BIO

Lieutenant General (Retd) Mohammad Mahfuzur Rahman, SBP, OSP, RCDS, NDC, afwc, psc, PhD is a retired Bangladeshi general. Before his retirement, he served as a Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Division of Bangladesh. He has served in various capacities in the Bangladesh Army’s Command, Staff, and Instructional appointments. In his illustrious career, he commanded an Infantry Battalion, two Infantry Brigades, and an Infantry Division. He served as the Director of Military Operations at Army Headquarters. He was also the Commandant of two prestigious institutions – Defense Services Command & Staff College and School of Infantry & Tactics. He is a graduate of Staff College and Armed Forces War Course. He has also graduated from the National Defense College, New Delhi, and the Royal College of Defense Studies, London. He earned his master’s degree in Defense and War Studies from the National University and Bangladesh University of Professionals respectively. He also has a master’s degree in business administration. He completed M. Phil from Madras University on Defense and Security Studies and received his PhD from Jahangir Nagar University on Non-Traditional Security Strategy.

As the head of the Armed Forces Division, he was directly involved with the UN Peacekeeping Affairs (Preparation, Pledges, Gender Perspective, Deployment, etc.) of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. He was also nominated as a Gender Champion and Gender Advocate of Bangladesh for UN Peacekeeping Affairs. He was also the founding co-chair of the Women, Peace and Security Chiefs of Defense Network. He has also done two tours of duties as Staff in Region and Force Headquarters in Mozambique and Sierra Leone under the UN umbrella.

Besides writing articles in magazines and dailies on contemporary security issues, he has edited a book on “Indo-Bangladesh Trade Relations” and his 2^nd book on “A Study on Drug Proliferation in Bangladesh” was published in 2016. He frequents as a panelist and keynote speaker on Peace and Security in National and International Seminars. He is a resource person to various universities at home and abroad sharing his understanding of UN Peace Support Operations.