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He took over the appointment of chief of army staff of Bangladesh Army on 15 June 2009 replacing General Moeen U Ahmed who finished his four-year tenure of service and retired.
He took over the appointment of chief of army staff of Bangladesh Army on 15 June 2009 replacing General Moeen U Ahmed who finished his four-year tenure of service and retired.
Mubeen was promoted to the rank of general from lieutenant general with effect from that day. General Mubeen served as GOC in Jessore and Chittagong and on June 4 in 2008, he was made Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Division. He was a student of Mirzapur Cadet College, Tangail.
He was commissioned at the Regiment of Infantry (East Bengal Regiment) of Bangladesh Army on 30 November 1976.
General Mubeen is a graduate of both Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) and National Defence College (NDC) at Mirpur, Dhaka. Mubeen served in various capacities at a battalion level, including commanding two Infantry Battalions and an Infantry Brigade.
At the staff level, he served as Brigade Major (Operation Staff) in an Independent Infantry Brigade Headquarters, General Staff Officer First Grade (Operation Staff) in Infantry Division Headquarters and in Bangladesh Military Academy, Private Secretary to the Chief of Army Staff and Director of Military Training Directorate at the Army Headquarters. He also held the important appointment of Director General of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) and Principal Staff Officer (PSO), Prime Minister’ General’ s Office, Armed Forces Division (Administration and Finance Department).
He was Commandant of the Defence Services Command & Staff College.
He has commanded two Infantry Divisions, Jessore and Chittagong, as the General Officer Commanding (GOC). As an army officer, Mubeen has completed various training programs and attended workshops and seminars in at least 15 countries, including India and China.
