Zahir Uddin Ahmed

Vice Admiral
Zahir Uddin Ahmed
NBP
Vice Admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed NBP
	Ahmed on 9 July 2012
12th Chief of Naval Staff
	In office; 29 January 2009 – 28 January 2013
President	Iajuddin Ahmed; Zillur Rahman
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by	Sarwar Jahan Nizam
Succeeded by	Farid Habib
9th Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard
	In office; 26 January 2009 – 27 January 2009
President	Iajuddin Ahmed
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by	Moqsum Ul Kader
Succeeded by	Moqsum Ul Kader
Personal details
Born	21 May 1957; Gazipur, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Awards	Noubahini Padak (NBP); Commendation Padak
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch/service	Bangladesh Navy; Bangladesh Coast Guard
Years of service	1979–2013
Rank	Vice Admiral;
Commands	BNS Umar Farooq; BNS Abu Bakr; BNS Bangabandhu; BNS Shaheed Moazzem; BNS Titumir; Director of Signals, Naval Headquarters; Commandant of Bangladesh Marine Academy; Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN); Commander Chittagong Naval Area (COMCHIT); Director General, Bangladesh Coast Guard; Chief of Naval Staff;

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Zahir Uddin Ahmed (born 21 May 1957) is a retired three star admiral who served as the chief of naval Staff of the Bangladesh Navy. He is the first naval chief from the Bangladesh Naval Academy.