Abul Hasanat Abdullah (born 10 December 1944) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a member of parliament for constituency

Barisal-1 Barisal-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Abul Hasanat Abdullah of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Agailjhara Upazila, Agailjhara and Gournadi Upaz ...

Career

Abdullah was elected Upazila Chairman in Barisal in 1973. In 1975, his father,

Abdur Rab Serniabat Abdur Rob Serniabat (1921-1975) was a Bangladeshi politician and the former water resources minister. He was the brother-in-law of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, founding father of Bangladesh, and the maternal uncle of Sheikh Hasina, the four-time pr ...

, was killed in the

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. He and his family members fled Bangladesh. The new Government of Bangladesh declared his land vested property and took over them. In 2001, the land was returned to him. Gournadi Pourasabha Bangladesh Nationalist Party president Hannan Sharif announced the 25 decimals of the property belonged to

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according to the records of the Land Revenue Department. Sharif started building the local office of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party office with the permission of Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mahfuzur Rahman. Abdullah was elected to parliament from

. On 26 January 2000, Abdullah was appointed member of the parliamentary standing committee for home ministry. He served as the chief whip of parliament at the Awami league government from 1996 to 2001. In October 2002, during Operation Clean Heart, Abdullah's house in

Barisal City Barisal ( or ; bn, বরিশাল, ), officially known as Barishal, is a major city that lies on the banks of the Kirtankhola river in south-central Bangladesh. It is the largest city and the administrative headquarter of both Barisal Dist ...

was raided by security personal led by Major Akbor and Major Shariar. The police recovered two guns, bullets, Tk 613 thousand in cash, gold ornaments, and 355 blank freedom fighter certificate. Abdullah was the general secretary of Barisal District unit of Bangladesh Awami League. On 12 November 2007, his properties from his house in 25, Kalabagan Lake Circus Road in Dhanmondi were attached to Dhanmondi Police Station on court orders. In 2008, Abdullah was nominated by Bangladesh Awami League in Barisal-1 and

Barisal-2 Barisal-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Shah-e-Alam of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Banaripara and Wazirpur upazilas. History The constit ...

. His nomination was opposed by local activists of Bangladesh Awami League, who wanted more popular candidates. On 11 June 2009, Awami League government dropped 62 legal cases against Awami League politicians including four against Abdullah. On 24 March 2014, Abdullah was accused of facilitating the victory of Golam Mortuja Khan in the Upazlia Chairman election through vote rigging. Abdullah was elected to Jatiya Sangsad from Barisal-1 constituency in 2014 and again in 2018. On 18 January 2018, he was made the convener of the National Committee on Chittagong Hill Tracts with the rank of a government minister.

Personal life

Abdullah's father is former Awami league leader and water resource minister

, who was killed in the

assassination of Sheikh Mujib The first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and most of his family were killed during the early hours of 15 August 1975 by a group of young Bangladesh Army personnel who invaded his Dhanmondi 32 residence as part of a coup d'� ...

. His mother and siblings were also killed in the coup. His son,

Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman. He was elected as mayor of the Barisal City Corporation in 2018 city election. He is a son of Awami League politician Abul Hasanat Abdullah and grandson of Abdur Rab Serniabat ...

, was elected mayor of Barisal on 30 July 2018. He is a cousin of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdullah, Abul Hasanat Living people 1944 births Awami League politicians Sheikh Mujibur Rahman family 11th Jatiya Sangsad members 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 5th Jatiya Sangsad members Bangladeshi people of Arab descent