M Sakhawat Hussain

Brigadier General
M Sakhawat Hussain
Brigadier General M Sakhawat Hussain
এম সাখাওয়াত হোসেন
	Hussain at International Maritime Organization headquarter in London (2024)
Adviser for Shipping
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 August 2024
Chief Adviser	Muhammad Yunus
Preceded by	Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury
Adviser for Labour and Employment
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 November 2024
Chief Adviser	Muhammad Yunus
Preceded by	Asif Mahmud
Adviser for Textiles and Jute
	In office; 16 August 2024 – 10 November 2024
Chief Adviser	Muhammad Yunus
Preceded by	Jahangir Kabir Nanak
Succeeded by	Sheikh Bashir Uddin
Adviser for Home Affairs
	In office; 9 August 2024 – 16 August 2024
Chief Adviser	Muhammad Yunus
Preceded by	Asaduzzaman Khan
Succeeded by	Jahangir Alam Chowdhury
Election Commissioner of Bangladesh
	In office; 14 February 2007 – 14 February 2012
President	Iajuddin Ahmed; Zillur Rahman;
Prime Minister	Fakhruddin Ahmed (acting); Sheikh Hasina;
Preceded by	Muhammed Sohul Hussain
Succeeded by	Zabed Ali
Personal details
Born	1 February 1948; Barisal, East Bengal, Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Spouse	Rehana Khanum
Children	2
Alma mater	United States Army Command and General Staff College; Quaid-i-Azam University; Bangladesh University of Professionals;
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan (Before 1972); Bangladesh
Branch/service	Pakistan Army; Bangladesh Army; Bangladesh Rifles;
Years of service	1969-2002
Rank	Brigadier General;
Unit	Regiment of Artillery
Commands	Sector Commander of BDR; Commander of 24th Artillery Brigade; Commander of 33rd Artillery Brigade; Commander of 305th Infantry Brigade; Commandant of Artillery Centre and School;
Battles/wars	Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict

M Sakhawat Hussain (born 1 February 1948) is a Bangladeshi author, researcher and former one star army officer. He was the Election Commissioner of Bangladesh from 2007 to 2012 and retired from the Bangladesh Army as a brigadier general. He wrote more than 32 books, and serves as a columnist and freelance commentator on national and international television as a security and defense analyst. Before joining the interim government, he was the Senior Fellow at South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) at North South University. He has been serving as an adviser to the 2024 Bangladesh interim government of Bangladesh since August 2024.