Air Vice Marshal (retd.)

Sultan Mahmud
Native name
সুলতান মাহমুদ
Born3 May 1944
Feni, Noakhali, Bengal Province, British India (Now, Feni District, Chittagong, Bangladesh)
Died (aged 79)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Allegiance Pakistan (Before 1971)
 Bangladesh
Service/branch Pakistan Air Force
 Bangladesh Air Force
Years of service1954-1987
Rank Air Vice Marshal
UnitNo. 6 Squadron PAF
Battles/warsBangladesh Liberation War
Awards Bir Uttom
Independence Day Award

Air Vice Marshal Sultan Mahmud, Bir Uttom (1944 – 14 August 2023) was a former chief of the Bangladesh Air Force and a former deputy chief martial law administrator.[1][2] As a member of Kilo Flight, he is one of the founders of Bangladesh's Air Force.[citation needed] He later served as minister of Industries.[3] He received the Independence Day Award from the Government of Bangladesh in 2018.[4]

Life and career

Mahmud was chief of the 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.[5] On 1 June 1986, he was placed in charge of the Ministry of Industries.[3] In 1992 he was charged with corruption after the government of President Hussain Mohammad Ershad relinquished power.[6] He was acquitted of these charges 24 years later.[7]

Sultan Mahmud died in Dhaka on 14 August 2023, at the age of 79.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Ershad wanted to grab power after Zia killing". The Daily Star. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. ^ Daily Report China. Vol. 129. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1985. pp. F1.
  3. ^ a b Lal, Shiv (1989). Politics in South Asia. New Delhi : Election Archives. pp. 155–156.
  4. ^ "2 more named for Independence Award". The Daily Star. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Ershad's takeover also illegal". The Daily Star. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Ershad trial deadline Mar 31". The Financial Express. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Ershad acquitted". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Former Chief of Air Staff Bir Uttam Sultan Mahmud passes away". The Financial Express. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
Military offices Preceded byAir Vice Marshal Sadruddin Mohammad Hossain Chief of Air Staff 1981 – 1987 Succeeded byAir Vice Marshal Momtaz Uddin Ahmed


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