Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of the Armed Forces Division Lt Gen Abdul Mubin has been appointed as the Chief of Army Staff, sources in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said.
He will replace the current army chief General Moeen U Ahmed, who took a leading role in backing the last caretaker government that lasted for two years and culminated with the general elections on December 29, 2008.
Appointed as the chief of staff on June 15, 2005, Moeen had his service extended by a year on April 6 last year after his three-year eventful tenure. He was elevated to a four-star general in 2007. Moeen will retire from service on June 14.
Hailing from Kishoreganj, Mubin was made PSO of the Armed Forces Division from major general rank on June 4, 2008. He was general commanding officer of Jessore and 24th Infantry Division in Chittagong.
Son of Major Baseth and an ex-cadet of Mirzapur Cadet College, Mubin was commissioned in November, 1977 as an infantry officer from the third Short Course of Bangladesh Military Academy.
Only three officers senior to him are still in service and two of them are now posted outside the country. They are Peace Keeping Force Commander Lt General Zahir, Quarter Master General Lt General Jahangir, and High Commissioner to Australia Lt Gen Masud Uddin.
Mubin made a televised statement on the night of Feb 27 to clarify that the "general amnesty" the government had declared during the Feb 25-26 BDR mutiny did not mean that rebel border guards involved in killings, arson and other crimes would be forgiven.
