Atiqur Rahman

Lieutenant General
Atiqur Rahman
Lieutenant General Atiqur Rahman
	Official portrait
5th Chief of Army Staff
	In office; 1 September 1986 – 31 August 1990
President	Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Prime Minister	Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury; Moudud Ahmed; Kazi Zafar Ahmed
Preceded by	Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Succeeded by	Nuruddin Khan
4th Director General of Bangladesh Rifles
	In office; 15 December 1977 – 30 June 1982
President	Ziaur Rahman; Abdus Sattar; A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury
Prime Minister	Mashiur Rahman; Shah Azizur Rahman
Preceded by	Quazi Golam Dastgir
Succeeded by	R. A. M. Golam Muktadir
Personal details
Born	1 September 1931; Murshidabad, Bengal, British India
Died	20 December 2023 (aged 92); Dhaka, Bangladesh
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan (before 1971); Bangladesh
Branch	Pakistan Army; Bangladesh Army; Bangladesh Rifles
Service years	1954 – 1990
Rank	Lieutenant General; Service number: BA–59
Unit	Regiment of Artillery
Commands	Commander of 65th Independent Infantry Brigade; GOC of 24th Infantry Division; Quartermaster General at Army Headquarters; Director General of Bangladesh Rifles; Principal Staff Officer of Supreme Command Headquarters; Adjutant General at Army Headquarters; Chief of Army Staff;
Conflicts	Indo-Pakistani war of 1965; Bangladesh Liberation War (as POW); Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict; 1982 coup d'état;

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M. Atiqur Rahman (1 September 1931 – 20 December 2023) was a three star general and Bangladesh's Chief of Army Staff from 1986 to 1990. He was the longest serving director general of Bangladesh Rifles.