M Farid Habib

Mohammed Farid Habib (born 24 February 1959) is a retired four-star admiral who was the former chief of naval staff of the Bangladesh Navy and the incumbent chairman of the trustee board of University of Scholars. He is the first four-star officer of the navy.

Early life and education Habib was born in 1959 in the village of Ichhapur in Kalihati Upazila of Tangail District, then East Pakistan (now in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh). He is the youngest son of Mohammad Ali, who was a deputy secretary to the government of East Pakistan and later the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh.

Habib was one of the pioneer cadets of Bangladesh Naval Academy in 1976. Habib obtained missile and minesweeping courses from China and specialization on navigation and direction from Australia and, furthermore, Pakistan. He graduated from the Defence Services Command and Staff College and also from the Surface Warfare Officers' School (SWOS) in Newport, United States. He attended the National Defence Course and Capstone Course at the National Defence College and the Joint Warfare Course and Sea Safety Course in the United Kingdom. He furthermore obtained two master's degrees in Defence Studies (MDS) from National University, Bangladesh and Flag Officers Combined Force Maritime Component Commanders Course from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in United States.

Personal life He is married to Begum Hafiza Habib and has a son and a daughter. He loves to pass his leisure time reading various periodicals and magazines and plays cricket, lawn tennis, and golf.