Abdul Hyee
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1952–2024)}}
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{{infobox officeholder
| name = Abdul Hyee
| native_name = {{nobold|আব্দুল হাই}}
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = State Minister of Fisheries and Livestock
| term_start = 16 September 2012
| term_end = 24 January 2014
| image =
| constituency_MP1 = Jhenaidah-1
| term_start1 = 28 October 2001
| term_end1 = 16 March 2024
| predecessor1 = Abdul Wahab
| party = Awami League
| birth_date = {{birth date|1952|05|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = Shailkupa Upazila, Jhenaidah district, East Bengal, Pakistan
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|03|16|1952|05|01|df=y}}
| death_place = Bangkok, Thailand
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| alma_mater = KC College
}}
Abdul Hyee (1 May 1952 – 16 March 2024) was a Bangladeshi Awami League politician who was a Jatiya Sangsad member, representing the Jhenaidah-1 constituency from 2001 to 2024. He served as the state minister of fisheries and livestock during 2012–2013.{{Cite news |last=Liton |first=Shakhawat |last2=Rashidul Hasan |first2= |date=16 September 2012 |title=MKA replaces Shahara |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-249887 |access-date=10 June 2022 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}
Early life and education
Abdul Hyee was born in Shailkupa Upazila, Jhenaidah District on 1 May 1952.{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3887 |title=Constituency 81_11th_En |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=12 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728224244/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3887 |archive-date=28 July 2019}} He passed the SSC exams in 1967 and passed HSC in 1969. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from KC College in 1973.
Career
Abdul Hyee was involved in politics from his high-school life. He joined the Bangladesh Chhatra League during his college life. In 1969, he was elected VP of KC College Chatra Sangshad (Student Union). He played an active role in the Six point movement and later the Eleven point movement in 1969. In 1971, he joined the Liberation war of Bangladesh as the commander of Shailkupa Upazila Mujib Bahini.
Abdul Hyee was the last president of East Pakistan Student League of Jhenaidah District and first president of Bangladesh Student League of Jhenaidah District. He was the one who raised the National Flag of Bangladesh in Jhenaidah on 2 March 1971 under the command of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He was the vice president of Khulna Division Student League. Later he was the member of the Bangladesh Krishak League's central executive committee.
Abdul Hyee was the founding president of Jhenaidah District Jubo League and member of the Bangladesh Awami Jubo League's central executive committee with the founder of the Bangladesh Awami Jubo League Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani in 1972. He held the position of the president of Jhenaidah District Student League and Jhenaidah District Jubo League more than six months at the same time.
In 1996, Abdul Hyee was nominated as the acting general secretary of the Jhenadah District Awaami League. Later he was the convenor of Jhenaidah District Awami League. In 2008, he was nominated as the president of Bangladesh Awami League of Jhenaidah District.
Abdul Hyee was nominated by the Bangladesh Awami League and was elected a member of parliament in 2001 from the constituency Jhenaidah-1 (Shailkupa Upazila). In 2008, he was elected member of parliament for the second term and later was appointed the state minister of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock. He was elected in his third term in parliament in January 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english |publisher=Bangladesh Parliament |title=List of 10th Parliament Members |access-date=29 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408211624/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english |archive-date=8 April 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=2038 |publisher=Bangladesh Parliament |title=Constituency 81_10th_En |access-date=29 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304094611/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=2038 |archive-date=4 March 2014}} He was elected member of parliament in his fourth consecutive term in 2019 from Shailkupa Upazila.
=Controversy=
According to The Daily Star, several politicians complained that Abdul Hyee had been engaged in irregularities in sending people abroad. The police seized Abdul Hyee's passport at the Zia International Airport (now Shahjalal International Airport) when another person used the passport to travel.{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-249734 |title=The 7 new ministers |date=14 September 2012 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=8 March 2018 |language=en}}
Death
Abdul Hyee died on 16 March 2024, at the age of 71.{{cite news |title=Jhenaidah-1 MP Abdul Hyee passes away |url=https://unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/jhenaidah-1-mp-abdul-hyee-passes-away/132590 |access-date=16 March 2024 |work=UNB |date=16 March 2024}}
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