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Makbul Hossain
NBP, OSP
13th Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard
In office
4 December 2013 – 15 February 2016
PresidentAbdul Hamid
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byKazi Sarwar Hossain
Succeeded byAurangzeb Chowdhury
Personal details
Born (1961-08-14) 14 August 1961 (age 63)
Mirzapur, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Awards Noubahini Padak (NBP)
Oshamanno Sheba Padak (OSP)
Military service
Allegiance Bangladesh
Branch/service Bangladesh Navy
 Bangladesh Coast Guard
Years of service01 Aug 1981 - 31 Dec 2019
Rank Rear Admiral
Commands
  • Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Operation)
  • Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard
  • Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel)
  • Commander, Chittagong Naval Area (COMCHIT)
  • Commander, Naval Administrative Authority Dhaka (ADMIN DHAKA)
  • Commander, Special Warfare Diving and Salvage (COMSWADS)

Mohammad Makbul Hossain[a] (born 14 August 1961) is a retired two star officer of Bangladesh Navy. He is the former director general of Bangladesh Coast Guard and antecedent assistant chief of naval staff for operations and the personnel.[1]

Early life and education

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Makbul was born on 1961 in Mirzapur union of Tangail District, then East Pakistan (now Dhaka Division, Bangladesh). He completed high school from the Mirzapur Cadet College and enlisted to Bangladesh Naval Academy on January 1979. He was commissioned in executive branch on 1 August 1981. Makbul is a torpedo anti-submarine (TAS) coordinator and has undergone a 5 years UT course from the Marshal Tito Naval Academy at then Yugoslavia. Makbul is a graduated of Defence Services Command and Staff College and accomplished defence and strategic course from National Defence University in China.[2] Makbul also attended the Weapon and Junior Officer's tactics course from the School of Infantry and Tactics, programing and administrative courses from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and furthermore counter terrorism courses from the National War College at United States. He obtained his master's degree in defence studies from the National University, Bangladesh.

Military career

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Makbul commanded one warship, two patrol craft, one minesweeper craft and a composite squadron of small fast attack patrol crafts. Makbul furthermore led two naval bases, zonal commander east zone at Bangladesh Coast Guard, the naval administrative authority at Dhaka, the Chittagong naval area and the Special Warfare Diving and Salvage branch. At naval headquarters, Makbul served as the director of purchasing and welfare. He also served as a director at the headquarters of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence and moreover tenured as the principal of Bangladesh Marine Fisheries Academy.

Makbul was promoted to rear admiral on 2013 and appointed as the assistant chief of naval staff for personnel. Soon after he was appointed as the director general of Bangladesh Coast Guard. During his tenure, Makbul cited the ports of Bangladesh especially Chittagong are highly fastened against illegal trafficking due to efforts of coast guards. Makbul also cited the coast guard has provided the 1,11,631 square kilometre economic area under his orchestration.[3] He returned back to navy on February 2016 while rear admiral Aurangzeb Chowdhury succeeded him as the director general of coast guard. Makbul was later designated as the assistant chief of naval staff for operations. He welcomed the chief of naval staff for the Royal Saudi Navy vice admiral Fahad Bin Abdullah Al-Ghofaily on September 2019 on behalf of naval chief and gave him the guard of honour. Additionally, Makbul oversaw the United States-Bangladesh joint carat exercise the same year.[4][5] He was awarded the Noubahini Padak, Oshamanno Sheba Padak of the Navy and Bangladesh Coast Guard Medal (Service) for his distinguished service and went to leave per retirement on December 2019.

Personal life

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Makbul is married and has one son and one daughter. He is a keen golfer and a seldom writer for various news articles. He wrote a thesis on better accommodation facilities for Developing countries for The Daily Star news publishing on 2022.[1][6]

References

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Footnotes

  1. ^ (TAS), NBP, OSP, BCGMS, ndu, psc

Citations

  1. ^ a b "Rear Admiral M Makbul Hossain, (TAS), ndu, psc". securingasia.com. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh Navy". www.navy.mil.bd. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
  3. ^ "'Continue effort to trafficking of drugs and humans'". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-04-26.
  4. ^ আইএসপিআর (2019-09-02). "ROYAL SAUDI NAVAL FORCES COMMANDER CALLS ON BANGLADESH NAVY CHIEF -". Archived from the original on 2025-04-20. Retrieved 2025-04-26.
  5. ^ ISPR (2019-11-04). "US-BANGLADESH JOINT EXERCISE CARAT INAGURATED". Archived from the original on 2025-04-14. Retrieved 2025-04-26.
  6. ^ "Better retirement homes a must for industrialised Bangladesh". The Daily Star. 2022-07-15. Archived from the original on 2024-02-25. Retrieved 2025-04-26.