M Khaled Iqbal

Mohammad Khaled Iqbal is a retired rear admiral of the Bangladesh Navy and former vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Maritime University. He is the former chairman of Chittagong Port Authority.

Early life Iqbal graduated from Defence Services Staff College and the National Defence College. He completed a course on maritime law at the University of Wollongong. He trained at the Italian Naval Academy in 1985. He was criticized for the congestion at Chittagong Port by the Parliamentary standing committee on shipping ministry. In January 2018, Rear Admiral Zulfiqur Aziz replaced Iqbal as chairman of the Chittagong Port Authority. Iqbal was criticized for leading team of the Chittagong Port Authority to Morocco and South Africa which was set to conclude six days before his term as chairman expired. The Daily Star questioned the benefit of the port authority on spending 10 million BDT on the trip which they question whether it was a pleasure trip. Rear Admiral Mohammad Musa replaced Iqbal as the vice-chancellor of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University in January 2023.

Iqbal is the chief executive of ports, logistics & economic zone of A K Khan & Company.