Muqtadir Ali

Muqtadir Ali (died 2021) was a veteran of the Bangladesh Liberation War, a major of the Bangladesh Army, and a chairman of Petrobangla. Over several decades, he held senior leadership roles in Bangladesh's state-owned energy sector, including positions at Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation, Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited, Titas Gas, and Sylhet Gas Fields.

Career In 1971, Ali was studying at the East Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology (now Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology) when the Bangladesh Liberation War began. He left for India to join the war effort and initially received intelligence training while attached to an Indian Army brigade. According to his later account, Ali and fellow officer Captain Jibon Kanai Das learned of the coup through a radio broadcast. He also served as chairman of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation and as managing director of both Titas Gas and Sylhet Gas Fields. In 2012, he was appointed as an additional secretary in the government of Bangladesh. He was the first coordinator of Bangladesh's LNG terminal initiative and later worked as a consultant to various energy companies.

Death Ali died on 22 August 2021 at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, after sustaining a head injury in an accidental fall at his home. He was buried with state honours at the Banani Military Graveyard.