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Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah
সেরনিয়াবাত সাদিক আবদুল্লাহ
4th Mayor of Barisal
In office
31 July 2018 – 12 June 2023
DeputyGazi Naemul Hossain
(Panel Mayor)
Preceded byAhsan Habib Kamal
Succeeded byAbul Khair Abdullah
Personal details
Born (1974-11-19) November 19, 1974 (age 50)
Barisal, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
SpouseLipi Abdullah
Relations
Parents
RelativesSee Sheikh–Wazed family
Known forPolitician, businessman

Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman. He served as mayor of the Barisal City Corporation from 2018 to 2023.[1] He is a son of Awami League politician Abul Hasanat Abdullah and grandson of Abdur Rab Serniabat.[2]

Early life

Abdullah was born to Abul Hasanat Abdullah and Shahan Ara Abdullah in Barisal.[3] He has no formal education and identifies as self educated.[4]

Career

Abdullah was nominated by Awami League to contest the Barisal City Corporation in 2018.[4] He was the joint secretary of Barisal City unit of Awami League.[4] He skipped a meeting with voters organized by Citizens for Good Governance (SHUJAN).[5]

Abdullah received 107,353 votes while his nearest rival, Mazibor Rahman Sarwar of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 13,135 votes.[6] The election was boycotted by the candidates of Communist Party of Bangladesh and Islami Andolon Bangladesh who alleged vote rigging.[7] He was sworn in office by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Prime Minister's Office in Dhaka.[8] Before the elections, hundreds of Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists were detained.[9]

Abdullah was appointed General Secretary of Barisal City unit of Awami League.[10]

Three journalists of Barishal Khobor, an online portal, were detained by Bangladesh Police after they took a video of Abdullah and his family on a walk.[11] They were beaten in custody according to locals and charged under the Digital Security Act on 14 September 2020.[11]

References

  1. ^ "New Barisal mayor Sadiq Abdullah sworn in". Dhaka Tribune. 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  2. ^ "Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah set to win Barisal city polls". Dhaka Tribune. 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  3. ^ "MP Abul Hasanat Abdullah's wife dies". UNB. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  4. ^ a b c "BNP's Sarwar wealthiest among mayoral candidates". The Daily Star. 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  5. ^ "Serniabat skips 'face to face with citizens'". The Daily Star. 2018-07-14. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  6. ^ "Sadiq Abdullah of AL bags eight times more votes than BNP's Sarwar in Barishal mayor race". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  7. ^ "BCC polls: Serniabat leads by huge margin". The Daily Star. 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  8. ^ "New Barishal mayor Sadiq Abdullah sworn in". The Daily Star. 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  9. ^ "An uneven battlefield". The Daily Star. 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  10. ^ "Awami League's Barishal city unit council held". The Daily Star. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  11. ^ a b "Digital Security Act: 3 including online news portal editor sent to jail in Barishal". The Daily Star. 2020-09-14. Retrieved 2021-07-07.


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