Abu Hena Explained

Abu Hena
Birth Date:31 January 1950
Birth Place:Lalgola, Murshidabad
Residence:Berhampore Village:Uttar Sudarshanganj, PO&PS:Lalgola, District:Mushidabad
Office:Cabinet Minister
Government of West Bengal
Term Start:May 20, 2011
Term End:September 22, 2012
Predecessor:Kiranmoy Nanda
Successor:Chandranath Sinha
Office2:Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Term Start2:1991
Term End2:2021
Predecessor2:Abdus Sattar
Successor2:Mohammad Ali
Constituency3:Lalgola
Party:Indian National Congress
Governor:M. K. Narayanan
Governor1:M. K. Narayanan

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election Watch Reporter. Abu Hena . My Neta . 25 July 2014.
  2. Web site: Muslim Ministers of West Bengal:An introduction . Abu Hena . Two Circles . 25 July 2014.
  3. Web site: General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. 20 July 2014. 4 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140404202029/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data . Election Commission . 20 July 2014 . 13 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180713084900/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-UP96.pdf . dead .
  5. Web site: General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data . Election Commission . 20 July 2014 . 5 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154127/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf . dead .
  6. Web site: General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data . Election Commission . 20 July 2014 . 6 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006185506/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf . dead .
  7. Web site: General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. 20 July 2014. 4 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140404205355/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf. dead.
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525085921/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mamata-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers/153060-37.html Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
  9. Web site: Mamata Banerjee becomes West Bengal' first woman CM. The Indian Express, 21 May 2011. 25 July 2014.
  10. Web site: Six Congress ministers Mamata Banerjee's government reigns . The Times of India, 23 September 2012. 25 July 2014.

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