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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Abu Sayeed<br />
| image = Prof. Dr. Abu Sayeed 24 November 1996.jpg<br />
| caption = Sayeed in 1996<br />
| office =State Minister For Information <br /><br />
[[Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh]]<br />
| term_start = 23 June 1996<br />
| term_end = 16 July 2001<br />
| office1 = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from [[Pabna-1]]<br />
| term_start1 = 12 June 1996<br />
| term_end1 = 16 July 2001<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Matiur Rahman Nizami]]<br />
| successor1 = Matiur Rahman Nizami<br />
| party = [[Gano Forum]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Rajshahi University]]<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
}}<br />
'''Abu Sayeed''' is a politician from Pabna district of Bangladesh, organizer of the War of Liberation, and former Minister of State for Information who was a Member of Parliament for the then Pabna 8 and Pabna-1 constituencies.<ref name=cabinet>{{cite web|url=http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/view_present_portfolios.php?lang=en&gid=23&type=ministry_list |title=Cabinet Division – Bangladesh – Information and Services – List of Ministers and Advisors |publisher=Cabinet.gov.bd |access-date=2013-08-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222203511/http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/view_present_portfolios.php?lang=en&gid=23&type=ministry_list |archivedate=2014-02-22 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/professor-abu-sayeed-ex-awami-league-state-minister-joins-gono-forum-1665364|title=Ex-AL minister Sayeed joins Gonoforum|date=2018-11-27|work=Daily Star|location=United Kingdom|access-date=2018-11-27|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Sayeed was a member of the then [[Pakistan National Assembly]] in 1970.<ref name=phd/> He was part of the 34-member committee formed in 1972 to formulate the draft [[Constitution of Bangladesh]].<ref name=phd/> He was designated as the governor of [[Pabna District|Pabna district]] by [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] in 1975. He has been known for his criticism of the military government.<ref>{{cite news |title=Police confiscated books of Prof Abu Sayeed |url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2005/02/17/police-confiscated-books-of-prof-abu-sayeed |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=2005-02-18 |access-date=2013-08-12}}</ref><br />
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Sayeed was the [[Ministry of Information (Bangladesh)|State Minister of Information of Bangladesh]] from 6 June 1996 until 15 July 2001.<ref name=cabinet/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-235735|title=Prof Abu Sayeed for alternative interim govt|date=2012-05-26|work=Daily Star|location=United Kingdom|access-date=2018-08-10|language=en}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, Sayeed was conferred a PhD degree by [[Rajshahi University]] for his thesis titled "Independence of Bangladesh: Diplomatic War".<ref name=phd>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/prof-abu-sayeed-attains-phd|title=Prof Abu Sayeed attains PhD|date=2013-08-04|work=Daily Star|location=United Kingdom|access-date=2018-08-10|language=en}}</ref><br />
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In January 2014, Sayeed lost as an independent candidate to [[Shamsul Hoque Tuku|Shamsul Haque Tuku]] in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|general election]] from [[Pabna-1]] constituency.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/tuku-set-new-record-of-vote-rigging-7138|title=Tuku set new record of vote rigging|date=2014-01-17|work=Daily Star|location=United Kingdom|access-date=2018-08-10|language=en}}</ref><br />
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In November 2018, Sayeed left Awami League and joined [[Gano Forum]] to contest the upcoming election from Pabna-1 as a candidate of the [[Jatiya Oikya Front]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Correspondent|first=Our|last2=Pabna|date=2018-11-27|title=Ex-AL minister Sayeed joins Gonoforum|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/professor-abu-sayeed-ex-awami-league-state-minister-joins-gono-forum-1665364|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Daily Star|location=United Kingdom|language=en}}</ref><br />
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