Major General Shamsul Haque (1 September 1931 – 21 November 2015) was a major general of the Bangladesh Army. He was also a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and a former member of parliament for Chandpur-2.
Early life Haque was born on 1 September 1931, in Matlab Uttar Upazila, Chandpur District, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bangladesh).
Career Haque joined the Pakistan Army in 1956. In 1971, he was Pakistan Air Force on deputation. Squadron Leader was posted in PAF Base, Dhaka. After the crackdown he escaped from there and joined the liberation war of Bangladesh. In September 1971, when the Army Medical Corps was founded, he was appointed as the first director general of the Directorate General of Medical Services. He served as the director general of the Directorate General of Medical Services from September 1971 to 5 April 1982. He was elected to parliament from Chandpur-2 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988.
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