Mir Mushfiqur Rahman

Mir Mushfiqur Rahman is a three-star general of the Bangladesh Army and incumbent Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Division. Prior to that, he was general officer commanding of 24th Infantry Division and area commander, Chittagong area. He is also the former director general of the Directorate General of Defence Purchase and military secretary at army headquarters.

Education Rahman is a graduate of both the Defence Services Command and Staff College in Mirpur and Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. He completed his National Defence Course from the National Defence College in Mirpur. He was promoted to brigadier general in 2015 and was posted as commander of 44th infantry brigade in Cumilla. Rahman also served as chief of doctrine division at ARTDOC headquarters, Momenshahi in 2017 and commander of 203rd infantry brigade at Khagrachhari in 2019.

Rahman was promoted to major general on 16 January 2023 and was appointed as director general of Directorate General of Defence Purchase. He was appointed as general officer commanding of 24th Infantry Division and area commander Chittagong area, succeeding his colleague major general Mainur Rahman in October 2024. In February 2026, Rahman was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed as the principal staff officer at the Armed Forces Division succeeding lieutenant general Kamrul Hassan.

United Nations peacekeeping missions Rahman served in United Nations peacekeeping missions twice. First, under UNSC as a pioneer commanding officer of BANBAT-10 in UNMISS in South Sudan from 2011 to 2012 and received citations by SRSG for outstanding performance. He again served as force commander of Bangladesh contingent at MINUSMA in Mali from 2015 to 2016.