Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (died 2024)
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]
Early life
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]
Career
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 Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association and Bangladesh Bar Council's executive committee chairman.[7] He served as the president of the Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum.[8]
Ali served as the lawyer of former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia for the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.[9][10] He was also the lawyer of Moudud Ahmed.[11]
Death
Ali died on 2 May 2024, at the age of 73, in Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore.[8] He had been suffering from prostate cancer.[12]
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