Director General of Forces Intelligence

The Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (Bengali: সামরিক গোয়েন্দা মহাপরিদপ্তর), commonly known as DGFI is the military intelligence section of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, tasked with collection, collation, and evaluation of strategic and topographic information, primarily through human intelligence (HUMINT).[1] As one of the principal members of the Bangladeshi intelligence community, the DGFI reports to the Director-General and is primarily focused on providing intelligence for the Prime Minister, the Cabinet of Bangladesh, and the Armed Forces of Bangladesh.[2]

Director General of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence
Incumbent
Major General Hamidul Haque
since October 26, 2022
Formation1977

The Director General leads the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (more commonly known as DGFI), the military intelligence service of the Bangladesh Armed Forces.[1]

List of Director General (DG) of Directorate of Forces Intelligence (DFI) edit

# Rank Name Start of term End of term
Director
1 Brigadier General
 
 
Abdur Rauf 1972 1975
2 Colonel
 
Jamil Uddin Ahmad 1975 1975
3 Air Vice Marshal
 
 
Aminul Islam Khan 1975 1977
Director-Martial Law Communication and Control Center
4 Wing Commander
 
Muhammad Hamidullah Khan 1977 1978
List of Director General (DG) of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI)
5 Major General
 
 
Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury 1979 1981
6 Mohammad Abdul Latif 1987 1990
17 Mohammad Abdul Halim 2001 2003
18 Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury 2003 2004
18 Sadik Hasan Rumi 2004 2005
19 A S M Nazrul Islam 2005 2006
20 A T M Amin 2006 2007
21 Brigadier General
 
 
Chowdhury Fazlul Bari 2007 2008
22 Major General
 
 
Golam Mohammad 2008 2009
23 Molla Fazle Akbar 2009 2011
24 Sheikh Mamun Khaled 2011 2013
25 Mohammad Akbar Hossain 2013 2017
26 Mohammad Saiful Abedin 2017 2020
27 Mohammad Saiful Alam 2020 2021
28 Ahmed Tabrez Shams Chowdhury 2021 2022
29 Hamidul Haque 2022 Present

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Bangladesh intelligence team to go India". bdnews24.com. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  2. ^ "History". 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2018.