Abu Hena

Abu Hena
Cabinet Minister
Government of West Bengal
In office
May 20, 2011 – September 22, 2012
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Preceded byKiranmoy Nanda
Succeeded byChandranath Sinha
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1991–2021
Preceded byAbdus Sattar
Succeeded byAli Mohammad
ConstituencyLalgola
Personal details
Born (1950-01-31) 31 January 1950 (age 74)
Lalgola, Murshidabad
Political partyIndian National Congress
Residence(s)Berhampore Village:Uttar Sudarshanganj, PO&PS:Lalgola, District:Mushidabad

Abu Hena is an Indian National Congress politician, who was a cabinet minister and is a five-time Member of the Legislative Assembly.

Personal life

A post graduate with a law degree he is an advocate, practising in Calcutta High Court. He is son of Abdus Sattar, who was a cabinet minister in the Siddhartha Shankar Ray government.[1][2]

Political career

He was elected from the Lalgola (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in West Bengal in 1991,[3] 1996,[4] 2001,[5] 2006[6] and 2011.[7]

He was the Minister for Fisheries and the Minister for Food Processing Industries & Horticulture in the Government of West Bengal in 2011.[8][9] Abu Hena resigned along with other Congress ministers in September 2012.[10]

He is secretary of the state Congress committee.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Election Watch Reporter". Abu Hena. My Neta. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Muslim Ministers of West Bengal:An introduction". Abu Hena. Two Circles. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  3. ^ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. ^ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  5. ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  6. ^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. ^ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  8. ^ Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
  9. ^ "Mamata Banerjee becomes West Bengal' first woman CM". The Indian Express, 21 May 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  10. ^ "Six Congress ministers Mamata Banerjee's government reigns". The Times of India, 23 September 2012. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.