Director General of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence

The Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (Bengali: সামরিক গোয়েন্দা মহাপরিদপ্তর), commonly known as DGFI is the military intelligence section of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, tasked with collection, collation, and evaluation of strategic and topographic information, primarily through human intelligence (HUMINT).[1] As one of the principal members of the Bangladeshi intelligence community, the DGFI reports to the Director-General and is primarily focused on providing intelligence for the Prime Minister, the Cabinet of Bangladesh, and the Armed Forces of Bangladesh.[2][3]

Director General of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence
Incumbent
Mohammad Saiful Alam
since February 28, 2020
Formation1977

The Director General leads the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (more commonly known as DGFI), the military intelligence service of the Bangladesh Armed Forces.[1]

List of Director General (DG) of Directorate of Forces Intelligence (DFI)
# Rank Name Start of term End of term
Director
1 Brigadier

Abdur Rauf 1972 1975
2 Colonel
Jamil Uddin Ahmad 1975 1975
3 Air Vice Marshal

Aminul Islam Khan 1975 1977
Director-Martial Law Communication and Control Center
4 Wing Commander
Muhammad Hamidullah Khan 1977 1978
List of Director General (DG) of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI)
5 Major General

Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury 1979 1981
6 Mohammad Abdul Latif 1987 1990
17 Mohammad Abdul Halim 2001 2003
18 Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury 2003 2004
18 Sadik Hasan Rumi 2004 2005
19 A S M Nazrul Islam 2005 2006
20 A T M Amin 2006 2007
21 Brigadier General

Chowdhury Fazlul Bari 2007 2008
22 Major General

Golam Mohammad 2008 2009
23 Lieutenant General

Molla Fazle Akbar 2009 2011
24 Sheikh Mamun Khaled 2011 2013
25 Major General

Mohammad Akbar Hossain 2013 2017
26 Mohammad Saiful Abedin 2017 2020
27 Mohammad Saiful Alam 2020 Present

References
  1. "Bangladesh intelligence team to go India". bdnews24.com. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  2. "DGFI – Directorate General of Forces Intelligence". bdnewsnet.com. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  3. "History". 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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