Muhammad Jahangir Al Mustahidur Rahman is a retired two star officer of the Bangladesh army and former Ambassador of Bangladesh to Lebanon. He was the antecedent chairman of Bangladesh Tea Board.
Jahangir was born on 5 July 1967 in Tangail, of then East Pakistan, Pakistan (now, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh). He was enlisted to the Bangladesh Military Academy on 1984 and was commission with the 15th BMA long course in Army Service Corps on 25 December 1986.
Jahangir completed his honours bachelors and master's degrees from the National University of Bangladesh. He graduated from the Defence Services Command and Staff College and received command training in Pakistan.
Jahangir commanded a supply and transport battalion and two station supply depots in Jessore and Jahangirabad respectively. Jahangir additionally instructed at the Bangladesh Military Academy, taught and furthermore served as the commandant of the Army Service Corps Centre and School in Jahanabad Cantonment and was designated as the director of supply and transport and also assistant military secretary at army headquarters. He moreover, served as a colonel general staff for the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence and colonel administrative of Ghatail area headquarters.
Jahangir was promoted to major general on 2016 and appointed as the managing director of the Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory. Soon after, Jahangir was designated as the chairman of the Bangladesh Tea Board in 2018. He inaugurated the Sreemangal Upazila tea auction center. In September 2019, he was recalled back to the army and transferred to Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to Lebanon in July 2020. He went to leave per retirement on August 2023. Air vice marshal Javed Tanveer Khan succeeded him as the ambassador on 7 July 2023.
Jahangir served with the United Nations peacekeeping force thrice. He was first deployed in United Nations IraqâÂÂKuwait Observation Mission on 1991. Jahangir later served as chief supply officer of the United Nations Mission in Sudan and furthermore the deputy chief of integrated support services of the United Nations Mission in Liberia.
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