The government has extended the tenure of Air Vice Marshal (AVM) M Mafidur Rahman, chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) by one more year.
This is the first extension for M Mafidur Rahman, whose term was scheduled to end on Friday, said a notification issued by the Ministry of Defence on Thursday.
The service period of Air Vice Marshal (AVM) M Mafidur Rahman of the Air Force has been extended from December 30, 2022 to December 30, 2023 in public interest, reads the notice.
On June 18, 2019, Mafidur Rahman was appointed as the CAAB chairman by the Ministry of Public Administration.
He was commissioned as a fighter pilot in the Bangladesh Air Force in 1985.
He served two main operational BAF Bases as air officer commanding (AOC), namely BAF Base Bangabandhu, Kurmitola, Dhaka and BAF Base Zahurul Haque, Patenga, Chittagong.
He was also engaged as a directing staff in the Armed Forces War Course from National Defence College in Dhaka, and National War Course in the US.
