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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Abu Hena
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|01|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lalgola murshidabad
| residence = Berhampore Village:Uttar Sudarshanganj, PO&PS:Lalgola, District:Mushidabad
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Ministry of Fisheries (West Bengal)|Minister for Fisheries]]<br>[[Government of West Bengal]]
| term_start = May 20, 2011
| term_end = September 22, 2012
| constituency =
| predecessor = [[Kiranmoy Nanda]]
| successor = [[Chandranath Sinha]]
| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 1991
| term_end2 = May 2, 2021
| constituency2 =
| predecessor2 = Abdus Sattar
| successor2 = Mohammad Ali
| constituency3 = [[Lalgola (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lalgola]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse =
| college =
| children =
| alma_mater =
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| website =
| source =
| office1 = Minister for Food Processing Industries & Horticulture<br>[[Government of West Bengal]]
| termstart1 = May 20, 2011
| termend1 = September 22, 2012
| predecessor1 = [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharya]]
| 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 (India)|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 (Murshidabad politician)|Abdus Sattar]], who was a cabinet minister in the Siddhartha Shankar Ray government.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://myneta.info/westbengal2011/candidate.php?candidate_id=283 |title = Election Watch Reporter|work= Abu Hena |publisher= My Neta | access-date = 25 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=twocircles>{{cite web| url = http://twocircles.net/2011jun08/muslim_ministers_west_bengal_introduction.html#.U9L5c0CyKt8 |title = Muslim Ministers of West Bengal:An introduction |work= Abu Hena |publisher= Two Circles | access-date = 25 July 2014}}</ref>

==Political career==
He was elected from the [[Lalgola (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in West Bengal in 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf| title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal| work = Constituency-wise Data| publisher = Election Commission| access-date = 20 July 2014| archive-date = 4 April 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140404202029/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf| url-status = dead}}</ref> 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-UP96.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Constituency-wise Data | publisher = Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014 | archive-date = 13 July 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180713084900/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-UP96.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web | url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf | title =General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work =Constituency-wise Data | publisher =Election Commission | access-date =20 July 2014 | archive-date =5 March 2016 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154127/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf | url-status =dead }}</ref> 2006<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web | url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf | title =General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work =Constituency-wise Data | publisher =Election Commission | access-date =20 July 2014 | archive-date =6 October 2014 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20141006185506/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf | url-status =dead }}</ref> and 2011.<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf| title =General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal| work =Constituency-wise Data| publisher =Election Commission| access-date =20 July 2014| archive-date =4 April 2014| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140404205355/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf| url-status =dead}}</ref>

He was the Minister for Fisheries and the Minister for Food Processing Industries & Horticulture in the [[Government of West Bengal]] in 2011.<ref>[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]</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/mamata-banerjee-becomes-west-bengals-first-woman-cm/793587/ |title = Mamata Banerjee becomes West Bengal' first woman CM|publisher= The Indian Express, 21 May 2011| access-date = 25 July 2014}}</ref> Abu Hena resigned along with other Congress ministers in September 2012.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-09-22/news/34022082_1_congress-ministers-trinamool-congress-abu-hena |title = Six Congress ministers Mamata Banerjee's government reigns |publisher= The Times of India, 23 September 2012| access-date = 25 July 2014}}</ref>

He is secretary of the state Congress committee.<ref name=twocircles/>

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