SM Shafiuddin Ahmed

**SM Shafiuddin Ahmed** is a Bangladeshi general. He is the current 17th Chief of Army Staff (CAS) of the Bangladesh Army and former General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Army Training and Doctrine Command. He served as the Director General of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS). He was the President of Army Golf Club. He also served as the Director of Military Training (DMT) of Bangladesh Army .He is the Quartermaster general (QMG) of Bangladesh Army. On 10th of June 2021, General Shafiuddin Ahmed, has been appointed as Chief of Army Staff (CAS) for three years starting  24th of June 2021.

## Career

Ahmed was commissioned in the 4th Battalion the East Bengal Regiment of Bangladesh Army on 23 December 1983 in the 9th Bangladesh Military Academy Long Course. He served as Battalion Commander in 1st Bangladesh Battalion of Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) and commanded an Infantry Brigade. He also served as the Director of  Military Training in Military Training Directorate at the General Staff Branch, Army headquarters. He served as the General Officer Commanding & Area Commander of the 19th Infantry Division & Ghatail Area in 2012. He also served as the Director General of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS). Also served as the Chief of Doctrine of Army Training & Doctrine Command (ARTDOC).

Ahmed served as a Deputy Force Commander of MINUSCA. He served as a Senior Directing Staff (SDS) at National Defense College, GOC of 19th Infantry Division and the GOC of the Area Commander of Logistics Area. On 25 August 2019, he was promoted to Lieutenant General and made the GOC of the Army Training and Doctrine Command. He is the chief Patron of Bangladesh International School and College.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific prefix**: General (Bangladesh), General
- **name**: SM Shafiuddin Ahmed
- **native name**: এস এম শফিউদ্দিন আহমেদ
- **native name lang**: bn
- **image**: এস এম শফিউদ্দিন আহমেদ.jpg
- **caption**: Official Military Portrait
- **office**: 17th Chief of Army Staff (Bangladesh), Chief of Army Staff
- **termstart**: 24 June 2021
- **president**: Abdul Hamid (politician), Abdul Hamid
- **primeminister**: Sheikh Hasina
- **predecessor**: Aziz Ahmed (general), Aziz Ahmed
- **birth place**: Khulna, East Pakistan, Pakistan
(present-day Khulna, Bangladesh)
- **nationality**: Bangladeshi
- **serviceyears**: 1983 - present
- **rank**:  General

- **unit**: East Bengal Regiment (Infantry, Corps of Infantry)
- **commands**: • Quartermaster general, Quartermaster General of Bangladesh Army
• General officer commanding, GOC of ARTDOC
• General officer commanding, GOC of 19th Infantry Division
• General officer commanding, GOC of Logistics Formation
• Commander of 52 Infantry Brigade
• Colonel#Colonel of the Regiment, Colonel of the Regiment of East Bengal Regiment & Bangladesh Infantry Regiment, Bangladesh Infantry Regiment (BIR)
• Colonel commandant#Bangladesh, Colonel Commandant of Military police, Corps of Military Police
• Director general, DG of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS)
• Senior Directing Staff (SDS) of National Defence College (Bangladesh), National Defence College
• Deputy Force Commander of MINUSCA
- **battles**: United Nations Operation in Mozambique, ONUMOZ, MINUSCA