A. J. Mohammad Ali | |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
12th Attorney General of Bangladesh | |
Term Start: | 30 April 2005 |
Term End: | 24 January 2007 |
Predecessor: | A. F. Hassan Ariff |
Successor: | Fida M. Kamal |
Appointer: | Iajuddin Ahmed |
President: | Iajuddin Ahmed |
Birth Date: | 15 December 1951 |
Birth Place: | Naogaon, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
Father: | M. H. Khandaker |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Death Place: | Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore |
Resting Place: | Banani graveyard |
Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Abdul Jamil Mohammad Ali (15 December 1951 – 2 May 2024) was a Bangladeshi lawyer who served as the 12th attorney general of Bangladesh from 2005 to 2007.[1] [2] [3]
Ali was born on 15 December 1951 in Naogaon in the then East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan.[4] His father MH Khandaker was the first attorney general of Bangladesh.[2]
Ali was enrolled to practise in the High Court in 1980 and in the Appellate Division in 1985.[5] He was appointed additional attorney general on 23 October 2001[6] and as the attorney general on 30 April 2005.[2] He resigned from the position on 24 January 2007.[2]
Ali served as the president of Supreme Court Bar Association and Bangladesh Bar Council's executive committee chairman.[7]
Ali served as the lawyer of former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia for the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.[8] [9] He was also the lawyer of Moudud Ahmed.[10]
Ali died on 2 May 2024, at the age of 73, in Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore.[11] He had been suffering from prostate cancer.[12]