Abdus Sattar is a

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

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, belonging to the

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. He was a former

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in term ...

Politician. After the 2006 West Bengal state assembly election (in which he was elected MLA from the

Amdanga Amdanga is a community development block that forms an administrative division in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Amdanga, the eponymous CD Block headquarters, is located at . Amdanga CD Block is bounde ...

constituency) he became Minister of State for Minorities Development, Welfare and

Madrasah Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

Education in the Left Front Ministry. Sattar was the president of the West Bengal Madrasah Board before serving as minister. Primarily he is a professor of Bengali literature and language and a research scholar of Rabindra literature.

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Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal People from North 24 Parganas district Year of birth missing (living people) Living people State cabinet ministers of West Bengal {{CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub