Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Malappuram(Kerala )
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Party Name :
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Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Late Shri Abdul Khader Haji
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Mother’s Name
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Late Smt. Nafeesa Beevi
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Date of Birth
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29.04.1938
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Place of Birth
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Kannur (Kerala)
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Marital Status
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Widower
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Date of Marriage
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14 May 1961
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Spouse’s Name
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Late Smt. Zuhara Ahamed
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No. of Sons
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2
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No.of Daughters
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1
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Educational Qualifications
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B.A., B.L.
Educated at Government Brennen College, Tellicherry and Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
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Profession
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Advocate
Political and Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
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House No.13/40-B,`Sitara`, Thana Kannur-670012
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Kerala
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(0497)2706713,2769560
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Present Address |
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9, Teen Murti Marg,
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New Delhi – 110 011
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Tels. (011) 23017051, 23017052 (R)
(011)23014118, 23015716 (O)
Fax. (011) 23013800 (R), 23792804 (O)
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Position Held |
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1967-91
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Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly (five terms)
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1981-83
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Chairman, Municipal Council, Kannur, Kerala
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1982-87
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Cabinet Minister, Industry, Govt. of Kerala
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1987-91
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Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances, Kerala Legislative Assembly
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1991
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Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
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1992-94
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Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
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1993
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism
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Special Permanent Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
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1993-94
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Chairman, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House
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1994-96
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
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1995 onwards
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General Secretary, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances
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Member, Committee on Railways
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances
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Member, Committee on External Affairs
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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Chairman, Joint Committee on Food Management in Parliament House Complex
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Member, Committee on Government Assurances
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
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Member, Committee on External Affairs
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Member, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Parliament
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2003
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Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Pesticide residues in and safety standards for soft drinks, fruit juice and other beverages
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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22 May 2004
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Union Minister of State, Ministry of External Affairs
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14 Sep. 2008
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National President, Indian Union Muslim League (I.U.M.L.)
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2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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Leader, Muslim League Kerala State Committee Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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2009 – 18 Jan 2011
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Union Minister of State, Railways
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Mar. 2010
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Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health
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19 Jan 2011 onwards
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Union Minister of State, External Affairs
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July 2011 – 28 Oct. 2012
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Union Minister of State, Human Resource Development
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Leader, Indian Union Muslim League Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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2014
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Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (7th term)
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Book Published
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(i) One Foreign Journey and Numerous Memories; (ii) A Story of Renaissance of Indian
Muslims (in Malayalam); and (iii) The Leaders I know (in Malayalam)
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Executive Director, Chandrika, Daily and Weekly; also contributes articles to journals
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Associated with several educational, cultural and social institutions
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Special Interests
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Promotion of education, establishing schools and institutions
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading,writing and music
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Sports and Clubs
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Football and cricket
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Countries Visited
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Widelly travelled; Chairman, Meeting of Heads of Indian Missions of GCC countries, Doha, 18th & 19th March 2006; Special Emissary of the then Prime Minister Late Smt. Indira Gandhi and met Heads of States of the Gulf Countries, 1984;Leader of Indian Delegation to : (i) Trade delegation of government of India to Gulf Countries, 1984; (ii) Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Co-operation Ministerial Meeting, Colombo, August, 2004; (iii) Signing of Sudan Peace Agreement, Nairobi, January 2005; (iv) Small Island developing States Meeting, Mauritius, January, 2005; (v) League of Arab States Summit, Algiers, March, 2005; (vi) Sudan donors Conference, Oslo, April, 2005; (vii) South Summit/G-77 Ministerial Confernce at Doha, Qatar, June, 2005; (viii) Review Conference on Financing for Development, United Nations General Assembly, June, 2005; (ix) Regional Ministerial Meeting of Asia and Pacific on Millennium Development Goals, Jakarta, August, 2005; (x) Lebanon and Syria on a Bilateral visit from 27 Sept. 2005-1 Oct. 2005; (xi) 26 Session of SAARC Summit, Dhaka, 10-13 November, 2005; (xii) International Donors Conference, Islamabad, 18-22 November, 2005; (xiii) 6th Indian Ocean Rim Associaton for Regional Cooperation Ministerial and Senior officals meeting, Tehran, 20-22 February,2006; (xiv) Eighteenth Summit of League of Arab States, Khartoum, Sudan, 28-30 March, 2006; (xv) 10th Session of India-Tunisia Joint Commission meeting, Tunisia, 5-8 February, 2007; (xvi)7th Council of Ministers meeting of Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC), Tehran, 3-8 March, 2007; (xvii) 6th Asia Cooperation Dialogue Ministerial Meeting, Seoul, South Korea; (xviii) NAM Ministerial Meeting on Human Rights and Cultural Diversity, Tehran, Iran, 3-4 September, 2007; (xix) Heads of State Council meeting of the Member & Observer States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Tashkent, 1-3 November , 2007; (xx)62nd Session, UNGA, New York, 29 November-3 December, 2007; (xxi) 31st Session of SAARC Council of Minsiters meeting, Colombo, 27 February, 2009;(xxii) NAM Ministerial Meeting, Havana 29-30 April, 2009; (xxiii) League of Arab States Summit, Algiers, 2005; Khartoum, 2006; Riyadh, 2007; Damascus, 2008; Doha, 2009; Leader, Fact Finding Team, Mina Fire Tragedy, Saudi Arabia, 1997;Member: (i) Indian Delegation in the UN General Assembly, 1992-97; (ii) Indian Delegation to World Social Summit Copenhagen, 1995; (iii) Indian parliamentary Delegations to various countries, 1994-2001;and (iv) Indian World Parliamentary Conference, Amman, Jordan, 2000;Represented, Indian Parliament in Commonwealth Parliamentary Joint Colloquium at Buckinghamshire, U.K., 1998; Accompanied: (i) Former Vice President, Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in the funeral of ruler of Dubai H. H. Sheikh Makhtoum Rashid Al-Makhtoum on 5 January 2007; (ii) Hon`ble Vice President of India to Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, April 4-10, 2008; (iii) Prime Minsiter of India to Oman and Qatar, 8-9 November, 2008;
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Other Information
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Founder Chairman, Kerala State Rural Development Board (Statutory Board of Govt. of Kerala), 1971-77; Executive Chairman, Kerala State Small Scale Industries Development Corporation, 1979-80; Chairman, Crisis Management Group during Iraq hostage crisis, August-September, 2004 President: (i)Muslim Educational Foundation, Panur, Kannur, Kerala; (ii) Kannur Deenul Islam Sabha Regd. Kerala; Member: (i) Board of the Medical College, Pariyaram, Kerala; (ii) Managing Committee, MEA Engineering College, Malappuram, near Perinthalmanna, Kerala; (iii) Executive Council, Aligarh Muslim University; and (iv) Central Haj Committee, 2003
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Reference: Loksabha
