SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS BRIGADIER REZAQUL HAIDER OF BANGLADESH AS CHIEF MILITARY LIAISON OFFICER OF UN MISSION IN EAST TIMOR

Press Release
SG/A/697

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS BRIGADIER REZAQUL HAIDER OF BANGLADESH AS CHIEF MILITARY LIAISON OFFICER OF UN MISSION IN EAST TIMOR

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Brigadier Rezaqul Haider of Bangladesh as Chief Military Liaison Officer of the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET). Brigadier Haider will assume the post shortly.

Brigadier Haider has served in the Bangladesh Armed Forces since 1971. He is currently the Commandant, Infantry Regimental Centre, Chittagong. He has extensive experience in command and staff appointments in the Bangladesh army and received professional training both in Bangladesh and abroad.

Brigadier Haider was born on 18 April 1951.

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