Syed Mohammad Qaisar

Syed Mohammad Qaisar
সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ কায়সার
Minister of State for Agriculture
In office
1988–1991
Member of Parliament
for Habiganj-4
In office
1988–1991
Succeeded byEnamul Haque Mostafa Shahid
In office
1986–1988
In office
1979–1986
Preceded byEnamul Haque Mostafa Shahid
Personal details
Born(1940-06-19)19 June 1940
Habiganj, British Raj
Died11 February 2022(2022-02-11) (aged 81)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
CitizenshipBangladeshi
Political partyJatiya Party
OccupationPolitician
CabinetErshad Cabinet

Syed Mohammad Qaisar (19 June 1940 – 11 February 2022) was a Bangladeshi Jatiya Party politician who served as a state minister, and as a member of the Parliament of Bangladesh from 1979 to 1988. He was convicted for committing war crimes during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh sentenced him to death in December 2014 for crimes against humanity. His crimes included genocide, mass murder, rape and arson. During the war, he formed a militia group in his name called Qaisar Bahini.