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	'''Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah''' (8 September 1945 – 13 June 2020)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://mora.portal.gov.bd/site/biography/3b962f6b-5223-4fb6-8121-9acc3441890e\|script-title=bn:মাননীয় প্রতিমন্ত্রী\|publisher=mora.portal.gov.bd\|access-date=2020-03-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|script-title=bn:ধর্ম প্রতিমন্ত্রী শেখ আব্দুল্লাহ মারা গেছেন\|url=https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/national/158224/ধর্ম-প্রতিমন্ত্রী-শেখ-আব্দুল্লাহ-মারা-গেছেন\|access-date=2020-06-13\|work=The Daily Ittefaq \|language=bn}}</ref><ref><!-- Source for "Mohammed" spelling: -->{{Cite news \|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2020/05/08/sheikh-mohammad-abdullah-to-represent-pm-in-gopalganj-3-constituency \|title=Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah to represent PM in Gopalganj-3 constituency \|author=Ali Asif Shawon \|date=8 May 2020 \|access-date=27 December ~~2020~~}}</ref> was a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and lawyer who served as the [[Ministry of Religious Affairs (Bangladesh)\|State Minister of Religious Affairs]] from 2019 until his death in 2020. He was appointed as the minister in the [[Fourth Sheikh Hasina Cabinet]] in January 2019.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Those who are new state ministers \|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/those-who-are-new-state-ministers-in-bangladesh-1683751 \|access-date=24 February 2019 \|work=The Daily Star \|date=6 January 2019 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:ধর্ম প্রতিমন্ত্রী শেখ আব্দুল্লাহ মারা গেছেন\|url=https://www.banglatribune.com/national/news/627927/ধর্ম-প্রতিমন্ত্রী-শেখ-আব্দুল্লাহ-মারা-গেছেন\|access-date=13 June 2020 \|work=Bangla Tribune \|language=bn}}</ref>		'''Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah''' (8 September 1945 – 13 June 2020)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://mora.portal.gov.bd/site/biography/3b962f6b-5223-4fb6-8121-9acc3441890e\|script-title=bn:মাননীয় প্রতিমন্ত্রী\|publisher=mora.portal.gov.bd\|access-date=2020-03-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|script-title=bn:ধর্ম প্রতিমন্ত্রী শেখ আব্দুল্লাহ মারা গেছেন\|url=https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/national/158224/ধর্ম-প্রতিমন্ত্রী-শেখ-আব্দুল্লাহ-মারা-গেছেন\|access-date=2020-06-13\|work=The Daily Ittefaq \|language=bn}}</ref><ref><!-- Source for "Mohammed" spelling: -->{{Cite news \|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2020/05/08/sheikh-mohammad-abdullah-to-represent-pm-in-gopalganj-3-constituency \|title=Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah to represent PM in Gopalganj-3 constituency \|author=Ali Asif Shawon \|date=8 May 2020 \|access-date=27 December 2022}}</ref> was a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and lawyer who served as the [[Ministry of Religious Affairs (Bangladesh)\|State Minister of Religious Affairs]] from 2019 until his death in 2020. He was appointed the minister in the [[Fourth Sheikh Hasina Cabinet]] in January 2019.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Those who are new state ministers \|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/those-who-are-new-state-ministers-in-bangladesh-1683751 \|access-date=24 February 2019 \|work=The Daily Star \|date=6 January 2019 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|script-title=bn:ধর্ম প্রতিমন্ত্রী শেখ আব্দুল্লাহ মারা গেছেন\|url=https://www.banglatribune.com/national/news/627927/ধর্ম-প্রতিমন্ত্রী-শেখ-আব্দুল্লাহ-মারা-গেছেন\|access-date=13 June 2020 \|work=Bangla Tribune \|language=bn}}</ref>

	== Early life and education ==		== Early life and education ==

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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1945–2020)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah
| native_name = শেখ মোহাম্মদ আবদুল্লাহ
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = [[Ministry of Religious Affairs (Bangladesh)|State Minister of Religious Affairs]]
| primeminister = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| term_start = 7 January 2019
| term_end = 13 June 2020
| predecessor = [[Motiur Rahman (Bangladeshi politician)|Motiur Rahman]]
| successor = [[Md Faridul Haq Khan]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|09|08|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Faridpur District|Gopalganj Mohhakuma]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|6|13|1945|9|8|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Azam Khan Government Commerce College|Azam Khan College]] |[[University of Dhaka]]}}
| death_cause = [[COVID-19]]
| children = He has a son named Sheikh Mohammadullah and nine daughters
}}

