Fakhrul Azam
Honorific prefixAir Vice Marshal
Office11th Chief of Air Staff
Term start8 April 2002
Term end7 April 2007
PredecessorRafiqul Islam
SuccessorShah Mohammad Ziaur Rahman
PresidentMuhammad Jamiruddin Sircar (acting)
Iajuddin Ahmed
Prime ministerKhaleda Zia
Iajuddin Ahmed (acting)
Fazlul Haque (acting)
Fakhruddin Ahmed (acting)
Alma materPAF College Sargodha
AllegianceBangladesh
Service years1971–2007
Rank Air Vice Marshal

Fakhrul Azam, ndc, psc was the Chief of the Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force from 2002 to 2007. He studied in Sargodha College of Pakistan Air Force. He was in the Tempest house (694-T). He left the institution in 1965 after completing his Senior Cambridge. He was commissioned in the Pakistan Air Force on 13 March 1971 from the 51st GD(P) Course. Fakhrul was appointed the 'Chief of the Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force' on 8 April 2002 by then-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

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