Shah Iqbal Mujtaba

Rear Admiral
Shah Iqbal Mujtaba
ndc, psc, BN
Rear Admiral Shah Iqbal Mujtaba ndc, psc, BN
9th Chief of Naval Staff;
	In office; 4 June 2002 – 9 January 2005
Preceded by	Abu Taher
Succeeded by	M. Hasan Ali Khan
Personal details
Born	1948 (age 75–76)
Military service
Allegiance	Rear Admiral
Commands	A/Chief of Staff (Operations); Administrative Authority Dhaka (ADMIN Dhaka); Commodore Commanding Khulna (COMKHUL); Flotilla Commander; Commodore commanding Chittagong (COMCHIT); A/Chief of Staff (Personnel); Director General, Bangladesh Coast Guard; Chief of Naval Staff

Rear Admiral Shah Iqbal Mujtaba, ndc, psc, BN (born 1948) is former

Chief of Staff^[1]^[2] for the Bangladesh Navy.^[3]

Early life

Admiral Mujtaba joined the erstwhile Pakistan Navy as an officer cadet^[4] on 11 November 1966, and commissioned in the Executive Branch on 1 June 1970. Mujtaba graduated from the Defence Services Command & Staff College Dhaka and from the National Defence College Dhaka in 2001. Besides He attended Senior International Defence Management Course (SIDMC) at US Naval Postgraduate School in 1993 and Legal Aspect of Military & Peacekeeping Operations Course at the US Naval Justice School in 1998.

Naval commands

As a qualified officer, Rear Admiral Mujtaba commanded various kinds of ships and establishments. He performed as Director of Naval Operations (DNO), Director of Naval Plans (DNP) and Director of Naval Intelligence (DNI) at

Naval^[5] Headquarters. As a senior officer of Bangladesh Navy Admiral Mujtaba held all kinds of command and staff positions that includes Naval Administrative Authority Dhaka (ADMIN Dhaka), Commodore Commanding Khulna (COMKHUL), Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN) and Commodore Commanding Chittagong (COMCHIT). At Naval Headquarters he served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel). Besides his professional duties he also served as Deputy Commandant of Defence Services Command and Staff College, Dhaka. He was also the Senior Directing Staff at the National Defence College, Dhaka. Mujtaba held a diplomatic appointment as Defence Adviser/Attache in Malaysia. Prior to his appointment as Chief of Naval Staff, he served as Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard

under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Rear Admiral Shah Iqbal Mujtaba Appointed as Chief of Naval Staff on 4 June 2002. Admiral Mujtaba came to normal retirement on 10 January 2005 after ending his long 34 years naval service.

Personal life

Admiral Mujataba married Naima Mujtaba and is blessed with two daughters.

References

^ Bangladesh Strategic & Development Forum :B’desh naval chief meets Rao Naval cooperation with other nations Archived 13 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 June 2004
^ Sainik Chamachar ; Combined Commanders’ Conference PM Underlines Need for Modernisation of Armed Forces Retrieved 15 November 2004
^ Bangladesh Navy Forum :Staff Correspondent Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 August 2003
^ Daily times: B’desh naval chief meets Rao
^ Senior Navy officers redeployed Redeployment aims at replacing positions of retired officers

Military offices
Preceded by Rear Admiral Abu Taher	Chief of Naval Staff 2002 - 2005	Succeeded by Rear Admiral M Hasan Ali Khan

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[1] Bangladesh Strategic & Development Forum :B’desh naval chief meets Rao Naval cooperation with other nations Archived 13 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 June 2004

[2] Sainik Chamachar ; Combined Commanders’ Conference PM Underlines Need for Modernisation of Armed Forces Retrieved 15 November 2004

[3] Bangladesh Navy Forum :Staff Correspondent Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 August 2003

[4] Daily times: B’desh naval chief meets Rao

[5] Senior Navy officers redeployed Redeployment aims at replacing positions of retired officers

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Early life

Naval commands

Personal life

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