Brigadier General Sheikh Mohammad Sarwar Hossain, SUP, psc was commissioned in the Corps of Infantry in December 1991. Currently, he is serving as Director, Internal Affairs Bureau in DGFI. Brigadier General Sarwar served as Director, CTIB for about 2 years (July 2018–May 2020). He commanded a Mechanized Brigade and an Infantry Brigade of Bangladesh Army. During his distinguished military career, he attended various courses at home and abroad and served in various command, staff and instructional appointments. He participated in the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Kuwait and Ivory Coast and served in United Nations Headquarters, New York as Force Generation Planning Officer (P-4).
He holds an Executive Master’s of Business Administration (EMBA) from Dhaka University and Masters in Defence Studies (MDS) from National University, Dhaka. He is also graduated from following Institutions:
- Defence Services Command and Staff College, Mirpur, Bangladesh.
- Arms Forces Command and Staff College, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- Canadian Forces College, Toronto, Canada.
- Pulada, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
His areas of interest are National Security, Conflict Resolution, Chittagong Hill Tracts Development and Peace Affairs, Crisis Management, Counter Terrorism and Preventive/Counter Violent Extremism issues.
He visited few countries as part of his official/personal tour. Some of those are: USA, Canada, China, Saudia Arabia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Ivory Coast, Uganda, Oman, Turkey Italy, UK, Thailand, Myanmar, Jordan, Indonesia, Switzerland and Netherlands.
He is married and proud father of one son and one daughter.
