S. M. Matiur Rahman is a retired three-star general of

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and antecedent general officer commanding of

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. Prior that, he was general officer commanding of two infantry divisions and adjutant general at Army Headquarters. He was also the vice chairman of Trust Bank's board of directors and also served Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Bureau of the

Directorate General of Forces Intelligence The Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (), commonly known by its acronym DGFI, is the defense intelligence agency of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, tasked with collection, collation and evaluation of strategic and topographic informatio ...

as director.

Education and training

Rahman completed high School from

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. Soon after he was enlisted in

Bangladesh Military Academy Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) is the military training institute for the officer cadets of Bangladesh Army. It is located in Bhatiary, near the Chittagong Hill Tracts, in the Chittagong District of south-east Bangladesh about 13 kilometers ...

and commissioned in 13th BMA long course in 14th East Bengal Regiment in December 1985. In initial career, he attended Air Borne Course at

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in United States and completed jump master course and Free Fall Course from the

School of Infantry and Tactics School of Infantry and Tactics is a Bangladesh army infantry and special forces training institute. The institute was founded in 1973 and is based in Jalalabad Cantonment, Sylhet. History The institute was formed on 19 March 1973 at Comilla Can ...

. He also obtained his Jungle Operation Course from

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. Rahman graduated from

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in 1998 and from National Defence College in 2009. He also obtained two master's degree, one in defence studies in 2000 and another in war studies in 2007 both he acquired from

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Career

Rahman taught at the Bangladesh Military Academy, the

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and the School of Infantry and Tactics. As lieutenant colonel, he commanded one infantry battalion and one special force battalion. He was also designated as garrison staff at Directorate General of Forces Intelligence as colonel. He was soon promoted to brigadier general and appointed as commander of

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. He was later transferred to Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Bureau as director. Rahman was upgraded to major general in 2013 and tenured as general officer commanding of 55th Infantry Division and area commander, Jashore area. In 2016, Rahman organized the ''Assault River Crossing'' where his officers used a drone to locate enemy position and formation. He joined the army headquarters as adjutant general on 9 February 2016. In 2018, Rahman again tenured as general officer commanding of 24th Infantry division and Chittagong area commander. Rahman was ameliorated to lieutenant general in December 2020 and posted to

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replacing lieutenant general

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as general officer commanding. He went to leave per retirement on 23 November 2023. Currently he is the president of Army Golf Club located in Dhaka Cantonment.

UN Mission

Rahman participated in United Nations Peacekeeping Mission twice. He was former Yugoslavia military observer in 1995 and led a Bangladeshi military contingent in Ivory Coast in 2008.

Rapid Action Battalion

Rahman held the appointment of additional director general (operations) of

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. He orchestrated the detainment for the suspected members of

Jaish-e-Mohammed Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) is a Pakistani Deobandi jihadist Islamist militant group active in Kashmir.: "as soon as he was freed, Masood Azhar was back in Pakistan where he founded a new jihadist movement, Jaish-e-Mohammed, which became one of ...

. This organization is one of major terrorist outfits operative in South Asia.

Personal life

Rahman is married to Syeda Towhida Aziz and is a father of two children.

References

Footnotes Citations {{DEFAULTSORT:Matiur Rahman, S. M. 1965 births Living people Bangladeshi generals Bangladesh Army generals