Mohammed Jubayer Salehin
Jubayer Salehin BSP, SUP | |
|---|---|
| Bangladesh Ambassador to Lebanon | |
| Assumed office 1 June 2025 | |
| President | Mohammed Shahabuddin |
| Prime Minister | Muhammad Yunus (acting) |
| Preceded by | Javed Tanveer Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 February 1970 Chuadanga, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Awards |  Sena Utkorsho Padak(SUP) Bishishto Seba Padak (BSP) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Bangladesh |
| Branch/service |  Bangladesh Army |
| Years of service | 1988–present |
| Rank |  Major General |
| Unit | Corps of Engineers |
| Commands |
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| Battles/wars | Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict |
Mohammed Jubayer Salehin [a] is a two star officer of the Bangladesh Army[1] and Bangladeshi ambassador to Lebanon. He is the former director general of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies. He is the antecedent adjutant general and Engineer-in-Chief at army headquarters and commander of 17th Infantry Division.[2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Jubayer was born on 1970 at Chuadanga, then part of Kushtia District at East Pakistan, Pakistan (now, Khulna Division, Bangladesh) to Ansar Ali, an associate professor of Chuadanga Government College.[4] He finished high school from the Cumilla Cadet College and enlisted to Bangladesh Military Academy at 1986. He was commissioned on June 1988 at the corps of engineers with 19th BMA long course. He is a graduate of Defence Services Command and Staff College, National Defence University at China and the United States Army Engineer School. Jubayer furthermore completed his two master's degrees at defence studies from the Bangladesh University of Professionals and Master of Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.
Military career
[edit]Jubayer was a brigade major of an infantry brigade during the Chittagong Hill Tracts insurgency. He commanded a riverine engineers battalion, an engineers construction battalion, an engineers construction brigade at Dhaka Cantonment and additionally an infantry brigade at Rangamati Cantonment.[5] He furthermore, served as the chief engineer of Dhaka North City Corporation.[6] Jubayer was promoted to major general on 2019 and was posted as the general officer commanding of 17th Infantry Division and area commander Sylhet area. He was later transferred to a non-combatant assignment, serving as the commandant of Defence Services Command and Staff College on 2020. Soon after he was posted to army headquarters initially as engineer-in-chief and later the adjutant general of army.
On 24 August 2021, He led a delegation for a joint warfare workshop in company of the Sri Lankan Army with the orchestration of Sri Lankan defence chief and army commander general Shavendra Silva and his compatriot, the commandant of Sri Lankan Defence Services Command and Staff College, major general Nishantha Herath.[7]Jubayer has been awarded the Army Excellence Medal (SUP) for his extraordinary service in Army. As the adjutant general, he was the former vice chairman of the Trust Bank and Astha Life Insurance Company Limited. He was also the former governing body member of National Defence College and Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre. On 2024, Jubayer tenured as the director general of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies. As of April 2025, Jubayer is serving as the ambassador under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Personal life
[edit]Jubayer Salehin is married to Samia diwan. He is a father of two daughters.
Dates of rank
[edit]| Insignia | Rank | Date of amelioration |
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Lieutenant | 13 June 1990 |
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Captain | 13 June 1992 |
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Major | 13 June 1997 |
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Lieutenant Colonel | 16 December 2005 |
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Colonel | 1 October 2011 |
 
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Brigadier General | 17 December 2014 |
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Major General | 10 June 2019 |
References
[edit]Footnotes
- ^ BSP, SUP, ndu, psc
Citations
- ^ "DSCSC graduation ceremony held". The Business Standard. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Bangladesh's DSCSC Commandant Holds Cordial Discussions with the Army Chief". www.news.lk. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Sylhet Cantonment School and College celebrates 1st anniv". New Age (Bangladesh). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "হঠাৎ সফরে মেজর জেনারেল জুবায়ের সালেহিন". Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Development Fair-2018 Begins - City News". The Daily Observer (Bangladesh). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Unplanned urbanisation, absence of building code enforcement major setbacks". The Daily Star. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "You are being redirected..." dscsc.lk. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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