Salahuddin Miaji

Muhammad Salahuddin Miaji is a retired major general of Bangladesh Army. He was the general officer commanding of 66th infantry division and area commander of Rangpur Area of the Bangladesh Army in the Rangpur region. He served as the vice-chancellor of the Bangladesh University of Professionals. He is the former military secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Early life
Salahuddin Miaji was born in Jhenaidah. His father Moinuddin Miyaji was a Member of Parliament for the then Jessore-4 Constituency in the first National Parliament Election in 1973.

Career
As military secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Miaji represented the prime minister at the first anniversary of the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny.

Miaji was appointed the general officer commanding of the 66 Infantry Division of the Bangladesh Army in September 2012 replacing Major General Sabbir Ahmed. He was the military secretary at the Bangladesh Army headquarters. He established the Cantonment Public School And College Lalmonirhat on 24 December 2014. He also established Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology at Saidpur Nilphamari, Rangpur Army Medical College & Army Nursing College, Rangpur.

From 13 May to 16 May 2015, Miaji led a 13-member delegation of Bangladesh Army on a goodwill trip to Central African Republic, where Bangladeshi soldier were serving in MINUSCA.

From 6 September 2016 to 30 December 2017, Miaji was the vice-chancellor of the Bangladesh University of Professionals. He worked to establish a Bangabandhu Chair, to research the life of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bangladesh University of Professionals.

Miaji is an advisor to the board of trustees of Z3 Corporation and MRZ International. He is an executive director of Orion Group.

Miaji was nominated by Awami League to contest the 12th parliamentary elections from Jhenaidah-3. He was elected to parliament on 7 January 2024.