Atiqur Rahman

M. Atiqur Rahman (1 September 1931 – 20 December 2023) was a lieutenant general and Bangladesh's Chief of Army Staff from 1986 to 1990.

As a Major, he served as the Ground testing Officer in Inter Service Selection Board.

He was the second returned Pakistan officer to become Bangladesh's Chief of Army Staff after Ershad.

During the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, he was a colonel and was posted as Director at Army Headquarters.

[3] Rahman retired from the Bangladesh Army with full military honours in August 1990.

After retirement General Atiqur Rahman stayed away from public eye and did not pursue a political career.

Atiqur Rahman died from a heart attack in Dhaka, on 20 December 2023, at the age of 92.