Abdul Aziz Mia | |
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Member of Parliament for Gaibandha-1 | |
In office 2001–2006 | |
Preceded by | Md. Waheduzzaman Sarkar |
Succeeded by | Abdul Kader Khan |
Personal details | |
Born | 1951 or 1952 (age 71–72) [1] |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh 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]
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]