Lieutenant General (Retd.) Mahbubur Rahman
8th Chief of Army Staff
In office 20 May 1996 – 23 December 1997
President	Abdur Rahman Biswas Shahabuddin Ahmed
Prime Minister	Muhammad Habibur Rahman (Acting) Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by	Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim
Succeeded by	Mustafizur Rahman
Personal details
Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Alma mater	Pakistan Military Academy Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh   Pakistan (before 1971)
Branch/service	Bangladesh Army   Pakistan Army
Years of service	1964-1997
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Corps of Engineers
Commands	Commander of 14th Independent Engineers Brigade ENC of Army Headquarters GOC of 19th Infantry Division MGO of Army Headquarters 9th Chief of Army Staff
Battles/wars	Bangladesh Liberation War

Mahbubur Rahman is a retired lieutenant general of the Bangladesh Army who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army ^[1] from May 1996 to December 1997. He was graduated from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in civil engineering. He was commissioned in the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers from 17 special course on 2 March 1964.^{[ citation needed]}

He fought in the Bangladesh liberation war in 1971 under Z force. He joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party after retirement from Bangladesh Army. He is a former standing committee member of BNP. ^{[2] [3]}

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