Golam Mortuza Mozumder | |
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Justice of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh | |
Assumed office 8 October 2024 | |
Chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal | |
Assumed office 14 October 2024 | |
Preceded by | Md. Abu Ahmed Jamadar |
Personal details | |
Born | 15 January 1960 |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
Profession | Judge |
Golam Mortuza Mozumder (born 15 January 1960) is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and the Chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal. [1]
Golam Mortuza was born on 15 January 1960. He completed his LLB and LLM from the University of Dhaka.
Golam Mortuza passed the BCS in 1982 and joined the service on 20 April 1993. He retired as a District and Sessions Judge on 14 January 2019.
On 8 October 2024,Golam Mortuza was appointed as an additional judge in the High Court Division of the Supreme Court. [2] On 14 October,he was appointed as the Chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal. [3]
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