Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed
Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed | |
|---|---|
আলী আহসান মুহাম্মদ মুজাহিদ | |
Mojaheed in 2010 | |
| Minister of Social Welfare | |
| In office 2001–2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Begum Khaleda Zia |
| Preceded by | Rokeya Afzal Rahman |
| Succeeded by | Yasmeen Murshed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 June 1948 |
| Died | 22 November 2015 (aged 67) |
| Resting place | Khabaspur, Faridpur |
| Party | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Occupation | Politician |
Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed (23 June 1948 – 22 November 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician who served as a Member of Parliament and as the country's Minister of Social Welfare from 2001 to 2006.
He was sentenced to death after trial in 2015 after accusations of war crimes which were allegedly committed during the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971.
He was accused of being second in command of Al-Badr paramilitary force in 1971, which committed war crimes at that time. On 17 July 2013, he was found guilty of genocide, of conspiracy in the mass killings of Bengali intellectuals, and of abduction, all during the 1971 War of Liberation, by the International Crimes Tribunal-2 and sentenced to death for two of the seven charges brought against him.
The High Court rejected his review petition on 18 November 2015. He was hanged on 22 November 2015. Until his death, he was the Secretary General of an Islamist party, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.