Vice Admiral M Nazmul Hassan has been appointed as the new Chief of Naval Staff.

He has taken over the duties of incumbent CNS Admiral Shaheen Iqbal, according to a press release of the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) on Monday.

A ceremony marking the hand-over of CNS duties took place at the at Naval Headquarters on Monday afternoon, it said.

Principal staff officers, area commanders, admin authorities, managing directors of dockyards and shipyards and high officials of Bangladesh Navy were present in the ceremony.

Newly appointed Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral M Nazmul Hassan was commissioned in Bangladesh Navy on July 1, 1986.

Prior to his appointment as Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Nazmul Hassan has performed the duties of Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations), Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel), Director Naval Operations, and Director Naval Intelligence at Naval Headquarters and as Director General Civil Military Relations of Armed Forces Division.

Vice Admiral Nazmul is a distinguished graduate of Defense Services Command and Staff College at Mirpur and Naval War College in USA. He also attended Naval Command Course in US and National Defence Course in Bangladesh. His academic qualifications include Bachelor of Science degree from Chattogram University and Masters in Defense Studies from National University.

He also took part in the UN Peacekeeping Mission in former Yugoslavia. His 38-year career has been marked by great professionalism and military prowess, influenced by the values of the Father of the Nation, the spirit of the Liberation War, and patriotism. He has always been committed to developing Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Navy, reads the press release.

Vice Admiral Nazmul has commanded Bangladesh Navy Fleet and also served as the Commander Chattogram Naval Area. During this time, he continued the process of rehabilitation of Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals in Bhasan Char, added the press release.