Susane Giti

Major General Dr.

Susane Giti
Native name
সুসানে গীতি
Allegiance Bangladesh
Service / branch Bangladesh Army
Years of service1986-2023
Rank Major General
UnitArmy Medical Corps
Commands
Battles / wars
Awards Sena Utkorsho Padak(SUP)

Susane Giti SUP, FCPS is a retired major general of Bangladesh Army. She is the first woman to be promoted to 2 star General. She served as the Commandant of Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.[1] She was promoted to the rank of major general on 30 September 2018 as the first female major general in the Bangladesh Army.[2][3]

Education

Giti obtained an MBBS degree from Rajshahi Medical College in 1985 and taught Rubia Khanam during 1995.[4] She received her FCPS degree in haematology in 1996.[5]

Career

Giti joined the medical wing of the Bangladesh armed forces as a captain in 1986.[1] She worked as a pathology specialist in UN Mission and different military hospitals. She was the head of Pathology Department of Armed Forces Medical College.[6] General Giti retired from the army in February 2023.

Personal life

Giti is married to Brigadier General (retd) Md Hossain Saad who was a physician in the army medical corps.[7][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Susane Giti Bangladesh Army's first female Major General". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Susane Giti becomes first female major general". The Daily Star. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh appoints Susane Giti as first female major general". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Bangladesh appointed Susane Giti as woman major general". India Today. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Women can only go up from here Says Susane Giti, Bangladesh's first female major general". The Daily Star. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Dr Susane Giti made country's 1st woman major general". Business News 24 BD. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Bangladesh Army gets its first female major general". Dhaka Tribune. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.