EX-COMMANDANTS

Commandants

Date of update: 11-04-2022

 *Bangladesh Marine Academy (1972 – Current) 

Sl. No	Names of the Commandants	From	To	Photo (click to enlarge)
1	Captain M L Rahman MM	06-01-1972	17-12-1972
2	Captain M A Khan PSN BN	18-12-1972	20-05-1974
3	Captain Angus Letty DSO DSC RD RNR	21-05-1974	20-05-1976
4	Lt Cdr Dennis Gell RN (Retd)	21-05-1976	20-03-1977
5	Captain F Rahman Chowdhury MM	21-03-1977	04-10-1977
6	Captain M A Jalil MNI MM	05-10-1977	30-12-1977
7	Captain E J Coolen AMBIM MM	31-12-1977	31-12-1979
8	Captain M Zakaria MNI MM	01-01-1980	20-04-1985
9	Captain M L Rahman	27-04-1985	30-09-1990
10	Captain M Azizul Hoque (Extra-Master) MM	01-10-1990	31-01-1995
11	Captain M Helaluddin MNI MM	01-02-1995	27-10-2004
12	Captain Amirul Islam MNI MM	28-10-2004	29-12-2004
13	Captain Kazi Ali Imam MNI MM	30-12-2004	30-10-2006
14	Captain Zahir Uddin Ahmed (ND) ndc psc BN	31-10-2006	10-08-2008
15	Commodore Zahir Uddin Ahmed (ND) ndc psc BN	11-08-2008	24-11-2008
16	Captain A M M M Aurangzeb Chowdhury (G) psc BN	24-11-2008	17-02-2009
17	Commodore A M M M Aurangzeb Chowdhury (G) psc BN	18-02-2009	24-03-2009
18	Commodore Moqsumul Quader (c) ndc afwc psc BN	24-03-2009	07-01-2010
19	MarEngr Sajid Hussain DSc MSc CMarEng FIMarEST MM	15-10-2009	—

* During our Great Liberation War 1971 the then Pakistan Government shifted this Academy to Karachi, Pakistan. Immediately after liberation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman established this Academy as Bangladesh Marine Academy with British Technical Cooperation (BTCO) assistance and appointing Capt. (Merchant Marine) M L Rahman as the Commandant (first Bangalee Commandant).

Mercantile Marine Academy (1962 – 1971)