Mir Shawkat Ali

Lieutenant General
Mir Shawkat Ali
BU
Lieutenant General Mir Shawkat Ali BU
Member of Parliament for Dhaka-8
	In office; 5 March 1991 – 24 November 1995
Prime Minister	Khaleda Zia
Preceded by	Anwar Hossain
Succeeded by	Haji Mohammad Salim
Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
	In office; 27 July 1986 – 30 July 1987
President	Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Preceded by	Fakhruddin Ahmed
Succeeded by	K M Shafiullah
Ambassador of Bangladesh to Egypt
	In office; 5 September 1981 – 5 August 1982
Preceded by	Arshad-uz Zaman
Succeeded by	M. Hedayat Ahmed
President of Bangladesh Football Federation
	In office; 19 June 1976 – 27 December 1978
Preceded by	Gazi Golam Mostafa
Succeeded by	Siddique Ahmed
Personal details
Born	11 January 1938; Dacca, Bengal Province, British India
Died	20 November 2010 (aged 72); Dhaka, Bangladesh
Resting place	Banani graveyard
Awards	Bir Uttom
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh; Pakistan (before 1971)
Branch	Bangladesh Army; Mukti Bahini; Pakistan Army;
Service years	1958–1981
Rank	Lieutenant General;
Unit	East Bengal Regiment
Commands	Principal Staff Officer at Supreme Command Headquarters; Chief of General Staff; GOC of 9th Infantry Division; GOC of 55th Infantry Division; Commander of 65th Independent Infantry Brigade; Commander of Sector V;
Conflicts	Bangladesh Liberation War; Indo-Pakistani war of 1965; 1976 Bogra mutiny;

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Mir Shawkat Ali (11 January 1938 – 20 November 2010) was a Bangladeshi three-star general and Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. Shawkat fought during the Bangladesh Liberation War as one of sector commanders of Mukti Bahini, which awarded him Bir Uttom the second highest gallantry award of Bangladesh. Shawkat later served as the minister of food and Ministry of Labour and Employment during the First Khaleda ministry.