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Lokmanur Rahman
Lokman on 2019 annual sea exercise
Native name
এম লোকমানুর রহমান
Born14 February 1964 (1964-02-14) (age 61)
Chittagong, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Allegiance Bangladesh
Service / branch Bangladesh Navy
Years of service1986 – 2022
Rank Rear Admiral
Commands
  • Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Logistics)
  • Commander, Naval Administrative Dhaka (ADMIN DHAKA)
Battles / wars
Awards Noubahini Padak (NBP)
Nou Gourobh Padak (NGP)
Commendation Padak
Spouse(s)Shamima Yeasmin Luthia
Children2

Mohammad Lokmanur Rahman [a] is a retired two-star officer in Bangladesh Navy who served as the assistant chief of naval staff for logistics and the naval administrative authority Dhaka.

Early life and education

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Lokman was born on 14 February 1964 in Chittagong of then East Pakistan to a military family of Chandpur District. He is the eldest son of lieutenant commander Mohammad Sulaiman Mian (1936 - 2016) and Begum Shirin Sultana. Sulaiman fought in the Bangladesh Liberation War and was one of the pioneer officers of the navy.

Lokman completed his Secondary School Certificate from Karnaphuli Project High School and high school from Comilla Victoria Government College. Later he joined Bangladesh Navy as an officer cadet on 17 July 1983. After two and a half years of military training, he got commissioned on 1 January 1986 from Bangladesh Naval Academy in supply branch with the batch aligned to 12th BMA Long Course. Lokman later aligned to Supply Officers Basic Course from School of Logistics and Management at BNS Titumir.[1]

Lokman is a graduate of Defense Services Command and Staff College and the National Defense University. He obtained three master's degrees at defence studies from National University, at Master of Business Administration from Southeast University and furthermore at Master of Science from National Security Studies from PLA National Defence University, China. Lokman also has Senior International Defence Management Course at Naval Postgraduate School at United States and also the advanced logistics course from the Pakistan Navy War College.

Military career

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Rear Admiral Lokman with former Indian Navy Chief, Admiral Karambir Singh on 2019

Lokman started his military career on BNS Abu Bakr. He furthermore instructed at School of Logistics and Management, Defence Services Command and Staff College and was general staff officer at Inter Services Selection Board. He was also assistant secretary to former chief of naval staff rear admiral Abu Taher.[2] Lokman was the logistics and supply officer at BNS Umar Farooq, BNS Nirbhoy, commader of naval headquarters base supply depot and was the operations officer of his parent ship BNS Abu Bakr. He commanded one offshore vessel, one naval base, the BNS Mongla, one small patrol craft and the naval administrative authority at Dhaka. Lokman was the director of Budget, Welfare and naval stores at naval headquarters. He also served as director of naval purchase at Directorate General of Defence Purchase. Soon Lokman served as acting assistant chief of logistics from 21 December 2016 to 26 March 2017 as a commodore. On 27 March 2018, Lokman was ameliorated to the rank of rear admiral and designated as the 17th assistant chief of naval staff for logistics of the navy. Lokman was detached from naval headquarters from motion of no confidence and was replaced by then assistant chief of naval staff for materials, rear admiral Shafiul Azam on October 2021.[3] Lokman went to leave per retirement on May 2022 while serving as ambassador under Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[4] Lokman was awarded with the Bangladesh Navy Medal (NBP) in 2019 for his service in navy.[5] He has also been awarded with the Naval Glorious Service Medal (NGP)[6] and the chief of naval staff's commendation letter in 2014.

UN Mission

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He served two tenures in United Nations Peacekeeping Missions. First as a member of military contingent in Georgia in United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia and later in Lebanon as an observer of the naval contingent in United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.

Personal life

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Lokman is married to Shamima Yeasmin Luthia. The couple have two children.

References

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Footnotes

  1. ^ (S), NBP, NGP, ndu, psc, BN

Citations

  1. ^ "M Lokmanur Rahman greeting Indian Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra". The Financial Express. 11 April 2019.
  2. ^ "ACNS (Log), Bangladesh Navy at Galle Dialogue".
  3. ^ "M Lokmanur Rahman (BIMRAD)".
  4. ^ "M Lokmanur Rahman". Bangladesh Navy Official Website.
  5. ^ প্রজ্ঞাপন [Notification] (PDF). The Bangladesh Gazette (in Bengali). Department of Printing and Publications. 21 March 2019. p. 173. Retrieved 27 August 2024. ২ রিয়ার এডমিরাল এম লোকমানুর রহমান, এনজিপি, এনডিইউ, পিএসসি (পি নং ৫১২) নৌবাহিনী পদক [2 Rear Admiral M Lokmanur Rahman, NGP, NDU, PSC (P No. 512) Navy Medal]
  6. ^ "Commodore M Lokman awarded with NGP (2014)" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-08-12.
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