Shakil Ahmed (general, died 2009)
Major General of Bangladesh
Shakil Ahmed (Bengali: শাকিল আহমেদ; died 25 February 2009) was a Bangladesh military officer who served as the antecedent director general of the Bangladesh Rifles. He was commissioned into the Bangladesh Army's Regiment of Artillery in 1976. Ahmed was a graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College, Malaysia. A former distinguished allied graduate from the Field Artillery Officers Advanced Course at Fort Sill of the US Army, he had been a directing staff at Defence Services Command and Staff College in Mirpur, Dhaka. Ahmed was also an instructor at Artillery School and commanded an artillery brigade. He also served as a sector commander of Bangladesh Rifles. Ahmed was assassinated during the Bangladesh Rifles revolt.
Career
He had twice commanded field artillery regiments, of which one was in active service in a counter-insurgency role. He was an assistant defence attaché at the Bangladesh High Commission in London; a staff officer at the Prime Minister's Office, the Armed Forces Division; and a chief operations staff officer of the Field Artillery Brigade. Brigadier General Ahmed graduated from the National Defence College of Bangladesh in 2002 and was promoted to the rank of major general.
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