T. M. Jobaer

Bangladeshi army general
T. M. Jobaer
Native name
তারিক মোহাম্মদ জোবায়ের
Allegiance Bangladesh
Service/branch Bangladesh Army
Years of service1987-2024
Rank Major General
UnitRegiment of Artillery
Commands held
  • Director General of National Security Intelligence
  • Director of CTIB
  • Deputy Director of National Security Intelligence
  • Commander of 6th Independent Air Defence Artillery Brigade
  • Commandant of School of Military Intelligence

Tariq Mohammed Jobair (Bengali: তারিক মোহাম্মদ জোবায়ের)[1] is a retired Major General and former Director General of National Security Intelligence, the main civil intelligence agency in Bangladesh, from July 2018 to March 2024.[2][3]

Career

In 2011, Jobaer served as a Director of National Security Intelligence.[4] While serving as a director, he focused on the War on Terror and identified Hizb ut-Tahrir as the biggest threat among terror organizations in South Asia in an interview with The Outlook.[5][6] Before taking over the charge of Director General, National Security Intelligence he was the Minister (counselor) of Bangladesh High Commission to the United Kingdom.[7]

On 31 July 2018, Major General Jobaer was appointed Director General of National Security Intelligence replacing major general Md Shamsul Haque.[3][8] The Ministry of Public Administration transferred him from Bangladesh Army to the National Security Intelligence under the Prime Minister's Office.[9] He made the welcome speech at the inauguration of the new headquarters of the National Security Intelligence in April 2021 which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[10][11] He is the longest serving DG of NSI as of November 2023.

References

  1. ^ "এনএসআই'র নতুন ডিজি জোবায়ের". jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  2. ^ "RAB, NTMC chiefs contradict home minister". New Age. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Major General TM Jobayer named NSI Director General". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  4. ^ Staff Correspondent (2011-09-27). "Tahrir seen as biggest threat". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  5. ^ "Extremist Spectre". outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Tahrir seen as biggest threat". The Daily Star. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  7. ^ bdnews24.com. "Bangladesh High Commissioner to UK Nazmul Quaunine presents credentials to Queen". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2023-02-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "এনএসআই'র নতুন মহাপরিচালক জোবায়ের". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  9. ^ "এনএসআইর নতুন ডিজি জেনারেল জোবায়ের". www.kalerkantho.com. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  10. ^ "Make sure that Covid-19 directives are enforced: PM". The Daily Star. 2021-04-05. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  11. ^ "PM asks NSI to work for making extremism-free country". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Retrieved 2023-02-25.