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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Bangladeshi Air Force officer (born 1944)}}<br />
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|honorific prefix = [[Air Vice Marshal]] (retd.)<br />
|name = Sultan Mahmud<br />
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1944}}<br />
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|birth_place = [[Feni, Bangladesh]]<br />
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|allegiance = Bangladesh<br />
|branch = [[Bangladeshi Air Force]]<br />
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|awards = [[Bir Uttom]]<br />[[Independence Day Award]] (2018)<br />
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Air Vice Marshal (retd.) '''Sultan Mahmud''', [[Bir Uttom]] is a former chief of [[Bangladesh Air Force]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ershad wanted to grab power after Zia killing|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/ershad-wanted-to-grab-power-after-zia-killing-22484|work=The Daily Star|access-date=25 November 2016|date=3 May 2022}}</ref> He is considered as one of the leading person in forming Bangladesh Air force. He is former Deputy chief martial law administrator.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Service|first1=United States Foreign Broadcast Information|title=Daily Report: People's Republic of China|year=1985|publisher=National Technical Information Service|pages=85|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bqMbAQAAMAAJ&q=Air+Vice+Marshal+Sultan+Mahmud|access-date=25 November 2016|language=en}}</ref> He is a former Industries Minister.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lal|first1=Shiv|title=Election Archives and International Politics|year=1988|publisher=Shiv Lal|pages=156|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MRkvAAAAYAAJ&q=Air+Vice+Marshal+Sultan+Mahmud|access-date=25 November 2016|language=en}}</ref> He received the [[Independence Day Award]] from the [[Government of Bangladesh]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/2-more-named-bangladesh-independence-day-award-2018-1550902|title=2 more named for Independence Award|date=20 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He was the chief of Bangladesh Air Force from 23 July 1981 to 22 July 1987. On 24 March 1982, he was appointed Deputy chief martial law administrator by President [[Hussain Mohammad Ershad]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ershad's takeover also illegal|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-152462|work=The Daily Star|access-date=25 November 2016|date=27 August 2022}}</ref> He was placed in charge of the Ministry of Industries.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lal|first1=Shiv|title=Polities in South Asia: Afghanistan ; Bangladesh|year=1989|publisher=Election Archives|pages=165|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YvdtAAAAMAAJ&q=Air+Vice+Marshal+Sultan+Mahmud|access-date=25 November 2016|language=en}}</ref> He was charged in corruption cases after the government of President Hussain Mohammad Ershad relinquished power.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ershad trial deadline Mar 31|url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2016/11/24/54152/Ershad-trial-deadline-Mar-31|work=The Financial Express|location=Dhaka|access-date=25 November 2022}}</ref><br />
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{{s-aft|after=Air Vice Marshal [[Momtaz Uddin Ahmed]]}}<br />
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