Aminul Karim

Aminul Karim (born 1 July 1955) is a retired three-star general of the Bangladesh Army. He served as the Military Secretary (MSP) to the President of Bangladesh, Iajuddin Ahmed. He was a senior research fellow at the Asia Europe Institute, University of Malaya.

Early life and education Aminul Karim was born on 1 July 1955 at the village Ranibari in Shibganj upazila of Chapai Nawabganj. He passed SSC in 1972 and HSC in 1974 from Rajshahi Cadet College with distinction. He graduated from University of Dhaka in 1980.

He completed his staff course in 1985 from the Armed Forces Staff College in Kuala Lumpur. He completed the long defence management course (Master's in Management Studies) in 1992 from the College of Defence Management affiliated to Osmania University in Secunderabad, India. In 1994, he obtained his postgraduate (MSS--political science) degree from the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Dhaka with distinction. He graduated from the National University in 1995 with a master's degree in defence studies. He completed the Executive Program (Conflict Management) course in 2000 from the Harvard Kennedy School.

In 2001, he completed the national defence course (M Phil) from the National Defence College. He completed a senior executive program course in 2003 from the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies from the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.. He was awarded PhD degree by University of Dhaka in 2007 for his dissertation on Chinese modernization. Regarding the transfer of power, he stated:"The main architect of One-Eleven was Army Chief Moeen U Ahmed. He wanted to impose martial law. However, the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka intervened, meeting with Major General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, the then-PSO of the Armed Forces Division, and discouraged him from doing so. Lieutenant General Masud Ahmed informed me about this. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury and Moeen U Ahmed were coursemates and shared a close relationship.

On January 11, 2007, at approximately 1:30 pm, Moeen U Ahmed, the three service chiefs, PSO Major General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, and acting DG of DGFI Brigadier General Fazlul Bari went to Bangabhaban. At that time, Moeen U Ahmed showed the President a letter from the United Nations, although that letter was later proven to be fake. After about two hours, they left with President Iajuddin Ahmed's signature." Furthermore, he stated that he had been offered an ambassadorship, which he declined as he wanted to stay close to his sick mother.

General Aminul Karim is a member of the Retired Armed Forces Officers' Welfare Association, the Dhaka Club Limited, the Rotary Club of Dhaka Central, We Speak Chinese Club Bangladesh Limited, Ziauddin Mondol Foundation, Alokito Chapai Nawabganj etc.

Books Notable books published by Aminul include:

Selected Papers on Security and Leadership Power Politics in the Asia-Pacific : The Case of Chinese Modernization 21st Century High Politics in the Indo-Pacific and the Bay of Bengal (Countries and Cultures of the World) Geopolitics of the South China Sea in the Coming Decades Chinese Military Modernization - Implications for the Region, Monograph Published by Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affair Genocide and Geopolitics of the Rohingya Crisis Is China Encircling India? What to know about Supply Chain Management The Bay of Bengal Geopolitics and the QUAD.

"Ethnicity and Geopolitics of Rohingya Crisis", in Risks, Identity and Conflict, Theoretical Perspectives and Case Studies “Political Culture and Institution-building Impacting Civil-Military Relations (CMR) in Bangladesh”, a chapter published in a book titled Guns & Roses: Comparative Civil-Military Relations in the Changing Security Environment. “The Power Political Balancing: The Case of Chinese Military Modernization” a book chapter under publication by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences ‘Impact of Microcredit on Socioeconomic Empowerment of Farmers and Agricultural Output in Bangladesh”, Project underway as a book chapter by Springer/ Nature

His journal publications appear in Springer, Nature, Wiley, Cambridge, Routledge, Taylor and Francis, Palgrave McMillan etc.