Sheikh Pasha Habib Uddin

Sheikh Pasha Habib Uddin is a two-star rank rank Bangladesh Army officer and the Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and the Village Defence Party. He is also the Chairman of Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank.

Early Life & Education
Uddin was born on 20 November 1967 in Feni District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. He graduated from Faujdarhat Cadet College and joined the 16th long course of the Bangladesh Military Academy. He was commission in the Bangladesh Army on 26 June 1987. He completed his undergraduate from the University of Chittagong and a MBA from the University of Dhaka. He completed a masters in War Studies and another in Defence Studies from the National University of Bangladesh. He attended the National Defence College and the Defence Services Command and Staff College. In 2006, he completed a course on civic response to terrorism at the United States Navy operated Naval Postgraduate School in California. He completed a leadership course at the United States Military Academy.

Career
Uddin served as the defence attache in the Bangladesh embassy in the United Kingdom. He commanded the second artillery brigade. He was deputed to the Border Guards Bangladesh where he served as the commander of the 1st Battalion. He was an instructor in the School of Infantry and Tactics. He commanded a Bangladeshi United Nation Peacekeeping contingent. He commanded a mechanized infantry unit in the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire. He served in the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence. He was made the Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and the Village Defence Party on 31 April 2017. On 6 January 2018, he announced that 600,000 personnel of Bangladesh Ansar and the Village Defence Party will be deployed inn the next general election of Bangladesh.