Shah Iqbal Mujtaba

Rear Admiral Shah Iqbal Mujtaba, ndc, psc, BN (born 1948) is former Chief of Staff[1][2] for the Bangladesh Navy.[3]

Rear Admiral Shah Iqbal Mujtaba, ndc, psc, BN
Born	1948
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Service/branch	Bangladesh Navy
Years of service	1970-2005
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	A/Chief of Staff (Operations) Administrative Authority Dhaka (ADMIN Dhaka) Commodore Commanding Khulna (COMKHUL) Flotilla Commander Commodore commanding Chittagong (COMCHIT) A/Chief of Staff (Personnel) Director General, Bangladesh Coast Guard Chief of Naval Staff

Early life

Admiral Mujtaba joined the erstwhile Pakistan Navy as an officer cadet[4] on November 11, 1966 and commissioned in the Executive Branch on June 1, 1970. Mujtaba graduated from the Defence Services Command & Staff College Dhaka and from the National Defence College Dhaka in 2001. Besides He attended Senior International Defence Management Course (SIDMC) at US Naval Postgraduate School in 1993 and Legal Aspect of Military & Peacekeeping Operations Course at the US Naval Justice School in 1998.

Naval commands

As a qualified officer, Rear Admiral Mujtaba commanded various kinds of ships and establishments. He performed as Director of Naval Operations (DNO), Director of Naval Plans (DNP) and Director of Naval Intelligence (DNI) at Naval[5] Headquarters. As a senior officer of Bangladesh Navy Admiral Mujtaba held all kinds of command and staff positions that includes Naval Administrative Authority Dhaka (ADMIN Dhaka), Commodore Commanding Khulna (COMKHUL), Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN) and Commodore Commanding Chittagong (COMCHIT). At Naval Headquarters he served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel). Besides his professional duties he also served as Deputy Commandant of Defence Services Command and Staff College, Dhaka. He was also the Senior Directing Staff at the National Defence College, Dhaka. Mujtaba held a diplomatic appointment as Defence Adviser/Attache in Malaysia. Prior to his appointment as Chief of Naval Staff, he served as Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Rear Admiral Shah Iqbal Mujtaba Appointed as Chief of Naval Staff on June 4, 2002. Admiral Mujtaba came to normal retirement on 10 January 2005 after ending his long 34 years naval service.

Personal life

Admiral Mujataba married Naima Mujtaba and is blessed with two daughters.

References

1. Bangladesh Strategic & Development Forum :B’desh naval chief meets Rao Naval cooperation with other nations Archived 2011-02-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieve Jun 22 2004
2. Sainik Chamachar ; Combined Commanders’ Conference PM Underlines Need for Modernisation of Armed Forces Retrieve 15 November 2004
3. Bangladesh Navy Forum :Staff Correspondent Retrieve Aug 20, 2003
4. Daily times: B’desh naval chief meets Rao
5. Senior Navy officers redeployed Redeployment aims at replacing positions of retired officers

See also

• Military of Bangladesh