predecessor successor religion birth_place constituency_mp imagesize party profession office term_start majority spouse article_title term_end name alma_mater
ghulam azam professor abu sayed incumbent md. shamsul haque abu sayed islam pabna , bangladesh pabna-1 250px jamaat-e-islami politician leader industries of bangladesh jamaat-e-islami minister of agriculture minister of 2000 2001 27 february 1991 10 october 2001 22 may 2003 1 october 135,982 -rrb- -lrb- 57.68 % -rrb- 55,707 -lrb- 36.85 % shamsunnahar nizami motiur rahman nizami
 22 16 february 1996 may 2003 28 october 2006 28 october 2006 motiur rahman nizami dhaka university
motiur rahman nizami

motiur rahman nizami -lrb- bengali : মতিউর রহমান নিজামী -rrb- , -lrb- born 1943 -rrb- is a politician and the current chief -lrb- `` ameer '' -rrb- of the bangladesh jamaat-e-islami , which is the largest islamic political party in bangladesh .
on 29 october 2014 he was sentenced to death for war crimes in 1971 liberation war of bangladesh by the international crimes tribunal of bangladesh .
he was the supreme commander of the militia group al-badr during the bangladesh liberation war .
while human rights watch , various political entities and international organizations had originally welcomed the trials , 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 .
nizami was the last high-profile suspect to be tried for 1971 war crimes ; the court delayed his verdict in june 2014 because of the state of his health .
under separate charges for arms trafficking to the state of assam , india in 2004 , nizami was convicted and in january 2014 sentenced to death , along with 13 other men .
