Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam | |
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11th Chief of Naval Staff | |
In office 10 February 2007 – 28 January 2009 | |
Preceded by | M. Hasan Ali Khan |
Succeeded by | Zahir Uddin Ahmed |
Personal details | |
Born | 1952 (age 71–72) Anwara, Chittagong |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Bangladesh |
Branch/service | Bangladesh Navy |
Years of service | 1973-2009 |
Rank | Vice admiral |
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Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam, ndu, psc, BN (born 1952) is the first ever Vice-Admiral and Ex-Chief of Staff for the Bangladesh Navy. He is preceded by Rear Admiral M Hasan Ali Khan ndc, psc, BN and succeeded by Vice Admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed (ND) ndc, psc, BN
Nizam was born in the Anwara district of Chittagong in 1952. He joined the erstwhile Pakistan Navy as an officer cadet at the age of 18, and completed six months training at the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul. In 1970 he joined the Pakistan Naval Academy in Karachi and was commissioned 1st into the Executive Branch of the Pakistan Navy and subsequently in Bangladesh Navy in 1973.
Nizam graduated from the Defence Services Command & Staff College in Dhaka in 1986 and from the National Defence University in Beijing, China in 1996. Other qualifications include a Communication Specialization Course with the Royal Navy and completion of a Senior Executive Course with the Asia Pacific Centre for Securities Studies in the United States.
Admiral Nizam is married to Munira Nizam and the couple has one daughter, Nafeesa Hadi.[2]