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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lieutenant General Nuruddin Khan
| office = 6th [[Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army|Chief of Army Staff]]
| predecessor = [[Atiqur Rahman]]
| successor = [[Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim]]
| term_start = 31 August 1990
| term_end = 30 August 1994
| birth_place = Kanchikata, Monohardi, Narsingdi, Dhaka.
| allegiance = {{flag|Pakistan}} (1959-1971)<br />{{flag|Bangladesh}} (1971-1994)
| branch = [[Military engineering|Engineers]]
| rank = [[File:Bangladesh-army-OF-8.svg|15px]] [[File:Three star.jpg|20px]] [[Lieutenant General]]
| commands = [[Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army|Chief of Army Staff]]<br />9 Infantry Division
}}

'''Nuruddin Khan''' is a lieutenant general of the [[Bangladesh Army]], served as [[Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army]] (1990-1994),<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Chief of Army Staff |url=https://www.army.mil.bd/List-of-Chief-of-Army-Staff |website=Bangladesh Army |access-date=6 December 2018}}</ref> and served as Energy Minister of [[Bangladesh]] (1996-1997). He did not pursue a political career after the [[Awami League]] government, in which he served, ended in 2001.

==Early life==
Khan graduated from [[Gurudayal Government College]] in [[Kishoreganj]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liton |first1=Muklesur Rahman |date=1 July 2006 |title=The Pride of Kishoreganj |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/starinsight/2006/07/01/guru.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref>

== Career ==
Nuruddin Khan was commissioned from 20 PMA long course on 17 October 1959 . In November 1990, then President [[Hossain Mohammad Ershad]] promoted Khan to the rank of [[Lieutenant General]] and appointed him as the [[Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army]].{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} He voiced support for pro-democracy protests that eventually forced Ershad to resign.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Dhitllon |first1=Amrit |last2=Sengupta |first2=Uttam |date=31 December 1990 |title=Fear after freedom |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/democracy-gets-a-chance-in-bangladesh-but-uncertainty-reigns/1/315997.html |magazine=India Today |access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref>

A member of the Awami League, Khan was elected [[Member of Parliament|MP]] of the 7th Bangladesh National Assembly. During his tenure as an MP, in 1996 he was appointed as the Minister of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Affairs in the [[Sheikh Hasina]] administration. Because of his mismanagement, which resulted in power shortages in the country, among other problems, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina dismissed him.<ref name="shortages">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/s/w_asia/71207.stm Bangladeshi minister dismissed over power shortages]. BBC Online. 29 March 1998. Retrieved 6 June 2010. {{Dead link|date=November 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Fuel prices doubled during the period of severe power shortages. Khan was kept on as a "minister without portfolio," enjoying numerous benefits, until the Awami League government in 2001 term ended.

== Personal life ==
Khan is married and has two daughters and a son. His son briefly served in the [[Bangladesh Army]]. Khan and his wife reside in DOHS Mohakhali of the capital Dhaka.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

==References==
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	{{Infobox officeholder		{{Infobox officeholder
	\| name = Lieutenant General Nuruddin Khan		\| name = Lieutenant General Nuruddin Khan
	\| office = 6th [[Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army\|Chief of Army Staff]]		\| office = 6th [[Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army\|Chief of Army Staff]]<br />[[File:Chief of Army Staff (Bangladesh) Emblem.svg\|27px]]
	\| predecessor = [[Atiqur Rahman]]		\| predecessor = [[Atiqur Rahman]]
	\| successor = [[Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim]]		\| successor = [[Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim]]
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	\| allegiance = {{flag\|Pakistan}} (1959-1971)<br />{{flag\|Bangladesh}} (1971-1994)		\| allegiance = {{flag\|Pakistan}} (1959-1971)<br />{{flag\|Bangladesh}} (1971-1994)
	\| branch = [[Military engineering\|Engineers]]		\| branch = [[Military engineering\|Engineers]]
	\| rank = [[File:Bangladesh-army-OF-8.svg\|15px]] [[File:~~Three star~~.~~jpg~~\|20px]] [[Lieutenant General]]		\| rank = [[File:Bangladesh-army-OF-8.svg\|15px]] [[File:BD Army Lieutenant General Star Plate.svg\|20px]] [[Lieutenant General]]
	\| commands = [[Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army\|Chief of Army Staff]]<br />9 Infantry Division		\| commands = [[Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army\|Chief of Army Staff]]<br />9 Infantry Division
	}}		}}

