Principal Staff Officer of Armed Forces Division
Incumbent Lieutenant General Mizanur Rahman Shamim since 29 December 2023
Bangladesh Armed Forces
Type	Senior Secretary of the Armed Forces Division
Abbreviation	PSO
Reports to	Prime Minister Ministry of Defence
Seat	Prime Minister's Office
Appointer	Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	1972
First holder	Brigadier General Abul Hasanat Md Abdullah
Salary	৳ 984,000 annually (US$ 11,566)
Website	Official website

The Principal Staff Officer, abbreviated as PSO, is the head of the Armed Forces Division, a ministry level joint forces headquarters under Prime Minister's Office. It acts as the high command of the national armed forces. It is currently held by a three-star rank lieutenant general.

Role and functions

The Principal Staff Officer is the head of Armed Forces Division, which is part of the Prime Minister's Office. He is assisted by a PS (acting PSO) & five departmental heads each one star rank military officer from Bangladesh Armed Forces. ^[1]

Under the direct supervision and guidance of the Prime Minister he has the authority, direction, and control over all operational and administrative services. He also, as per government notification, performs the duties of a full-fledged Secretary with full administrative and financial authority as that of a Secretary in any other Division / Ministry.

Appointees

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The following table chronicles the appointees to the office of Principal Staff Officer.

Portrait	Principal Staff Officer	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
	Abdullah, Abul Hasanat MdBrigadier General Abul Hasanat Md Abdullah	1972	1976	3–4 years	[2]
	Islam, Nurul Major General Nurul Islam Shishu	1976	1980	3–4 years	[3]
	Ali, Mir Shawkat Lieutenant General Mir Shawkat Ali (1938–2010)	1980	1985	4–5 years	[4]
	Chowdhury, Imamuzzaman Major General Imamuzzaman Chowdhury	1990	1996	5–6 years
	Salam, Abdus Major General Abdus Salam (born 1942)	1996	1999	5–6 years	[5]
	Bhuiyan, Shubid Major General Shubid Ali Bhuiyan (born 1945)	1999	2004	4–5 years	[6]
	Nur, A.I.M. Major General A. I. M. Mostofa Reza Nur PSC	2004	2006	1–2 years
	Chowdhury, Jahangir Major General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury Ndc, PSC (born 1953)	2006	June 2007	0–1 years	[7]
	Chowdhury, Masud Lieutenant General Masud Uddin Chowdhury NDU, PSC (born 1954)	June 2007	2 June 2008	1 year	[8]
	Mubeen, Md Lieutenant General Md Abdul Mubeen Ndc, psc (born 1955)	4 June 2008	12 June 2009	1 year, 8 days	[9]
	Wadud, Abdul Lieutenant General Abdul Wadud Ndc, psc	13 June 2009	1 January 2013	3 years, 203 days
	Huq, Shafiul Lieutenant General Shafiul Huq Ndc, psc (born 1958)	1 January 2013	24 June 2015	2 years, 174 days
	Islam, Moinul Lieutenant General Mainul Islam Afwc, psc (born 1959)	1 July 2015	31 January 2016	214 days	[10]
	Rahman, Md Lieutenant General Md Mahfuzur Rahman rcds, ndc, afwc, psc, PhD (born 1961)	1 February 2016	24 November 2020	4 years, 298 days	[11]
	Rahman, Md Lieutenant General Waker-uz-Zaman (born 1966)	24 November 2020	29 December 2023	3 years, 143 days	[12]
	Lieutenant General Mizanur Rahman Shamim (born 1968)	29 December 2023	Incumbent	108 days

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