Rezanur Rahman Khan is a retired major general of Bangladesh Army and former ambassador of Bangladesh to Iraq.[1][2] He was a former additional director general of the Rapid Action Battalion.[3] He was the general officer commanding of Jessore Cantonment.[4]
Rezanur Rahman Khan | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance |  Bangladesh |
| Service |  Bangladesh Army Bangladesh Ansar Bangladesh Rifles |
| Years of service | 1981 - 2016 |
| Rank |  Major General |
| Unit | East Bengal Regiment |
| Commands |
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| Battles / wars | UNMEE UNOMUR |
| Police career | |
| Unit | Rapid Action Battalion |
| Allegiance | Bangladesh |
| Branch |  Bangladesh Police |
| Service years | 2009 |
| Rank |  Additional Director |
Career
editKhan was commissioned as an officer of the East Bengal Regiment of the Bangladesh Army on 27 December 1981.[5]
Khan had served as the commander of the Army Security Unit.[5] He also served in the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea and the United Nations Observer Mission Uganda–Rwanda[5] He was the General Officer Commanding in the 55th Infantry Division based in Jashore Cantonment.[5][6] He was the vice president of the Jessore Golf Club.[5]
Khan served in Bangladesh Rifles in 2005 as a sector commander.[7] He was the deputy commandant of the East Bengal Regimental Centre in Chittagong Cantonment in 2007 and eventually became commandant after being advanced to brigadier general in September 2009.[8]
In January 2009, Khan was appointed additional director general of the Rapid Action Battalion replacing Colonel Gulzar Uddin Ahmed.[9] He oversaw the detention of two Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders protesting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation from the organisation in 2009.[10] He targeted Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh.[11][12][13] In December 2010, he was appointed military secretary at Army headquarters after being promoted to major general.[14]
Khan was the commandant of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training from 8 February 2016 to 11 August 2016.[15]
In September 2013, Khan was appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to Iraq.[5] He replaced Muhammad Kamaluddin.[16] He visited Bismaya New City Project after Iraqi security officials assaulted Bangladeshi workers due to alleged links with the Sunni insurgency.[17][18] He secured the salary of Bangladeshi workers trapped in Najaf.[19][20] He rescued Bangladeshi workers from Mosul.[21] Bangladesh government resumed sending workers in September 2014.[22]
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- ^ "38 more back home from Iraq". The Daily Star. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "38 more return from Iraq". The Daily Star. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Iraqi employer to clear salaries". The Daily Star. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
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- ^ "Govt resumes sending workers to violence-torn Iraq". The Daily Star. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2024.