Abu Hena

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Abu Hena
Minister for Fisheries
Government of West Bengal
In office
May 20, 2011 – September 22, 2012
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Preceded byKiranmoy Nanda
Succeeded byChandranath Sinha
Minister for Food Processing Industries & Horticulture
Government of West Bengal
In office
May 20, 2011 – September 22, 2012
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Preceded byBuddhadeb Bhattacharya
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
1991 – May 2, 2021
Preceded byAbdus Sattar
Succeeded byMohammad Ali
ConstituencyLalgola
Personal details
Born (1950-01-31) 31 January 1950 (age 75)
Lalgola murshidabad
Political partyIndian National Congress
ResidenceBerhampore Village:Uttar Sudarshanganj, PO&PS:Lalgola, District:Mushidabad

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Election Watch Reporter". Abu Hena. My Neta. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Muslim Ministers of West Bengal:An introduction". Abu Hena. Two Circles. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  8. ↑ Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
  9. ↑ "Mamata Banerjee becomes West Bengal' first woman CM". The Indian Express, 21 May 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Six Congress ministers Mamata Banerjee's government reigns". The Times of India, 23 September 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2014.

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