	'''Nuruddin Khan''' is a lieutenant general of the [[Bangladesh Army]], served as [[Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army]] (1990-1994),<ref>{{cite web \|title=List of Chief of Army Staff \|url=https://www.army.mil.bd/List-of-Chief-of-Army-Staff \|website=Bangladesh Army \|access-date=6 December ~~2018~~}}</ref> and served as Energy Minister of [[Bangladesh]] (1996-1997). He did not pursue a political career after the [[Awami League]] government, in which he served, ended in 2001.		'''Nuruddin Khan''' is a lieutenant general of the [[Bangladesh Army]], served as [[Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army]] (1990-1994),<ref>{{cite web \|title=List of Chief of Army Staff \|url=https://www.army.mil.bd/List-of-Chief-of-Army-Staff \|website=Bangladesh Army \|access-date=6 December 2022}}</ref> and served as Energy Minister of [[Bangladesh]] (1996-1997). He did not pursue a political career after the [[Awami League]] government, in which he served, ended in 2001.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Khan graduated from [[Gurudayal Government College]] in [[Kishoreganj]].<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Liton \|first1=Muklesur Rahman \|date=1 July 2006 \|title=The Pride of Kishoreganj \|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/starinsight/2006/07/01/guru.htm \|newspaper=The Daily Star \|access-date=21 June ~~2015~~}}</ref>		Khan graduated from [[Gurudayal Government College]] in [[Kishoreganj]].<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Liton \|first1=Muklesur Rahman \|date=1 July 2006 \|title=The Pride of Kishoreganj \|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/starinsight/2006/07/01/guru.htm \|newspaper=The Daily Star \|access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref>

	== Career ==		== Career ==
	Nuruddin Khan was commissioned from 20 PMA long course on 17 October 1959 . In November 1990, then President [[Hossain Mohammad Ershad]] promoted Khan to the rank of [[Lieutenant General]] and appointed him as the [[Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army]].{{citation needed\|date=December ~~2018~~}} He voiced support for pro-democracy protests that eventually forced Ershad to resign.<ref>{{cite magazine \|last1=Dhitllon \|first1=Amrit \|last2=Sengupta \|first2=Uttam \|date=31 December 1990 \|title=Fear after freedom \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/democracy-gets-a-chance-in-bangladesh-but-uncertainty-reigns/1/315997.html \|magazine=India Today \|access-date=21 June ~~2015~~}}</ref>		Nuruddin Khan was commissioned from 20 PMA long course on 17 October 1959 . In November 1990, then President [[Hossain Mohammad Ershad]] promoted Khan to the rank of [[Lieutenant General]] and appointed him as the [[Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army]].{{citation needed\|date=December 2022}} He voiced support for pro-democracy protests that eventually forced Ershad to resign.<ref>{{cite magazine \|last1=Dhitllon \|first1=Amrit \|last2=Sengupta \|first2=Uttam \|date=31 December 1990 \|title=Fear after freedom \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/democracy-gets-a-chance-in-bangladesh-but-uncertainty-reigns/1/315997.html \|magazine=India Today \|access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref>

	A member of the Awami League, Khan was elected [[Member of Parliament\|MP]] of the 7th Bangladesh National Assembly. During his tenure as an MP, in 1996 he was appointed as the Minister of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Affairs in the [[Sheikh Hasina]] administration. Because of his mismanagement, which resulted in power shortages in the country, among other problems, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina dismissed him.<ref name="shortages">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/s/w_asia/71207.stm Bangladeshi minister dismissed over power shortages]. BBC Online. 29 March 1998. Retrieved 6 June 2010. {{Dead link\|date=November ~~2013~~}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Fuel prices doubled during the period of severe power shortages. Khan was kept on as a "minister without portfolio," enjoying numerous benefits, until the Awami League government in 2001 term ended.		A member of the Awami League, Khan was elected [[Member of Parliament\|MP]] of the 7th Bangladesh National Assembly. During his tenure as an MP, in 1996 he was appointed as the Minister of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Affairs in the [[Sheikh Hasina]] administration. Because of his mismanagement, which resulted in power shortages in the country, among other problems, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina dismissed him.<ref name="shortages">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/s/w_asia/71207.stm Bangladeshi minister dismissed over power shortages]. BBC Online. 29 March 1998. Retrieved 6 June 2010. {{Dead link\|date=November 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Fuel prices doubled during the period of severe power shortages. Khan was kept on as a "minister without portfolio," enjoying numerous benefits, until the Awami League government in 2001 term ended.

	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==
	Khan is married and has two daughters and a son. His son briefly served in the [[Bangladesh Army]]. Khan and his wife reside in DOHS Mohakhali of the capital Dhaka.{{citation needed\|date=December ~~2018~~}}		Khan is married and has two daughters and a son. His son briefly served in the [[Bangladesh Army]]. Khan and his wife reside in DOHS Mohakhali of the capital Dhaka.{{citation needed\|date=December 2022}}

	==References==		==References==