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| name = Abdul Alim sarkar<br />
| native_name = আব্দুল আলিম সরকার<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| constituency_MP = [[Joypurhat-1]]<br />
| parliament = Bangladesh<br />
| term_start = June 1996<br />
| term_end = 2006<br />
| predecessor = [[Golam Rabbani (Joypurhat politician)|Golam Rabbani]]<br />
| successor = [[Mozahar Ali Prodhan]]<br />
| constituency_MP1 = [[Bogra-1]]<br />
| parliament1 = Bangladesh<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Mafiz Ali Chowdhury]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Mohammad Abdul Momin Mandal]]<br />
| termstart1 = 1979<br />
| termend1 = 1982<br />
| birth_date = 1 November 1930<br />
| birth_place = Thaipara,pandua,hoogly,District, west Bengal, British India.<br />
| death_date = 31 August 2014<br />
| death_place = [[Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University|BSMMU]]<br />
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Abdul Alim''' was a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician and the former member of parliament for [[Joypurhat-1]] and Minister. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh ex-minister sentenced |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-24456910 |access-date=14 October 2019 |publisher=BBC News |date=9 October 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Alim was born 1 November 1930 in [[Joypurhat District]], [[East Bengal]], British India. His father, Abdul Wahed sarkar,And, was the owner of Islamia Rice,in hoogly pandua,. His family used to live in [[Thaipara,Pandua,Hooghly District]] but moved to Joypurhat District soon after the partition of India in 1950.<ref name="bdnews24.com">{{cite news |title=War crimes convict Alim dies |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/08/30/war-crimes-convict-alim-dies |access-date=14 October 2019 |work=bdnews24.com}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Alim joined the Muslim League in 1958 and soon became Joint Secretary of the League. He served as the vice-chairman of Bogra District Unit of Muslim League. During the Bangladesh Liberation war he sided with Pakistan and was the chairman of the [[Joypurhat District]] unit of [[East Pakistan Central Peace Committee]]. He had helped form the [[Razakar (Pakistan)|Razakar]] paramilitary unit in Joypurhat. After the Independence of Bangladesh, he was charged under the Collaborators Act.<ref name="bdnews24.com" /><br />
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Alim was elected chairman of [[Joypurhat Municipality]] in 1975 and re-elected in 1977. He was elected to parliament from Joypurhat-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979, 1996, and 2008. In 1978, he served in the Cabinet of President [[Ziaur Rahman]] Textiles Minister and Communications Minister. On 27 March 2011, he was arrested on war crimes charges. On 9 July 2012, he trial began on war crimes charges at the [[International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh)|International Crimes Tribunal]].<ref name="bdnews24.com" /> He was convicted on 17 counts of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alim guilty of genocide, murder |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/10/09/alim-guilty-of-genocide-murder |access-date=14 October 2019 |work=bdnews24.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Alim to spend life in jail for war crimes |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/10/09/alim-to-spend-life-in-jail-for-war-crimes |access-date=14 October 2019 |work=bdnews24.com}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Alim died on 31 August 2014 in [[Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University]], [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news |title=War crimes convict Alim dies in jail |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/war-crimes-convict-alim-dies-in-jail-39430 |access-date=14 October 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=31 August 2014 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:2nd Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Joypurhat District]]<br />
[[Category:Road Transport and Bridges ministers of Bangladesh]]<br />
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