Rezanur Rahman Khan

Khan was commissioned as an officer of the East Bengal Regiment of the Bangladesh Army on 27 December 1981.^[4]

Khan had served as the commander of the Army Security Unit.^[4] He also served in the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea and the United Nations Observer Mission Uganda–Rwanda^[4] He was the General Officer Commanding in the 55th Infantry Division based in Jashore Cantonment.^[4][5] He was the vice president of the Jessore Golf Club.^[4]

Khan served in Bangladesh Rifles in 2005 as a sector commander.^[6] He was the deputy commandant of the East Bengal Regimental Centre in Chittagong Cantonment in 2007 and eventually became commandant after being advanced to brigadier general in September 2009.^[7]

In January 2009, Khan was appointed additional director general of the Rapid Action Battalion replacing Colonel Gulzar Uddin Ahmed.^[8] He oversaw the detention of two Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders protesting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation from the organisation in 2009.^[9] He targeted Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh.^[10][11][12] In December 2010, he was appointed military secretary at Army headquarters after being promoted to major general.^[13]

Khan was the commandant of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training from 8 February 2016 to 11 August 2016.^[14]

In September 2013, Khan was appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to Iraq.^[4] He replaced Muhammad Kamaluddin.^[15] He visited Bismaya New City Project after Iraqi security officials assaulted Bangladeshi workers due to alleged links with the Sunni insurgency.^[16][17] He secured the salary of Bangladeshi workers trapped in Najaf.^[18][19] He rescued Bangladeshi workers from Mosul.^[20] Bangladesh government resumed sending workers in September 2014.^[21]