M Manzur Ahmed

M Manzur Ahmed is a retired Brigadier General of Bangladesh Army and former Director-General of National Security Intelligence, the main civilian intelligence agency of Bangladesh.

Career
Ahmed joined Bangladesh Army as part of the 2nd short commission.

Ahmed was sent to forced retirement during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government term from 2001 to 2006. He was reinstated in the army and promoted after Awami League came to power in 2009.

Despite being a retired officer, Ahmed was appointed Director General of National Security Intelligence on 17 March 2009. He replaced Sheikh Md Monirul Islam who had been appointed Director General of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies. Ahmed was placed in charge of the agency as part of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's plan to reorganize intelligence agencies of Bangladesh.

Ahmed was replaced by Major General Shamsul Haque as Director General of National Security Intelligence in March 2014.