Mohammad Sayedul Haque

{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1942–2017)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Mohammad Sayedul Haque

| native_name = মোহাম্মদ ছায়েদুল হক

| native_name_lang = bn

| office = Minister of Fisheries and Livestock

| term_start = 12 January 2014

| term_end = 16 December 2017

| predecessor =

| successor = Narayan Chandra Chanda

| constituency_MP1 = Brahmanbaria-1

| term_start1 = 1996

| term_end1 = 2017

| predecessor1 = Murshed Kamal

| successor1 = Bodruddoza Md. Farhad Hossain

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|03|04|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Brahmanbaria, Bengal Presidency, British India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|12|16|1942|03|04|df=y}}

| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh

| party = Bangladesh Awami League

| alma_mater = University of Dhaka

}}

Mohammad Sayedul Haque (4 March 1942 – 16 December 2017){{Cite news |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/article/1387711/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87|script-title=bn:মন্ত্রী ছায়েদুল হক আর নেই |work=Prothom Alo |date=16 December 2017 |language=bn|access-date=2019-11-10}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.jagonews24.com/country/news/392320|script-title=bn:একদিনের ভাড়াও বকেয়া রাখেননি মন্ত্রী ছায়েদুল হক|work=Jago News 24 |language=bn |access-date=2019-11-10}} was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and served as the Minister of Fisheries and Livestock of the government of Bangladesh.{{Cite news |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/jun/28/trawlers-be-under-surveillence-stop-illegal-fishing|title=Trawlers to be under {{sic|surveil|lence|nolink=y}} to stop illegal fishing |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2016-09-13}}{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/government-bars-fishing-in-bay-of-bengal-for-65-days-for-breeding-and-conservation |title=Government bars fishing in Bay of Bengal for 65 days for breeding and conservation |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=2016-09-13}}

Early life and career

Haque was born in Nasirnagar under Brahmanbaria District.{{Cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2017/12/16/fisheries-minister-sayedul-hoque-passes-away/|title=Fisheries Minister Sayedul Hoque passes away|work=Dhaka Tribune|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-16}} He completed MA (economics) and LLB from the University of Dhaka in 1969.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/dhaka-bangladesh-fisheries-livestock-minister-sayedul-hoque-passes-away-1505770|title=Fisheries Minister Sayedul Hoque passes away|date=2017-12-16|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-16|language=en}}

Haque was elected a member of parliament from Brahmanbaria-1 (Nasirnagar) constituency five times, in 1973, 1996, 2001, 2008 and 2014.{{Cite news|url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/167992/Livestock-minister-Sayedul-Hoque-dies|title=Livestock minister Sayedul Hoque dies|newspaper=Prothom Alo|access-date=2017-12-16|date=2017-12-16|archive-date=16 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216083317/http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/167992/Livestock-minister-Sayedul-Hoque-dies|url-status=dead}} He was appointed the fisheries and livestock minister after the Bangladesh Awami League formed its government in 2014.

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