SM Kamrul Hassan

He is an alumnus of Mirzapur Cadet College, Bangladesh Military Academy with a Bachelors of Science and holds three master's degrees, with a Master's in Defense Studies from National University of Bangladesh, Master's in Business Administration from Royal Roads University and Master's of Scientific Management from Hyderabad University.

The general has attended numerous military courses both at home and abroad including a mid-career course in Pakistan and is a graduate of Defense Services Command and Staff College DSCSC (Mirpur, Bangladesh), Army Command and General Staff College (Philippines), College of Defense Management (India) and National Defense College (Mirpur, Bangladesh). He secured top-tier placements in all of them along with receiving "Best Foreign Officer" Award in both India and Pakistan.

He has also attended French language courses at Alliance Françoise, Bangladesh University of Professionals and is trained in international humanitarian law. Currently, he is pursuing a doctoral programme (PhD) at Jahangirnagar University.

In his three decade long military career, General Kamrul has served as an instructor in all premier training institutions of Bangladesh Armed Forces starting off as the 'youngest' Platoon Commander of Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) to Directing Staff in Tactics Wing, School of Infantry and Tactics (SI&T), Faculty Member as both Directing Staff and later on as the 24th 'Chief Instructor' of Defense Services Command and Staff College DSCSC (Mirpur) where he trained and instructed officers from USA, France, China, Egypt, Brazil, India, Pakistan, Turkey and numerous other nations participating at DSCSC. Currently, the General is appointed as the Commandant of Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA).

He has commanded two infantry battalions, the operationally active 12th East Bengal Regiment in Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bandarban) and 20th East Bengal Regiment as part of preparation of an emergency deployment to Africa responding to UN mandates, two Infantry Brigades, the 52nd Infantry Brigade under the 17th Infantry Division in Sylhet and 6th Infantry Brigade under 7th Infantry Division in Barisal and an Infantry Division as General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 66th Infantry Division (Defenders of the Strategic North) and Rangpur Area. As a ‘Maker of Leaders,' he has also commanded the 1st Bangladesh Battalion in Bangladesh Military Academy as 'Battalion Commander'.

Furthermore, the General has 10 years of "Active Operational Service" throughout his career from Lieutenant to Brigadier General with three tenures accumulating to 6 years 10 months in Chittagong Hill Tracts (Insurgency) and 3 years 3 months on expedition to Africa and Middle-East under the Blue Helmet of United Nations where, he served as Sector-Commander, in highly volatile Central African Republic (MUNUSCA) leading a multinational brigade size force as Brigadier General, Operations Officer in Sector Headquarters Liberia (UNMIL) as a Major and a Mechanized Platoon Commander in Iraq-Kuwait (UNIKOM) as a Captain.

Apart from his regimental staff duties, he served twice in the Army Headquarters, Military Secretary's Branch, working on the human resource management of the officers in Bangladesh Army. [2]

The General is married to Mrs Rahima Akhter and the couple has one son. His father and his father's brothers were freedom fighters and their hometown residence was transformed into a mukti bahini camp during Bangladesh's Liberation War in 1971. Furthermore, his grandfather served in the British Indian Army during World War 2.

Additionally, he is a widely travelled individual and visited over 50 nations across the globe in a professional or personal capacity.[2]

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