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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician, former minister}}
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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1940–2022)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                     = Syed Mohammad Qaisar
| name               = Syed Mohammad Qaisar
| native_name=সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ কায়সার
| native_name         = সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ কায়সার
| native_name_lang = bn
| native_name_lang   = bn
| image                   =
| image               =  
|office             = [[Ministry of Agriculture (Bangladesh)|Minister of State for Agriculture]]
| office             = [[Ministry of Agriculture (Bangladesh)|Minister of State for Agriculture]]
|term_start         =1988
| term_start         = 1988
|term_end           =1991
| term_end           = 1991
|predecessor       =  
| predecessor         =  
|successor         =
| successor           =  
| constituency_MP1         = [[Habiganj-4]]
| constituency_MP1   = [[Habiganj-4]]
| successor1               = [[Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid]]
| successor1         = [[Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid]]
| majority1               =  
| majority1           =  
| term_start1             = 1988
| term_start1         = 1988
| term_end1               = 1991
| term_end1           = 1991
| majority2               =  
| majority2           =  
| term_start2             = 1986
| term_start2         = 1986
| term_end2               = 1988
| term_end2           = 1988
| majority3               =  
| majority3           =  
| term_start3             = 1979
| term_start3         = 1979
| term_end3               = 1986
| term_end3           = 1986
| predecessor3             = [[Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid]]
| predecessor3       = [[Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid]]
| birth_date               = {{Birth date and age|1940|06|19|df=y}}
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1940|06|19|df=y}}
| birth_place             = [[Habiganj District|Habiganj]], [[British Raj]]
| birth_place         = [[Habiganj District|Habiganj]], [[British Raj]]
| citizenship              =[[Bangladesh]]
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|2022|02|11|1940|06|19|df=y}}
| party                   = [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]
| death_place        = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| occupation               = politician
| citizenship        = Bangladeshi
| cabinet                 = [[Ershad Cabinet]]
| party               = [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]
| occupation         = Politician
| cabinet             = [[Ershad Cabinet]]
}}
}}
'''Syed Mohammad Qaisar''' (born 19 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] politician and former state minister. He served as a member of the [[Jatiyo Sangshad|Parliament of Bangladesh]] from 1979 to 1988.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:সাবেক প্রতিমন্ত্রী কায়সারের মৃত্যুদণ্ড  |url=https://www.dw.com/bn/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1/a-18147659-0 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=23 December 2014 |access-date=29 November 2019 |language=bn-BD}}</ref> He was convicted for committing war crimes during the 1971 [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] and the [[International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh)|International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh]] sentenced him to death in December 2014 for crimes against humanity.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Bangladeshi minister sentenced to death for war crimes  |url=https://www.dw.com/en/former-bangladeshi-minister-sentenced-to-death-for-war-crimes/a-18147898-0 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=23 December 2014 |access-date=29 November 2019}}</ref> His crimes included genocide, mass murder, rape and arson.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hossain |first1=Akbar |script-title=bn:সাবেক মন্ত্রীর বিরুদ্ধে যুদ্ধাপরাধের অভিযোগ |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news/2014/02/140202_mk_bangla_ict_war_crimes_syead_muhammad_kaiser |work=BBC News বাংলা |access-date=29 November 2019 |language=bn}}</ref> During the war, he formed a militia group in his name called ''Qaisar Bahini''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parveen |first1=Farhana |script-title=bn:মৃত্যুদন্ড: কায়সার বাহিনীর প্রধান কেন অপরাধী? |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news/2014/12/141223_mk_qaiser_war_criems_tribunal |work=BBC News বাংলা |access-date=29 November 2019 |language=bn}}</ref>


==Early life==
'''Syed Mohammad Qaisar''' (19 June 1940 – 11 February 2022) was a Bangladeshi [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] politician who served as a state minister, and as a member of the [[Jatiyo Sangshad|Parliament of Bangladesh]] from 1979 to 1988.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:সাবেক প্রতিমন্ত্রী কায়সারের মৃত্যুদণ্ড  |url=https://www.dw.com/bn/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1/a-18147659-0 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=23 December 2014 |access-date=29 November 2019 |language=bn-BD}}</ref> He was convicted for committing war crimes during the 1971 [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] and the [[International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh)|International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh]] sentenced him to death in December 2014 for crimes against humanity.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Bangladeshi minister sentenced to death for war crimes  |url=https://www.dw.com/en/former-bangladeshi-minister-sentenced-to-death-for-war-crimes/a-18147898-0 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=23 December 2014 |access-date=29 November 2019}}</ref> His crimes included genocide, mass murder, rape and arson.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hossain |first1=Akbar |script-title=bn:সাবেক মন্ত্রীর বিরুদ্ধে যুদ্ধাপরাধের অভিযোগ |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news/2014/02/140202_mk_bangla_ict_war_crimes_syead_muhammad_kaiser |work=BBC News বাংলা |access-date=29 November 2019 |language=bn}}</ref> During the war, he formed a militia group in his name called ''Qaisar Bahini''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parveen |first1=Farhana |script-title=bn:মৃত্যুদন্ড: কায়সার বাহিনীর প্রধান কেন অপরাধী? |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news/2014/12/141223_mk_qaiser_war_criems_tribunal |work=BBC News বাংলা |access-date=29 November 2019 |language=bn}}</ref>
Qaisar was born on 19 June 1940 in the village of Itakhola under [[Madhabpur Upazila|Madhabpur]] in [[Habiganj District|Habiganj]] of the then [[British India]] (now [[Bangladesh]]).<ref name="bdnews24">{{cite news |script-title=bn:যুদ্ধাপরাধী কায়সারের সর্বোচ্চ সাজা |url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/article899942.bdnews |work=bdnews24.com |language=bn |access-date=29 November 2019}}</ref> His father's name was Syed Sayeduddin and mother was Begum Hamida Banu.<ref name="bdnews24"/> According to his testimony to the [[Bangladesh Election Commission]], Qaisar passed [[Secondary School Certificate]] from [[Armanitola Government High School]], [[Higher Secondary School Certificate]] from [[Jagannath College]] and received [[Bachelor of Arts|BA degree]].<ref name="bdnews24"/> But it was contradicted during his trail.<ref name="bdnews24"/>
 
==Early life and education==
Qaisar was born on 19 June 1940 in the village of Itakhola under [[Madhabpur Upazila|Madhabpur]] in [[Habiganj District|Habiganj]] of the then [[British India]] (now Bangladesh).<ref name="bdnews24">{{cite news |script-title=bn:যুদ্ধাপরাধী কায়সারের সর্বোচ্চ সাজা |url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/article899942.bdnews |work=bdnews24.com |language=bn |access-date=29 November 2019}}</ref> His father's name was Syed Sayeduddin and mother was Begum Hamida Banu.<ref name="bdnews24"/> According to his testimony to the [[Bangladesh Election Commission]], Qaisar passed [[Secondary School Certificate]] from [[Armanitola Government High School]], [[Higher Secondary School Certificate]] from [[Jagannath College]] and received [[Bachelor of Arts|BA degree]].<ref name="bdnews24"/> But it was contradicted during his trial.<ref name="bdnews24"/>
 
==Personal life and death==
He died at [[Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University]] in Dhaka on 11 February 2022, at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite news |title=War criminal Kaiser passes away |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/war-criminal-kaiser-passes-away-369412 |access-date=11 February 2022 |publisher=The Business Standard |date=11 February 2022}}</ref>


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