SM Abu Sayeed (1 January 1937 – 28 August 2017) is a

Jatiya Party (Ershad) The Jatiya Party (, ; JaPa or JP(E)) is a political party of Bangladesh. The current chairman of the party is Ghulam Muhammed Quader. On 3 January 2019, the party announced its decision to join the Bangladesh Awami League-led Grand Alliance a ...

politician and the former member of parliament for

Narail-1 Narail-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Kabirul Haque Mukti of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Kalia Upazila and five union parishads of Narail Sad ...

. He was the organizer of the

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Early life

SM Abu Sayeed was born on 1 January 1937 in

Narail District Narail District () is a district in south-western Bangladesh. It is a part of Khulna Division. History Narail town was named after a feudal lord (a zamindar). The zamindars established a market at Roopgonj, also named after a zamindar. They est ...

Career

Sayeed was the principal of Khulna Daulatpur Diba Nishi College and Shaheed Abdus Salam Degree College. He left the

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in 1984 and joined the Jatiya Party. He was the chairman of

Kalia Upazila Kalia () is an upazila of Narail District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Kalia Thana was established in 1866 and was converted into an upazila in 1984. It is named after its administrative center, the town of Kalia. Geography Kalia Upazila ...

Parishad. He was the chairman of

Narail district Narail District () is a district in south-western Bangladesh. It is a part of Khulna Division. History Narail town was named after a feudal lord (a zamindar). The zamindars established a market at Roopgonj, also named after a zamindar. They est ...

council. He was elected to parliament from

as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988. In 1996, he rejoined the

and was elected president of the

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Death

SM Abu Sayeed died on 28 August 2017.

References

1937 births 2017 deaths People from Narail District Politicians from Khulna Division Bangladeshi academics Jatiya Party politicians 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members 4th Jatiya Sangsad members Awami League politicians {{JatiyaParty-politician-stub