Jahangir Alam Chowdhury

Lieutenant General
Jahangir Alam Chowdhury
SBP
Lieutenant General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury SBP
জাহাঙ্গীর আলম চৌধুরী
	Chowdhury in 2024
Adviser for Home Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 August 2024
President	Mohammed Shahabuddin
Chief Adviser	Muhammad Yunus
Preceded by	M Sakhawat Hossain
Adviser for Agriculture
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 August 2024
President	Mohammed Shahabuddin
Chief Adviser	Muhammad Yunus
Preceded by	Md. Abdus Shahid
8th Principal Staff Officer of Armed Forces Division
	In office; 8 June 2006 – 5 June 2007
President	Iajuddin Ahmed
Prime Minister	Khaleda Zia; Iajuddin Ahmed; Fazlul Haque; Fakhruddin Ahmed;
Preceded by	A. I. M. Mostofa Reza Nur
Succeeded by	Masud Uddin Chowdhury
15th Director General of Bangladesh Rifles
	In office; 21 January 2003 – 18 February 2006
President	Iajuddin Ahmed
Prime Minister	Khaleda Zia
Preceded by	Rezaqul Haider
Succeeded by	Shakil Ahmed
Personal details
Born	2 February 1953 (age 72); Munshiganj, East Bengal, Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Spouse	Laila Arzu
Children	2
Alma mater	Bangladesh Military Academy
Occupation	Military officer
Awards	Senabahini Padak (SBP); Independence Day Award
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch/service	Bangladesh Army; Bangladesh Rifles
Years of service	1975–2010
Rank	Lieutenant General;
Unit	Regiment of Artillery
Commands	Quartermaster General of Army Headquarters; Principal Staff Officer of Armed Forces Division; Director General of Bangladesh Rifles; Master General of Ordnance of Army Headquarters; Military Secretary of Army Headquarters; Commander of 24th Artillery Brigade; Commander of 55th Artillery Brigade; Sector Commander of Bangladesh Rifles; CO of 24th Field Artillery Regiment;
Battles/wars	UNMIBH; UNAMIR; UNOMIG

Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (born 2 February 1953) is a retired three star general of the Bangladesh Army and former director general of the Bangladesh Rifles. As of 16 August 2024, Chowdhury has been designated as an adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh.

A former Principal Staff Officer of the Army of Bangladesh he was elevated to the position of Quartermaster General at the same time his military academy course-mate Moeen U Ahmed, the Chief of the Army Staff was made first serving General in national military history. He is widely known to be credited to have gone to the Presidential Palace to ask the President of Bangladesh to declare the State of emergency which led to the events of 2008 that brought the military in power.