Syed Muhammad Ibrahim is a Bangladeshi politician and retired Major General of the

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. He is the founder of Bangladesh Kallyan Party. He was awarded

Bir Protik Bir Protik ( bn, বীর প্রতীক ''Bīr Pratīk'', "Symbol of Bravery or Idol of Courage") is the fourth highest gallantry award in Bangladesh. Recipients This award was declared on 15 December 1973. A total of 426 people have rece ...

, the fourth highest gallantry award for military personnel in Bangladesh for his bravery during the

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Career

Ibrahim joined the Pakistan Military Academy in January 1970 and he was the fourth Bengali who was awarded by highest gallantry award sword of honour and commissioned in the

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of Pakistan Army's Infantry Corps. He has assessed the top cadet of his class while being commissioned, in Sep 1970. As an officer of the 2nd East Bengal Regiment, he joined the Bangladesh Liberation War and fought for the entire period from 26 March 1971 to 16 December 1971. He was decorated with the gallantry award

. Following the 2005 bombing by Jammatul Mujahideen Bangladesh, he was consulted by Bangladesh Nationalist Party government minister

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. He gave the opinion that JMB was not strong and the bombings were retaliation against the government. Later Ibrahim became the chairman of a non-political voluntary organization called Moulana Bhasani Foundation. In December 2007 during the 2006–08 Bangladeshi political crisis, he founded a new political party named "

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". His party joined the National United Front in 2008 led by Kamal Hossain. He was re-elected Chairman of the party on 5 December 2015. His party is a Member of the 20-Party Alliance led by

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. On 16 December 2015, he was prevented by

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s from entering

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, presidential palace, for

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celebrations because his name was on an exclusionary list. This was the first time since 1980 he was not allowed to enter the celebrations at the presidential palace. Ibrahim is a prolific and influential writer and speaker. He writes irregular but frequent columns for the major newspapers of Dhaka and the weekly magazine called PROBE. His party secretary, MM Aminur Rahman, disappeared on 27 August 2017 from Dhaka.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ibrahim, Syed Muhammad Bangladesh Army generals 1949 births People from Hathazari Upazila Bangladeshi politicians Bangladeshi male writers Living people Faujdarhat Cadet College alumni Recipients of the Bir Protik Mukti Bahini personnel Bangladeshi people of Arab descent