Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui is a major general in the Bangladesh Army who is the incumbent director general of the Border Guard Bangladesh.[1] Prior to his promotion to major general, he served as the director of the Army Sports Control Board as a brigadier general.[2]

Siddiqui is the chairman of Shimanto Bank.[3] He was the director of the Internal Affairs Bureau of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence.[4]

Career

Siddiqui joined the Bangladesh Military Academy received his commission on 20 December 1992.[5]

Siddiqui also served as commander, 9th Artillery Brigade and director,[4] Internal Affairs Bureau of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence.[6] He was the chairman of the Army Sports Control Board.[7] He was the director of Military Training Directorate.[7]

Siddiqui was the head of the risk management committee and trustee board member of Trust Bank Limited.[5] He served in United Nations Mission in Sudan and the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea.[5][8]

On 30 January 2024, Siddiqui was appointed director general of the Border Guards Bangladesh replacing Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan.[9] The deputy secretary of the Public Administration ministry, Abdullah Arif Mohammad, signed the gazette notification.[10]

In February 2024, Siddiqui said that he would not allow any more Rohingya people to enter Bangladesh from Myanmar.[11]

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