique commanded two artillery batteries and one medium artillery regiment. He also served as brigade major of an artillery brigade and colonel staff of the 17th Infantry Division at

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. At army headquarters, Siddiqui was the director of military training and furthermore, the chairman of army sports control board. He was also the head of the risk management committee and trustee board member of Trust Bank Limited. Siddique served in the

as colonel general staff and moreover, director of internal affairs in the rank of brigadier general. On 30 January 2024, Siddiqui was elevated to major general and appointed as the director general of the Border Guard Bangladesh replacing major general Nazmul Hasan. He assumed office on 5 February 2024. Soon after, Siddiqui remarked that the border guard would not allow any more

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to enter Bangladesh from Myanmar.

References

Footnotes Citations {{DEFAULTSORT:Siddiqui, Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Living people Bangladesh Army generals Director generals of Border Guard Bangladesh Year of birth missing (living people) Bangladesh Military Academy alumni 20th-century Bangladeshi military personnel 21st-century Bangladeshi military personnel