The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

The government has appointed Lieutenant General Masud Uddin Chowdhury the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Australia, an official press release said here on Tuesday.

General Masud was serving as the Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Division before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs several months ago.

Born in Feni in 1954, Masud was commissioned in Bangladesh Army on May 1, 1975 and during his career commanded two Engineer battalions and a Composite Engineer Battalion deputed to State of Kuwait under the umbrella of Bangladesh Military Contingent immediately after the Gulf War.

At the staff level, he served as General Staff Officer (GRADE 3 and 2) in the Military Intelligence and Military Operations Directorates of the Army Headquarters, Brigade Major in an Infantry Brigade Headquarters, General Staff Officer (Grade 1) and Colonel Staff in Infantry Division Headquarters and Director in the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI).

He also served as the Commandant of ECSME and School of Military Intelligence (SMI).

A graduate of both Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) and National Defence College (NDC) at Mirpur, Masud also obtained graduation degree from the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) and completed various training curricula from China, India and the USA and joined numerous seminars, conferences, workshops etc both at home and abroad.

He has commanded two of the Infantry Divisions as the General Officer Commanding (GOC).

The General is a widely travelled person who visited Pakistan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, UAE, Kuwait, KSA, Egypt, Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, France, Switzerland, Italy, and the UK.

A father of two daughters and a son, Masud is a keen golfer and takes keen interest in games and sports.