serviceyears branch commands birth_place placeofburial_label office birth_date term_start rank article_title term_end name
1976-2015 -lrb- 39 years -rrb- bangladesh general officer commanding : - comilla , bangladesh place of burial chief of army staff 2 june 1957 25 june 2012 35px general iqbal karim bhuiyan
 25 june 2015 iqbal karim bhuiyan
iqbal karim bhuiyan

iqbal karim bhuiyan -lrb- bengali : ইকবাল করিম ভূঁইয়া ; born 2 june 1957 , comilla -rrb- was a bangladesh army general who was the 16th chief of army staff of the bangladesh army .
he took office at 25 june 2012 and retired in 25 june 2015 .
he joined bangladesh military academy on march 19 1976 and was commissioned on november 30 1976 in the corps of infantry -lrb- east bengal regiment -rrb- .
general iqbal had a diversified and fine mix of all three types of appointment available in army .
during 39 years in bangladesh army , he commanded three infantry battalions , an infantry brigade and three infantry divisions .
he also served as chief of general staff , colonel staff of bangladesh army , and platoon commander of military academy.he also participated in operation desert storm and received liberation of kuwait medal .
