Abdul Hyee (born 1 May 1952) is an

Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people. The adjective appears in the following proper names: *Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan *Awami Front, wa ...

politician and the incumbent

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...

member representing the Jhenaidah-1 constituency since 2001. He served as the State Minister of Fisheries and Livestock during 2012–2013.

Early life and education

Hyee was born in

Shailkupa Upazila Shailkupa ( bn, শৈলকুপা) is an upazila of Jhenaidah District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Geography It has a total area of 373.42 km2. It is located in between 23°34' and 23°46' north latitudes and in between 89°0 ...

Jhenaidah District Jhenaidah District ( bn, ঝিনাইদহ) is a district in southwestern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Khulna Division. It has an area of . It is bordered by Kushtia District to the north, Jessore District and West Bengal, India to the so ...

in 1952. Hyee passed the SSC exams in 1967 and passed HSC in 1969. He has completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from KC College in 1973.

Career

Hyee was involved in politics from his high school life. He joined the Bangladesh Chhatra League during his college life. In 1969, he was elected VP of KC College Chatra Sangshad (Student Union). He played an active role in the

Six point movement The six point movement was a movement in East Pakistan, spearheaded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which called for greater autonomy for East Pakistan. The movement's main agenda was to realize the six demands put forward by a coalition of Bengali na ...

and later the Eleven point movement in 1969. In 1971, he joined the

Liberation war of Bangladesh The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali n ...

as the commander of

Mujib Bahini The Mujib Bahini, also known as Bangladesh Liberation Force (BLF), was an armed force formed during the Bangladesh Liberation War to fight against Pakistan in 1971. The force was mainly composed of activists drawn from the Awami League and its st ...

. Hyee was the last president of East Pakistan Student League of Jhenaidah District & first president of Bangladesh Student League of Jhenaidah District. He was the one who raised the National Flag of Bangladesh in

Jhenaidah Jhenaidah ( bn, ঝিনাইদহ) is a city in the Khulna Division of south-western Bangladesh. Jhenaidah is the headquarters of Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila and Jhenaidah District. The city has a population of about 252 thousand, making it the ...

in 2 March 1971 under the command of

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengalis, Beng ...

. He was the vice president of

Khulna Khulna ( bn, খুলনা, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of Khulna District and Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 b ...

Division Student League.Later he was the member of Bangladesh Krishak League, central Executive Committee. He was the founding president of

District Jubo League & member of the Bangladesh Awami Jubo League central executive Committee with the Founder of Bangladesh Awami Jubo League

Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani (4 December 1939 – 15 August 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the nephew of the founding father of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and founded the Mujib Bahini (Bangladesh Liberation Force-BLF) one of the ma ...

in 1972.He holds the position of the president of Jhenaidah District Student League & Jhenaidah District Jubo League more than Six month at the same time. In 1996, Hyee was nominated as the acting General Secretary of Jhenadah District Awaami League. Later he was the convenor of Jhenaidah District Awaami League.In 2008, he was nominated as the president of Bangladesh

District. Hyee was nominated by

Bangladesh Awami League Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

and was elected a

Member of parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

in 2001 from the constituency 81: Jhenaidah-1,

. In 2008, he was elected member of parliament for the second term and later was appointed as the

State minister Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. In o ...

Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock (MOFL, bn, মৎস্য ও প্রাণিসম্পদ মন্ত্রণালয়; ''Maṯsya ō prāṇisampada mantraṇālaẏa'') is a ministry of the government of the People's Repub ...

. He was elected is in his third term in Parliament in January 2014. He has been elected Member of Parliament in his fourth term in 2019 respectively from

Controversy

According to The Daily Star, several politicians complained that Hyee had been engaged in irregularities in sending people abroad. The police had seized Hyee's passport at the

Zia International Airport Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport ( bn, হযরত শাহ্‌জালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর, Romanization of Bengali, Romanized: ''Hôzrôt Shahjalal Antôrjatik Bimanbôndôr' ...

(now Shahjalal International Airport) when another person used the passport to travel.

References

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