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Motiur Rahman Nizami
Nizami
Leader of Jamaat-e-Islami
In office 6 March 2001 – 11 May 2016
Preceded by
Professor Ghulam Azam
Succeeded by
Maqbul Ahmed
Minister of Agriculture
In office 10 October 2001 – 22 May 2003
President
Badruddoza Chowdhury
Iajuddin Ahmed
Prime Minister
Khaleda Zia
Succeeded by
M. K. Anwar
Minister of Industries
In office 22 May 2003 – 28 October 2006
President
Badruddoza Chowdhury
Iajuddin Ahmed
Prime Minister
Khaleda Zia
Preceded by
M. K. Anwar
Succeeded by
Dilip Barua
Member of Parliament for Pabna-1
In office 1 October 2001 – 28 October 2006
Preceded by
Abu Sayeed
Succeeded by
Shamsul Hoque Tuku
Majority
135,982 (57.68%)
In office 27 February 1991 – 16 February 1996
Preceded by
Manzur Quader
Succeeded by
Abu Sayeed
Majority
55,707 (36.85%)
Personal details
Born
(1943-03-31)31 March 1943 Santhia Upazila, Pabna, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died
11 May 2016(2016-05-11) (aged 73) Old Dhaka Central Jail, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Cause of death
Execution by hanging
Political party
Jamaat-e-Islami
Spouse
Shamsunnahar Nizami
Children
1[1][2]
Alma mater
University of Dhaka
Profession
Politician, scholar
Motiur Rahman Nizami (Bengali: মতিউর রহমান নিজামী; 31 March 1943 – 11 May 2016)[3][4] was a politician, former Minister of Bangladesh, Islamic scholar, writer, and the former leader of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. He is noted for leading the terror squad Al-Badr during the Bangladesh Liberation War.[5] On 29 October 2014, he was convicted of masterminding the Demra massacre by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh.[6] Nizami was the Member of Parliament for the Pabna-1 constituency from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006.[3] He also served as the Bangladeshi Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Industry.
While various political entities and international organizations[7] had originally welcomed the trials,[8][9][10] in November 2011 Human Rights Watch criticized the government for aspects of their progress, lack of transparency, and reported harassment of defense lawyers and witnesses representing the accused.[11][12][13] Nizami was the last high-profile suspect to be tried for war crimes of the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide; the court delayed his verdict in June 2014 because of the state of his health.[14]
In 2004, Nizami was convicted under separate charges for arms trafficking to the state of Assam, India and was sentenced to death, along with 13 other men in January 2014.[15]
On 29 October 2014, he was convicted and sentenced to death for his role in masterminding the Demra massacre, in which 800–900 unarmed Hindu civilians were killed after the women were raped. He was executed by hanging at Dhaka Central Jail on 11 May 2016.[16] He is the third minister of Bangladesh to be hanged.[17] He was frequently listed on The 500 Most Influential Muslims.[18][19]
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^Haq, M. Zahurul (2011). "Correspondents' Reports: Bangladesh". In M.N. Schmitt; Louise Arimatsu; T. McCormack (eds.). Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law - 2010. Springer. p. 463. ISBN 978-90-6704-810-1.
^"Bangladesh: Stop Harassment of Defense at War Tribunal". Human Rights Watch. 2 November 2011.
^Karim, Bianca; Tirza Theunissen (2011). Dinah Shelton (ed.). International Law and Domestic Legal Systems: Incorporation, Transformation, and persuasion. Oxford University Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0199694907.
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Ghafour, Abdul (31 October 2012). "International community urged to stop 'summary executions' in Bangladesh". Arab News.
^"Bangladesh war crimes: verdict on Jamaat-e- Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami deferred", DNA India, 24 June 2014
^"Bangladesh Islamist leader Motiur Rahman Nizami to hang". BBC News. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
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^Schleifer, S. Abdallah (ed.). The Muslim 500: The World's 500 Most Influential Muslims, 2013/14(PDF). Amman: Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. p. 145. ISBN 978-9957-428-37-2. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
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