Atiqur Rahman

Lieutenant General (Retd.)
M. Atiqur Rahman
Lieutenant General (Retd.) M. Atiqur Rahman
6th 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
Preceded by	Quazi Golam Dastgir
Succeeded by	R. A. M. Golam Muktadir
Personal details
Born	1 September 1931; Murshidabad, Bengal, British India (now West Bengal, India)
Died	20 December 2023 (aged 92); Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh; Pakistan (before 1971)
Branch/service	Bangladesh Rifles; Bangladesh Army; Pakistan Army
Years of service	1954-1990
Rank	Lieutenant General;
Unit	Regiment of Artillery
Commands	Commander of 69th Infantry Brigade; GOC of 33rd Infantry Division; DG of Bangladesh Rifles; 7th Chief of Army Staff;
Battles/wars	Bangladesh Liberation War (As P.O.W.); Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict; 1982 coup d'état

M. Atiqur Rahman (1 September 1931 – 20 December 2023) was a lieutenant general and Bangladesh's Chief of Army Staff from 1986 to 1990.

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