Khan Firoz Ahmed

Khan Firoz Ahmed
OSP, ndc, afwc, psc
Major General Khan Firoz Ahmed
Personal details
Born10 April 1969
Khulna, East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Khulna, Bangladesh)
Awards Oshamanno Sheba Padak(OSP)
Military service
AllegianceBangladesh
Branch/serviceBangladesh Army
Years of service1990–present
Rank Major General
Unit East Bengal Regiment
Commands

Major General Khan Firoz Ahmed OSP, ndc, afwc, psc is a two-star general of the Bangladesh Army. He is currently serving as the Military Secretary in Army Headquarters, Dhaka Cantonment. He is also the incumbent President of Army Golf Club and Chairman Bangladesh Golf Academy. He also served as acting adjutant general in January 2023. Before serving as military secretary, he was the general officer commanding (GOC) of the 7th Infantry Division and area commander, Barishal Area from 2 December 2021 to 27 August 2022. He also served as the defense advisor of the Bangladesh permanent mission to UN 2017 to 2020. He was promoted to the rank of major general on 2 December 2021. He was commissioned in the East Bengal Regiment with the 23rd BMA Long Course on 21 December 1990.

Early life and education

Ahmed was born on 10 April 1969 in Khulna. He completed his SSC and HSC from Khulna Zilla School and Government Sundarban College respectively. While he stood 9th in the Jessore Board. Ahmed graduated from Defence Services Command and Staff College in Mirpur and second one from Command and Staff College, Quetta, Pakistan. He attained three master's degrees on varied disciplines. He completed afwc and ndc from National Defense College, Mirpur, Bangladesh. He is also working on his PhD research from Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP).

Career

Ahmed was the defence advisor to the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations and during his tenure 12 Bangladeshi peacekeepers had been honored by UN secretary general.

Personal life

Ahmed is married and a father of a daughter and a son.

See also