A. N. M. Muniruzzaman

ANM Muniruzzaman is a retired major general of the Bangladesh Army, and president of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace & Security Studies. He is the chairperson of the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change.

Early life and education Muniruzzaman graduated from the National University, Bangladesh, and National Defence College. He studied at the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College, and the Naval War College. He received his commission in the artillery regiment. He had served in the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia as the chief military liaison officer.

In 1999, Muniruzzaman worked for the establishment of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operations Training. In 2013, he testified in front of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs about Bangladesh. He has called for maintaining strategic ambiguity of Bangladesh when it comes to foreign relations.

On 22 January 2023, Muniruzzaman was elected chairman of the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change. He had spoken in front of the UN Security Council on climate change. In February 2024, he called for the fortification of the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. After the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, he called on India to engage with political parties in Bangladesh.