Lieutenant General (Retd.) Nuruddin Khan
7th Chief of Army Staff
In office 31 August 1990 – 30 August 1994
President	Hussain Muhammad Ershad Shahabuddin Ahmed (Acting) Abdur Rahman Biswas
Prime Minister	Kazi Zafar Ahmed Khaleda Zia
Preceded by	Atiqur Rahman
Succeeded by	Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim
State Minister of Energy
In office 23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Personal details
Born	(1940-08-31) 31 August 1940 (age 83) Monohardi, Narsingdi District
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan (1959-1971)  Bangladesh (1971-1994)
Branch/service	Bangladesh Army  Pakistan Army
Years of service	1959-1994
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Corps of Engineers
Commands	Chief of Army Staff GOC of 9th Infantry Division Commandant of Engineer Centre & School of Military Engineering

Nuruddin Khan is a lieutenant general of the Bangladesh Army who served as Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army (1990-1994),^[1] 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.^[2]

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]} He voiced support for pro-democracy protests that eventually forced Ershad to resign.^[3]

A member of the Awami League, Khan was elected MP from Narsingdi-4 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.^[4] 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]}