'''Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah''' (8 September 1945 – 13 June 2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mora.portal.gov.bd/site/biography/3b962f6b-5223-4fb6-8121-9acc3441890e|script-title=bn:মাননীয় প্রতিমন্ত্রী|publisher=mora.portal.gov.bd|access-date=2020-03-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:ধর্ম প্রতিমন্ত্রী শেখ আব্দুল্লাহ মারা গেছেন|url=https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/national/158224/ধর্ম-প্রতিমন্ত্রী-শেখ-আব্দুল্লাহ-মারা-গেছেন|access-date=2020-06-13|work=The Daily Ittefaq |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2020/05/08/sheikh-mohammad-abdullah-to-represent-pm-in-gopalganj-3-constituency |title=Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah to represent PM in Gopalganj-3 constituency |author=Ali Asif Shawon |date=8 May 2020 |access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref> was a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and lawyer who served as the [[Ministry of Religious Affairs (Bangladesh)|State Minister of Religious Affairs]] from 2019 until his death in 2020. He was appointed as the minister in the [[Fourth Sheikh Hasina Cabinet]] in January 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Those who are new state ministers |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/those-who-are-new-state-ministers-in-bangladesh-1683751 |access-date=24 February 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=6 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:ধর্ম প্রতিমন্ত্রী শেখ আব্দুল্লাহ মারা গেছেন|url=https://www.banglatribune.com/national/news/627927/ধর্ম-প্রতিমন্ত্রী-শেখ-আব্দুল্লাহ-মারা-গেছেন|access-date=13 June 2020 |work=Bangla Tribune |language=bn}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Abdullah was born on 8 September 1945 in Gopalganj in the then [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]. He studied at a Qawmi madrasa and at Sultan Shahi Kekania primary school and high school. He completed his undergraduate studies at [[Azam Khan Government Commerce College]] in the Khulna District. In 1972, he completed his master's degree in communication from [[University of Dhaka]]. Two years later, in 1974, he completed his second masters in economics from the same university.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Alhaj Advocate Sheikh Md. AbdullahHonorable State Minister — Bangladesh Hajj Management Portal|url=https://www.hajj.gov.bd/?messages=alhaj-advocate-sheikh-md-abdullahhonorable-state-minister|access-date=2020-06-13|language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
Abdullah was the founding president of the Gopalganj unit of Jubo League, the youth wing of [[Awami League]]. He joined his former high school, Sultan Shahi Kekania High School, as the headmaster. He fought in the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] as a member of the [[Mujib Bahini]] in 1971. In 1975, he was appointed the Joint Secretary of Gopalganj unit of the [[Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League]].<ref name=":0" /> Then he served as the General Secretary of Gopalganj District Awami League for a long time and later also served as the president. Then he also served as the Religious Affairs Secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League Central Committee for a long time. He has also held various important positions at different times.

Abdullah practiced law at Dhaka and Gopalganj courts after getting a law degree from [[Central Law College, Dhaka]] in 1977. He served as the chief election agent of [[Sheikh Hasina]], Prime Minister of Bangladesh, in the [[Gopalganj-3]] constituency. On 7 January 2019, he was appointed the State Minister of Religious Affairs.<ref name=":0" />

== Death ==
Abdullah died on 13 June 2020 near Jahangir Gate of [[Dhaka Cantonment]] while on his way to [[Combined Military Hospital (Dhaka)|Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-06-14|title=State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Md Abdullah dies|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2020/06/14/state-minister-for-religious-affairs-dies|access-date=2020-06-13|work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref> He was found infected with [[COVID-19]] after his death, marking the first death of a sitting cabinet minister in Bangladesh during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:ধর্ম প্রতিমন্ত্রী করোনা পজিটিভ ছিলেন|trans-title=Minister of State for Religious Affairs was Corona Positive|language=bn|url=https://www.jagonews24.com/m/national/news/589927|date=2020-06-14|access-date=2020-06-14|work=Jago News 24}}</ref>

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[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]
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