Kazi Mohammad Sobhan (25 July 1924 – 31 December 2007) was a Bangladeshi justice, diplomat and activist. He was a former justice of the

Bangladesh Supreme Court Supreme Court of Bangladesh () is the highest court of law in the country. It is composed of the High Court Division and the Appellate Division, and was established by Part VI, Chapter I (Article 94) of the Constitution of Bangladesh, adopte ...

. He also served as the Bangladeshi ambassador to

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and

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Career

Sobhan was appointed as a judge in 1971. Sobhan had two sons, Kazi Adnan Sobhan and Kazi Rehan Sobhan and a daughter, Rumana Nahid Sobhan. On 31 December 2007, Sobhan fell sick while walking at

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and later died of cardiac arrest at Birdem Hospital in

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. He was buried in Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard.

References

1924 births 2007 deaths People from Faridpur District Ambassadors of Bangladesh to East Germany Ambassadors of Bangladesh to Czechoslovakia Bangladeshi judges Bangladeshi activists Burials at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard {{Bangladesh-bio-stub