Jamal Uddin Ahmed (air officer)
Jamal Uddin Ahmed | |
|---|---|
| 9th Chief of Air Staff | |
| In office 4 June 1995 – 3 June 2001 | |
| President | Abdur Rahman Biswas Shahabuddin Ahmed |
| Prime Minister | Khaleda Zia Muhammad Habibur Rahman (acting) Sheikh Hasina |
| Preceded by | Altaf Hossain Chowdhury |
| Succeeded by | Rafiqul Islam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 March 1943 Mymensingh, Bengal Province, British India |
| Awards | .svg){kind=small} Independence Day Award |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Pakistan (before 1972) Bangladesh |
| Branch/service |  Pakistan Air Force Bangladesh Air Force |
| Years of service | 1965 – 2001 |
| Rank |  Air Marshal |
| Unit | No. 7 Squadron |
| Commands |
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| Battles/wars | Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict |
Jamal Uddin Ahmed (born, 26 March 1943) is a retired air officer who served as the 9th chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force and chairman of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.[1]
Career
[edit]He started his career as a Martin B-57 Canberra attack pilot in the Pakistan Air Force in 1964. During the Liberation War in 1971, he was a Flight Lieutenant and part of a joint NATO-CENTO Air Intelligence Training Program for NATO Air Force officers in the United States. He returned to Bangladesh in 1972 as a Squadron Leader and served as a flight instructor in 1976 and eventually commandant of Bangladesh Air Force Academy in 1983.[2][3] He was promoted to Air Vice Marshal and assigned as the chief of air staff on 4 June 1995.[4] On 3 June 2001, Ahmed was promoted to brevet Air Marshal on his leave per retirement by then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and joined as director of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. The Second Khaleda ministry voided his promotion on August 2004, declaring it unlawful.[5] Ahmed appealed the decision to the High Court, which ruled out in favour of him and restored his rank, prepotent that he had been disposse at out-of-court. He was ameliorated as chairman of Biman Bangladesh Airline on 2009 but soon compromised on 2011 due to mismanagement.[6] Ahmed was again reinstated as chairman of Biman on 21 January 2015 and left office on 14 October 2016 preceding Air Marshal Enamul Bari. [7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Crisis-ridden Biman to offload its boss". The Daily Star. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ Selections from Regional Press. Institute of Regional Studies. 2001. p. 128. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ The Army Quarterly and Defence Journal. West of England Press. 1997. p. 210. ISBN 9780850524673. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "Former COAS2 – Bangladesh Air Force". Bangladesh Air Force. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "Ex-air force chief Jamal stripped of air marshal rank". The Daily Star. 19 October 2004. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Stripping Jamal Uddin of title was illegal: HC". bdnews24.com. 17 February 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Jamal Uddin reinstated as Biman chairman". The Daily Star.
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