The experienced soldier has served as a UN peacekeeper as well as in Ms Hasina’s office.
Anti-government protestors display the national flag as they storm Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's palace in Dhaka, on Aug 5.- Bangladesh army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman spent nearly four decades rising to the top of the military, and said on Aug 5 that he was “taking full responsibility” afterBedecked with medal ribbons on his green fatigues and wearing a four-star general’s cap, Mr Waker said 76-year-old Hasina had quit and that the army would “form an interim government”.
The mild-looking, bespectacled officer was appointed as chief of army staff, the military’s top job, only in June. Ms Hasina had trusted him because he was a distant relative.His father-in-law was army chief during the first of Ms Hasina’s five terms as prime minister from 1996-2001. Mr Waker said he had held talks with the main opposition parties and civil society members, although not with Ms Hasina’s Awami League.
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