Abdul Aziz Mia

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Abdul Aziz Mia
Member of Parliament
for Gaibandha-1
In office
2001–2006
Preceded byMd. Waheduzzaman Sarkar
Succeeded byAbdul Kader Khan
Personal details
Born1951/1952 (age 69–70)[1]
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

Abu Saleh Mohammad Abdul Aziz Mia (born 1951/1952; known as Abdul Aziz Mia and Ghoramara Aziz)[2] is a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from the Gaibandha-1 constituency during 2001–2006.[3] In 2017, he was sentenced to capital punishment for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.[1]

Career[]

Aziz is a central committee member of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party.[4] In June 2016, he, along with five others, was charged with genocide, murder, illegal confinement, loot, arson, torture and other crimes during Bangladesh's Liberation War in 1971.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Crime Against Humanity 1971: Ex-Jamaat MP, 5 others to hang". The Daily Star. 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Who is this 'Ghoramara' Aziz?". Dhaka Tribune. 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ "List of 8th Parliament Members". parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Six Gaibandha men including former Jamaat MP indicted for 1971 war crimes". bdnews24.com. 2016-06-28. Retrieved 2019-09-24.


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