Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah

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]

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
Barisal, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
SpouseLipi Abdullah
Relations
Parents
RelativesSee Sheikh–Wazed family
Known forPolitician, businessman

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. "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. "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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