CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
Lt. Gen. (R ) Nadeem Ahmed, HI (M), SE, T Bt
Lt. Gen. (R) Nadeem Ahmed was appointed as Chairman, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), on 12th May, 2010.
Before joining the NDMA, he was Commander 1 Corps, Mangla where he efficiently and successfully completed the 2 - year command period of this Strike Corps.
Earlier, in 2006 he held the post of Deputy Chairman, Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA), where he undertook the complete spectrum of disaster management. The General strategised, implemented and supervised the entire early recovery, reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts till May 2008.
After the October 2005 Earthquake, he was appointed the Chief Military Coordinator in the Federal Relief Commission (FRC) and articulated the entire relief/rescue operations. He also served as Director General of the Anti Narcotics Force (DG ANF) from 2003 to 2005. He is an Infantry Officer who was commissioned in 1971 and served at various Regimental/Formation level command and staff assignments.
Lt. Gen. (R ) Nadeem Ahmed is a graduate of Command and Staff College, Quetta and College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. Besides this, he also holds two Master Degrees in War Studies and Strategic Studies from the National Defence University, Islamabad and the US Army War College.
He is the recipient of the National Awards; Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military), Sitara-e-Eesar, Tamgha-e-Basalat, Shah-Hamdan Gold Medal by the Government of Azad Jammu & Kashmir and the UN Habitat Scroll of Honour.
