Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan (born 16 January 1939) is a

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

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 Brahmanbaria-2 constituency. He resigned from the latest position on 11 December 2022 but re-elected for the same position as an independent candidate in the follow up by-election on 8 February 2023.

Early life and family

Bhuiyan was born on 16 January 1939 to a

Bengali Muslim Bengali Muslims ( bn, বাঙালি মুসলমান; ) are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising about two-thirds of the global Bengali population, they are the sec ...

family of

Bhuiyan Bhuiyan (also Bhuiya, Bhuyan, Bhuya) is a surname found in Bangladesh 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 ...

s in Paramanandapur Boro Bari,

Sarail Sarail ( bn, সরাইল, Shorail) is an upazila of Brahmanbaria District located in the Chittagong Division and near the Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. History The leader of the Baro-Bhuiyan zamindars, Isa Khan, had his first and temporary ...

, then located in the Brahmanbaria subdivision of the

Tippera District Comilla District, officially known as Cumilla District, is a district of Bangladesh located about 100 kilometres south east of Dhaka. Comilla is bordered by Brahmanbaria and Narayanganj districts to the north, Noakhali and Feni districts to th ...

. His parents were Maqsud Ali Bhuiyan and Rahima Khatun.

Career

Bhuiyan served as the State Minister of Land and the State Minister of Power in the

Second Khaleda Cabinet The second Khaleda cabinet was the Government of Bangladesh during the 8th legislative session of the Jatiya Sangsad following the 2001 general election. The cabinet took office on 10 October 2001 and left office on 29 October 2006. The Prime M ...

of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He also served as the State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock in the Second Khaleda cabinet. Bhuiyan served as an adviser of

Khaleda Zia Khaleda Zia (; born Khaleda Khanam Putul in 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996, and again from June 2001 to October 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Ba ...

as well. He was re-elected to the parliament in the by-election 2023 as an independent candidate.

References

1939 births Living people Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians State Ministers of Fisheries and Livestock State Ministers of Land State Ministers of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members 6th Jatiya Sangsad members 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members People from Sarail Upazila {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub