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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: | | 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 | ||
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'''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 | '''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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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== | ||