E. Ahamed

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Field	Value
name	E. Ahamed
image	The portrait of the Minister of State for Railways, Shri E. Ahammed.jpg
caption	Ahamed in 2014
birth_date
birth_place	Cannanore, Madras Presidency, British India
(now Kerala)
death_date
death_place	New Delhi
office1	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
term_start1	18 May 2009
term_end1	1 February 2017
successor1	P. K. Kunhalikutty
predecessor1	Office established
constituency1	Malappuram
term_start2	16 May 2004
term_end2	18 May 2009
predecessor2	G. M. Banatwala
successor2	E. T. Mohammed Basheer
constituency2	Ponnani
term_start3	20 June 1991
term_end3	16 May 2004
predecessor3	Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait
successor3	T. K. Hamza
constituency3	Manjeri
office4	Minister of State for External Affairs
term_start4	23 May 2004
term_end4	26 May 2014
predecessor4	Vinod Khanna
successor4	V. K. Singh
primeminister4	Manmohan Singh
minister4	* Natwar Singh
party	Flag of the Indian Union Muslim League.svg Indian Union Muslim League
spouse	Zuhara Ahamed
children	2 sons and 1 daughter
alma_mater	Brennen College, Tellicherry
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Manmohan Singh
Pranab Mukherjee
S. M. Krishna
Salman Khurshid | party = Flag of the Indian Union Muslim League.svg Indian Union Muslim League | spouse = Zuhara Ahamed | children = 2 sons and 1 daughter | alma_mater = Brennen College, Tellicherry

E. Ahamed (29 April 1938 – 1 February 2017), Edappakath Ahamed in full, was an Indian politician from Kannur (then Cannanore) in northern Kerala. A Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) between 1991 and 2017, he was key figure in India's diplomatic relations with the Middle East.

Educated at Brennen College, Tellicherry and Trivandrum Law College, Ahamed was first elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1967 (from Kannur, with Indian Union Muslim League). He later served as a cabinet minister (Industry) in the U D F ministry headed by Congress-leader K. Karunakaran (1982–87). He was first elected to the Parliament (Lok Sabha) in 1991. Ahamed was appointed Union Minister of State, Ministry of External Affairs, in 2004 (Congress-led U P A ministry headed by Manmohan Singh). He also served as Union Minister of State for Railways and Human Resource Development.

Ahamed served as the National President, Indian Union Muslim League between 2008 and 2017. He was the first Indian Union Muslim League union minister in independent India. In 2004, he was famously dispatched by Atal Bihari Vajpayee to the United Nations (Geneva) to represent India.

Early life

E. Ahamed was born on 29 April 1938 in a merchant family in Kannur, Malabar District (Now Kannur district, Kerala), to Edappakath Nafeesa Beevi and Ovintakath Abdul Khader. He carried his mother's 'house name' as his initials as the tradition among the Cannanore Mappilas.

He graduated from Government Brennen College, Tellicherry and later obtained a law degree from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram. He was the first General Secretary of the MSF, the students' wing of Indian Union Muslim League. He also worked as a reporter for the Chandrika newspaper. Ahamed married Zuhara in 1961 who died in an accident in 1999. The couple has three children.

Political career

In Kerala

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Mandate	Legislative Assembly	Constituency	Party
1967	3rd Assembly	Cannanore	Indian Union Muslim League
1977	5th Assembly	Koduvally
1980	6th Assembly	Tanur
1982	7th Assembly
1987	8th Assembly
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Ahamed served as Minister for Industry from May 1982 to March 1987 (U D F ministry headed by Congress-leader K. Karunakaran).
He was a member of the Kerala and Calicut University Senate. He was also Chairman, Kannur Municipal Council (1981–83).
He also served as the founder Chairman, Kerala State Rural Development Board (1971–77), and Chairman, Kerala Small Industries Development Corporation.
Ahamed was chosen as the General Secretary, Indian Union Muslim League in 1995.

Career in national politics

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Mandate	Constituency	Party
1991	Manjeri	Indian Union Muslim League
1996
1998
1999
2004	Ponnani
2009	Malappuram
2014
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From 2004 to 2009, Ahamed served as the Minister of State for External Affairs. From 2009 to 2011, he was the Minister of State for Railways. He assumed charge again as Minister of State for External Affairs in early 2011. Ahamed also held the additional charge of the Union Minister of State, Human Resource Development 2011 to 2012.

Other positions

President

Muslim Educational Foundation, Panur, Kannur
Kannur Deenul Islam Sabha, Kerala

Member

Board of the Medical College, Pariyaram, Kerala
Managing Committee, MEA Engineering College, Malappuram
Executive Council, Aligarh Muslim University
Central Haj Committee

Representing India

Ahamed represented India in the United Nations several times between 1991 and 2014.
Special Emissary, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to the Gulf (1984).
Chairman, Crisis Management Group (Iraq hostage crisis, August–September 2004).

Minister in different ministries

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Period	Portfolio	Chief Minister
1982 – 1987	Industry	K. Karunakaran
Union Government
2004 – 2014	Junior Minister	Manmohan Singh
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Death

Ahamed died on 1 February 2017 after suffering a cardiac arrest in a joint session of Parliament. He was buried with full state honours at the Kannur City Juma Masjid.

References

Koodallur, Musthafa. (1 February 2017). "Gujarat or Kashmir, Ahamed Never Minced his Words". Malayala Manorama.
"E. Ahamed". Government of India.
(1 February 2017). "Former Union Minister E Ahamed Passes Away". Malayala Manorama.
"E. Ahamed". Government of Kerala.
(19 June 2004). "E. Ahamed: Minister of State for External Affairs". Hindustan Times.
Madampat, Shajahan. (2019-04-11). "The importance of IUML". The Indian Express.
Nair, Preetha. (2019-04-19). "A Coloured Scheme of Things".
(1 February 2017). "Muslim League Deshiya Adhyakshanum Mun Kendra Manthriyumaya E. Ahamed M. P. Antharichu". Malayala Manorama.
The Quint. (1 February 2017). "Kerala M. P. E. Ahamed Dies After Suffering Heart Attack in Parliament".
(1 February 2017). "Former Minister E Ahamed Dies After Suffering Cardiac Arrest". NDTV.
(17 April 2017). "Kunhalikutty Wins Malappuram Lok Sabha By-poll, Clocks a Lead of 1.7 Lakh Votes". Malayala Manorama.

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