Abdul Gafoor Mahmud
Air Vice Marshal Abdul Ghaffar Mahmud | |
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4th Chief of Air Staff | |
In office 5 September 1976 – 8 December 1977 | |
Preceded by | Khademul Bashar |
Succeeded by | Sadruddin Mohammad Hossain |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Unit | No. 14 Squadron |
Commands |
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Battles/wars | Indo-Pak War of 1965 |
Air Vice Marshal (retd.) Abdul Ghaffar Mahmud (born 1934)
Early life
Mahmud was born in 1934.[4] His father taught at a Aliya Madrasah and Mahmud studied at a Madrassah in Kolkata.[4] After the 1947 Partition of India, he and his family moved to East Pakistan.[4]
Career
Mahmud joined the Pakistan Air Force in 1952.[4]
Mahmud was a transport pilot of the Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport airlift aircraft in the Pakistan Air Force.[5]
During the Liberation War he was posted as a
In 1977 he negotiated with the
Mahmud became the minister for food, health and rehabilitation in the cabinet of President Hussain Muhammad Ershad.[3]
In April 2017, Mahmud was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star for his role in negotiating with the hijackers of Japan Airlines Flight 472.[10][11]
Personal life
Mahmud married Syeda Asiya Begum in 1957 and they got a divorce in 1964.[4] He remarried to Hasina Maya.[4]
Bibliography
- My Destiny (2013) - autobiography[8]
References
- ^ a b "Former Bangladesh Air Force chief AG Mahmud to receive Japan Imperial Decoration". bdnews24.com. 1 May 2017.
- ^ Saha, Ujjal Kumer. "Special Essay "Revisiting Dhaka 29 Years after the Hijack"". Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Japan honours BAF ex-chief for 1977 Tejgaon airport kidnapping negotiations". Dhaka Tribune. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Tales of critical times". The Daily Star. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ a b c "Former COAS – Bangladesh Air Force". Bangladesh Air Force. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "Interview: Rebecca Shatwell – AV Festival". narcmagazine.com. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "Bangladesh's 7/16". The Daily Star. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ a b Chowdhury, Zaglul Ahmed. "An Important document of a crucial phrase". The Financial Express. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- OCLC 859668083.
- ^ "Japan honours ex-air chief Mahmud". The Daily Star. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "::: Star Weekend Magazine :::". Star Weekend Magazine. Retrieved 13 December 2022.