Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury

Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury is a retired two star officer of the Bangladesh Navy and former vice chancellor of Maritime University Bangladesh and director general of the Bangladesh Coast Guard. Before that, he was the commander of the Khulna Naval Area.

Military career

Chowdhury joined the Bangladesh Navy in the executive branch on 1 January 1988. He completed the missile command and tactics course, a strategic studies course in China, a gunnery specialisation course in Pakistan, an armed forces war course at National Defence College in Bangladesh and combined forces maritime component commander flag officer course in the United States Pacific Fleet headquarters. He is the Senate member of Bangabandhu [Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University], Bangladesh. During his tenure in the Bangladesh Coast Guard, it received four 20-metre-long rescue boats with oil pollution control equipment supplied by Japan [International Cooperation Agency]. He was appointed DG Coast Guard on 24 August 2021.

Personal life

Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury is married to Muslima Chowdhury.