Md. Shakhawat Hossain

Md. Shakhawat Hossain, better known as Maulana Shakhawat, was a Bangladeshi politician. He represented the Jessore-6 constituency as a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and a Bangladesh Nationalist Party member in the 5th and 6th Jatiya Sangsad respectively. He later served as a presidium member of the Jatiya Party.

In August 2016, International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Hossain to death for war crimes.

War crime convictions Hossain was a central committee member of Islami Chhatra Sangha, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami party and a commander of Pakistan Army's auxiliary Razakar force at Chingra Bazar camp during the 1971 war. In July 2015, the prosecution pressed five charges against 12 persons including Hossain for their alleged crimes against humanity. The five charges include killing two persons, raping one and torturing two others. The charges were accepted by the special court in September 2015. The conviction was delivered in August 2016. Sakhawat was sentenced to death by hanging. He died in prison in December 2021.