Full Name: Brig. Gen. Dr. M Sakhawat Hussain (Retd.)

Affiliation: North South University

Position: Senior Fellow, SIPG

Date of Birth: February 01, 1948

Place of Birth: Bangladesh

Home District: Barisal

Nationality: Bangladeshi

Profile:

Brig. Gen. (Retd.) Dr. M Sakhawat Hussain (born 01 February 1948) is a Bangladeshi author and speaker. He is the former Election Commissioner of Bangladesh (2007-2012). Brigadier General (retired) in the Bangladesh Army. He wrote more than 20 books and serves as a columnist and freelance commentator on national and international television as a security and defense analyst. Now he serves as a Senior Fellow of South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) of North South University. 

Hussain was born in Barisal.  He achieved his Secondary School Certificate (SSC) in 1963 from Karachi, Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) in 1965 from Islamia Science College (Karachi), Pakistan. He joined the Army while studying International Relations at the University of Karachi. He was commissioned in the Pakistan Army in 1966 from PMA, Kakul and remained in Sialkot till 1971. He joined the Bangladesh Army in 1972 upon that country's independence.

Hussain passed Command and Staff College Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1979 and obtained symbol PSC. He graduated from the United States Army Command and General Staff College (USACGSC) 1981–1982. He earned a master's degree in strategic studies from the Quaid-i-Azam University, Mphil Pt-II with NDC, Bangladesh. He qualified from National Deference College, Pakistan obtained symbol NDC.

Hussain led an artillery unit and a sector of the Bangladesh Rifles (now Border Guard Bangladesh). He led an artillery brigade and infantry brigade in plains and commanded an infantry brigade in counterinsurgency operation in Chittagong Hill Tracts.  He served in director roles for Staff Duties, Military Training and Artillery. He served in the Military Operations Directorate as lieutenant colonel.

Hussain served on the Board of Directors of Sonali Bank, the largest commercial bank in Bangladesh for two years. He attended NATO exercise in Germany. He led the first Bangladeshi military delegation to Germany to attend military exercises with the British Army on the Rhine.

Hussain became an individual researcher in national security and defense, a columnist and security analyst. As an author he wrote over 300 articles as columnist on national and international issue for Daily Star, Observer, The Independent, The Bangladesh Today, the Probe, Pakistan Observer, Islamabad and wrote features for Defense Journal, Pakistan. He wrote for Prothom Alo, Sangbad, Ajker Kagaj, Naya Diganta, Amar Desh, Samakal and Jugantar. He wrote for Dawn and The Muslim, Pakistan. Article on terrorism in Bangladesh was published in Indian daily "The Statesman". He was a freelance commentator on issues of security and geo-politics. He was a regular military analyst during the Iraq war. He was a leading strategic and defense analyst, a Bangladeshi commentator on security issues for British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for Bengali and English World Service, Tehran Radio and Voice of America (VOA). He wrote more than 20 books in Bangla and English. His first book dealt with Politico-military events of Bangladesh between 1975 and 1981.

Hussain was a member and Committee member of Kurmitola Golf Club, Rotary Club, Dhaka West & RAOWA (Retired Army Officers Welfare Association) club and IANSA (International Association of Non- proliferation of Small Arms) – Bangladesh chapter.

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