Mujibur Rahman was a

Bangladesh Navy The Bangladesh Navy () is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for the defence of Bangladesh's of maritime territorial area from any external threat, the security of sea ports and exclusive economic zones of Ban ...

commodore, ambassador and former President of

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Career

Rahman received training in British Navy and served as a submariner in the

Pakistan Navy The Pakistan Navy (PN) (; ''romanized'': Pākistān Bahrí'a; ) is the naval warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The Chief of the Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Com ...

. He joined the Bangladesh Navy after the

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. He served as the Director General of the Department of Shipping. He was the chairman of

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. Rahman was a member of the

Marylebone Cricket Club The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's, Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London, England. The club was the governing body of cricket from 1788 to 1989 and retain ...

. In 1979, he was the manager of the

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. He served as the President of Bangladesh Cricket Board from 28 September 1981 to 30 January 1983. Rahman, who was the ambassador of Bangladesh to Libya, was appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to Brazil in 1986.

Death

Rahman died on 27 July 2021 in West Oak Village Long-Term Care Home,

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, Canada.

References

20th-century births 2021 deaths Bangladeshi cricket administrators Bangladeshi civil servants Pakistan Navy officers Bangladesh Navy personnel Bangladesh Navy commodores Ambassadors of Bangladesh to Brazil Ambassadors of Bangladesh to Libya Bangladeshi emigrants to Canada Presidents of the Bangladesh Cricket Board {{Bangladesh-diplomat-stub