Syed Muhammad Ibrahim
Syed Muhammad Ibrahim | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 October 1949 Chittagong, East Pakistan |
| Political party | Bangladesh Kallyan Party |
| Alma mater | Faujdarhat Cadet college Pakistan Military Academy University of Dhaka |
| Profession | Military officer, politician |
| Awards | Bir Protik |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Pakistan (before 1971) Bangladesh |
| Branch/service |  Pakistan Army Bangladesh Army |
| Years of service | 1970–1971 (Pakistan) 1971–1996 (Bangladesh) |
| Rank | Major General |
Major General (Retd) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim, Bir Protik is a Bangladeshi politician and former military officer. He is the founder of Bangladesh Kallyan Party.[1]
Early life[edit]
He was born in Chittagong in erst-while East Pakistan (now sovereign country BANGLADESH) on 04 Oct 1949, in a traditional Muslim family. Having grown up, he made to the–then and now also famous ‘Faujdarhat Cadet college’--- a premier residential school of the country. He left Faujdarhat in 1968 at the end of excellent higher-secondary schooling. He did his Bachelor-of-Arts from Dhaka University in 1974 and Master-in-Defense Studies from National University of Bangladesh in 2003 with meritorious result. Currently he is a researcher for PhD Program in Department of Peace and Conflict studies of Dhaka University, Bangladesh.
Career[edit]
He joined the Pakistan Military Academy in January 1970 and was commissioned in the East Bengal Regiment of Pakistan Army’s Infantry Corps. He was assessed the top cadet of his class while being commissioned, in Sep 1970. As an officer of the famous 2nd East Bengal Regiment, he joined the Liberation War of Bangladesh and fought gallantly for the entire period from 26 March 1971 to 16 December 1971. He was decorated with the gallantry award ‘Bir Protik (BP)’.[2]
While in the Bangladesh Army, he commanded all echelons of infantry from Company to Division and held important/prestigious staff as well as instructional appointments. He was an outstandingly successful Brigade Commander in Rangamati-Khagrachari of Chittagong Hill Tracts (1987–1989) and pioneer as well as participant in peace-negotiation with the ethnic-insurgents operating in that area. As part of his military education, Ibrahim attended ‘The Royal Staff College’ at Camberly, UK (1982–83) and the ‘US Army War College’ at Carlisle Barracks in Pennsylvania (1989–1990). Immediately before retirement from the Bangladesh Army in June 1996, General Ibrahim was the Director General of the government think-tank ‘Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies’ located in Dhaka.
In his retired life, for the sake of earning a decent living Ibrahim is a businessman (developer / real estate etc). However, intellectual and academic activities being his passion, Ibrahim was the founder Executive Director of a private sector think-tank called ‘Center for Strategic and Peace Studies’ for four years ending in Feb 2003. For the next three years, he was the first President of another organization called ‘Islamic Institute for Research and Propagation of the Teachings of Hazrat Mohammad (SAW)’. Later he became the chairman of a non-political voluntary organization called ‘Moulana Bhasani Foundation’ working towards raising political awareness in favor of honesty, democratic attitudes, and national reconciliation. In December 2007 Ibrahim called upon his close like minded people and founded a new political party named "Bangladesh Kallyan Party".
He has traveled widely within South-Asia and else where including Germany, France, Iraq, Malaysia, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. He, with his wife, performed holy hajj in 1992.
General Ibrahim is a prolific and influential writer and speaker. He writes irregular but frequent columns for the major news papers of Dhaka and weekly magazine called PROBE. [3][4]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Kalyan Party chairman Syed Muhammad Ibrahim". en.prothomalo.com.
- ↑ "Bangladesh Kalyan Party". thedailynewnation.com.
- ↑ "Biography". dailystar.net.
- ↑ "Bangladesh Kallyan Party". dailystar.net.
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