Shawdesh desk:

Abdul Hyee, Jhenaidah-1 constituency lawmaker and president of the district Awami League, died on Saturday. He was 78.

He breathed his last at about 7:00am (local time) on Saturday at the Bumrungrad Hospital in Thailand. His personal assistant Shahidul Islam confirmed his death from Thailand.

Hyee, also a former state minister, is survived by his wife, a daughter, and two sons.

Abdul Hyee was born in village Mohammadpur of Shailkupa upazila. He was the youngest of the three sons and two daughters of his parents.

He was elected lawmaker from Jhenaidah-1 in the 2001 elections.

In 2001, he was elected the convener of the Jhenaidah district Awami League. In 2005, Abdul Hyee became president of the Jhenaidah district Awami League. In the ninth national parliamentary election held in 2008, he was re-elected with AL ticket.

He served as the state minister for Fisheries and Livestock from 2012-2014. In the 12th national elections, he was again elected MP as the Awami League candidate.

In 2022, he was elected the president of the Jhenaidah district Awami League for the third time at the district Awami League conference. In the latest national election, he won again as Awami League candidate.