M. A. Jabbar | |
Native Name: | এম এ জব্বার |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Constituency Mp: | Pirojpur-4 |
Predecessor: | Position created |
Successor: | Manirul Islam |
Constituency Mp1: | Pirojpur-3 |
Termstart: | 7 May 1986 |
Termend: | 15 April 1988 |
Termstart1: | 15 April 1988 |
Termend1: | 6 December 1990 |
Predecessor1: | Anwar Hossain Manju |
Successor1: | Mohiuddin Ahmed |
Termstart2: | 19 March 1996 |
Termend2: | 30 March 1996 |
Successor2: | Rustum Ali Faraji |
Party: | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
Birth Date: | 30 November 1932 |
Birth Place: | Pirojpur District, Bengal Presidency, British India |
Death Place: | Florida, United States |
M. A. Jabbar (30 November 1932 – 18 August 2020)[1] [2] was a Jatiya Party politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Pirojpur-3 and Pirojpur-4 constituencies.
In February 2015, Jabbar was sentenced to jail until death on the conviction of four charges of crimes against humanity and genocide committed during Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[1] [3]
Jabbar earned his bachelor's in engineering degree and joined the politics of Muslim League.[1] He was elected an MPA in 1964.[1] He was elected to the parliament from Pirojpur-4 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986. Jabbar was elected to the parliament from Pirojpur-3 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1988.[4]
According to the International Crimes Tribunal prosecution, while Jabbar was serving as the chairman of Mathbaria Peace Committee, he played a key role in the formation of the Razakar force and led it to commit war crimes.[5] They brought five charges against him for killing, mass killing, looting and forced conversions in Pirojpur in 1971:[6]
In May 2014, an arrest warrant was issued against Jabbar.[10] According to the investigators, he had resided in the United States in his later life.[9]