A. T. M. Azharul Islam
A T M Azharul Islam | |
|---|---|
এ. টি. এম. আজহারুল ইসলাম | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Assumed office 17 February 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Ahsanul Hoque Chowdhury |
| Constituency | Rangpur-2 |
| 5th Secretary-General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami | |
| In office 2008–2011 | |
| Ameer | Motiur Rahman Nizami |
| Preceded by | Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed |
| Succeeded by | Shafiqur Rahman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 February 1952 |
| Party | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |
| Occupation | Politician |
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A. T. M Azharul Islam is a Bangladeshi politician of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.He contested the 1996, 2001, and 2008 elections for the Rangpur-2 constituency in the Jatiya Sangsad but did not win. He is the incumbent Bangladesh Parliament member representing the Rangpur-2 constituency.
He served as the party's secretary general until 2012, when he was arrested and charged with war crimes during the Bangladesh Liberation War by the country's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). He was convicted by the ICT in 2014. His appeal was rejected by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in 2019, but he was acquitted after a review by the division in 2025.