Fazle Elahi Akbar

Major General Fazle Elahi Akbar
Native name	ফজলে এলাহী আকবর
Born	(1957-11-06) 6 November 1957 (age 67) Dacca, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Service / branch	Bangladesh Army
Years of service	1977–2006
Rank	Major General
Unit	East Bengal Regiment
Commands	Commander of 46th Independent Infantry Brigade Commander of 101st Infantry Brigade GOC of 19th Infantry Division Commandant of Defence Services Command and Staff College GOC of 11th Infantry Division
Battles / wars	UNIIMOG UNMIS

Fazle Elahi Akbar (born 6 November 1957) is a former major general of Bangladesh Army who served as military adviser to the UN Advance Mission in the Sudan (UNAMIS).[1][2] He served as the Force Commander in UNMIS from 2004 to 2006.[1]

Career

In Bangladesh Army

Akbar's first UN peacekeeping assignment was as part of the United Nations Iran–Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG) from 1988 to 1989.[3]

After military

Akbar is a director of Social Islami Bank Limited.[4] He retired from the Bangladesh Army in 2006 following a lobbying effort against him by General Moeen U Ahmed.[5] On 21 October 2008, he joined as the head of personal security of Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh.[6][7]

References

1. "Indian general named new Force Commander for UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan". UN News. January 11, 2006.
2. "Dhaka loses top UN mission post in Sudan". The Daily Star. 15 March 2006.
3. Jackson, Patrick (19 April 2007). "The UN's South Asian workhorse". BBC News.
4. "Board of Directors: Maj. Gen. Fazle Elahi Akbar (Retd)". Social Islami Bank Limited. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019.
5. Chowdhury, Mukhlesur Rahman (2019-11-25). Crisis in Governance: Military Rule in Bangladesh during 2007–2008. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-5275-4393-5.
6. "Akbar 'security coordinator' to Khaleda". The Daily Star. October 21, 2008.
7. "Bangladesh opposition condemns attack on leader". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 30 September 2019.