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]
A. J. Mohammad Ali | |
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এ. জে. মোহাম্মদ আলী | |
.jpg) Ali in 2023 | |
| 12th Attorney General of Bangladesh | |
| In office 30 April 2005 – 24 January 2007 | |
| Appointed by | Iajuddin Ahmed |
| President | Iajuddin Ahmed |
| Preceded by | A. F. Hassan Ariff |
| Succeeded by | Fida M. Kamal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 December 1951 Naogaon, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
| Died | 2 May 2024 (aged 72) Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore |
| Resting place | Banani graveyard |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
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| Profession | Lawyer |
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 Supreme Court Bar Association and Bangladesh Bar Council's Executive Committee Chairman.[7]
Ali served as the lawyer of former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia for the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.[8][9] He was also the lawyer of Moudud Ahmed.[10]
Death
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]