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Yayha Syed
Allegiance Bangladesh
Service / branch Bangladesh Navy
 Bangladesh Coast Guard
Years of service1983 - 2019
Rank Commodore
Commands
Battles / warsUNOCI
UNAMID
Awards Independence Day Award

Yahya Syed is a retired commodore of the Bangladesh Navy and former managing director of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation.

Early life

Syed joined the Bangladesh Navy in 1981. He received training at the Britannia Royal Naval College. He was commissioned in 1983 in the Bangladesh Navy. He received further specialized training on signal communication in Pakistan. He carried out further studies at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Hawaii and École Militaire in Paris. He is an alumnus of National Defence College and Preston University in Wyoming.

Career

Syed commanded a frigate of the Bangladesh Navy and was the commanding officer of base BNS Shaheed Moazzem. He served as the deputy commandant of the Defence Services Command and Staff College. He served as the chief military personnel officer of the United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur. He was the military liaison officer of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire. On 6 April 2017, he was appointed managing director of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation replacing Commodore Jobair Ahmad. During his term as managing director, he added 26 ships to Bangladesh Shipping Corporation. He was the deputy director (second in command) of the Bangladesh Coast Guard.

References

  1. "Feeder service gives Chittagong shipper new option". joc.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  2. "Banglades Pesan 18 Kapal Buatan Banyuwangi". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Biography of Commodore Yahya Syed BN" (PDF). bsc.portal.gov.bd. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. "BSC to add 26 more vessels to its fleet". New Age. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  5. "Warm fanfare marks Pahela Baishakh celebrations at bdnews24.com". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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