Abu Hena (31 January 1950 – 20 July 2025) was an Indian National Congress politician, who was a cabinet minister and a five-time Member of the Legislative Assembly from West Bengal.
Early life and education Abu Hena was born on 31 January 1950 to a Bengali family of Muslim Bishwases in the village of Lalgola in Murshidabad district, West Bengal.Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical Dictionary) by Anjali Bose, Vol II, 3rd edition 2004, page 46, , (in Bengali) Sishu Sahitya Samsad Pvt. Ltd., 32A Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata-700009 His father, Abdus Sattar, was the son of Kalimuddin Bishwas and a cabinet minister in the Siddhartha Shankar Ray government. Abu Hena was a postgraduate with a law degree. He was an advocate, practising in Calcutta High Court.
Political career Hena was elected from the Lalgola (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in West Bengal in 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011.
He was the Minister for Fisheries and the Minister for Food Processing Industries & Horticulture in the Government of West Bengal in 2011.Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries Abu Hena resigned along with five other Congress ministers in September 2012.
Hena was secretary of the state Congress committee.
Death Hena died after a long illness at his home in Kolkata, on 20 July 2025, at the age of 75.Ex-Congress minister of Bengal Abu Hena dies
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