E. Ahamed

E. Ahamed
E. Ahamed
	Ahamed in 2014
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 16 May 2009 – 1 February 2017
Preceded by	office established
Succeeded by	PK Kunhalikutty
Constituency	Malappuram
	In office; 2004–2009
Preceded by	G. M. Banatwala
Succeeded by	E. T. Mohammed Basheer
Constituency	Ponnani
Minister of State for External Affairs
	In office; 23 May 2004 – 26 May 2014
Succeeded by	Vijay Kumar Singh
Personal details
Born	29 April 1938; Cannanore, Madras Presidency, British India; (now Kannur, Kerala, India)
Died	1 February 2017 (aged 78); Delhi, India
Cause of death	Cardiac arrest
Political party	Indian Union Muslim League
Spouse(s)	Zuhara Ahamed
Children	2 sons and 1 daughter
Residence	Kannur
Alma mater	Government Brennen College, Thalassery

Edappakath Ahamed^[1] (29 April 1938 – 1 February 2017) was an Indian politician who served as Minister of State for External Affairs in the Manmohan Singh government (2004–14). He represented the Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency of Kerala and was the National President of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).

Personal life[]

E. Ahamed was born on 29 April 1938 in a merchant family in Kannur, as the son of Abdul Khader Haji and Edappakath Nafeesa. After completing his studies, he graduated from Government Brennen College, Thalassery, Kerala and later obtained a law degree from the Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He has authored 4 books in English and Malayalam.

Ahamed's wife Zuhara died in a car accident in 1999. He has two sons and a daughter.^[2] His son Ahamed Rayees is an educationalist and serves as the President of Muscat Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre, which is a frontal organization of Indian Union Muslim League. He is also serving as President of Indian School Al Ghubra in Oman.^[3]

Political life[]

He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1967, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1987. From 1982 to 1987, he served as Cabinet Minister for Industries, Government of Kerala.

From 1971 to 1977, Ahamed was the Founding Chairman of the Kerala State Rural Development Board. From 1979 to 1980 he was the Executive Chairman of the Kerala State Small Scale Industries Development Corporation. From 1981 to 1983 he was the Chairman of the Municipal Council in Kannur, Kerala.

He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2009. During 2004 -2009, he served as the Minister of State for External Affairs. From April 2009 to January 2011, he was Minister of State for Railways. He assumed charge again as Minister of State of External Affairs on 24 January 2011. Ahamed also held the additional charge of the Ministry of Human Resource Development from July 2011 to October 2012.

Ahamed was the National President of the Indian Union Muslim League from 2008 till his death in 2017. During his tenure in the Parliament, he has been a member of several parliamentary committees including External Affairs, Railways, Civil Aviation and Tourism, Public Undertakings, Science and Technology, Environment and Forests. Ahamed was also the Chairman of the Government Assurance Committee. He was nominated by the Government of India as Co-Chairman for the High Level Monitoring Mechanism (HLMM) between India and Qatar in November 2011.

Ahamed widely travelled and has represented India in the United Nations 10 times between 1991 and 2014. In 1984, he was sent to GCC countries as an Emissary of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Ahamed has performed Hajj seven times - five times as Member of Government of India Haj Goodwill Delegation.^[4]

Minister in different ministries[]

Sl No.	Head of the Ministry	Period	Portfolio
1	K. Karunakaran	1982 – 1987	Industries (Kerala Legislative Assembly)
2	Manmohan Singh	17 May 2004 – 24 May 2014	External affairs, Railways, HRD (state)

Death[]

Ahamed was admitted on 31 January 2017 at Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital after he suffered a cardiac arrest in a joint session of Parliament, addressed by President Pranab Mukherjee. He was shifted to the RML trauma centre's ICU where he was put on ventilator. He died in the early hours on 1 February 2017 at the hospital.^[5]^[6]^[4] He was buried with full state honours at Kannur City Juma Masjid Qabarstan. The election held on the constituency in which E. Ahamed was the MP, P. K. Kunhalikutty got elected in the election held on April 2017.^[7]

Lok Sabha
Preceded by Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait	Member of Parliament for Manjeri 1991 – 2004	Succeeded by T. K. Hamza
Preceded by G. M. Banatwala	Member of Parliament for Ponnani 2004 – 2009	Succeeded by E. T. Mohammed Basheer
Preceded by Constituency Created	Member of Parliament for Malappuram 2009 – 2017	Succeeded by PK Kunhalikutty
Party political offices
Preceded by E Ahamed	Leader of the Indian Union Muslim League Party in the 16th Lok Sabha 2014–2017	Succeeded by E. T. Mohammed Basheer

References[]

^ http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=10
^ "Former Union Minister E Ahmed passed away". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^ Indian School Al Ghubra Oman
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Kerala MP E Ahamed Dies After Suffering Heart Attack in Parliament".
^ "Former Minister E Ahamed Dies After Suffering Cardiac Arrest".
^ "E Ahamed Passed News Indian MP E Ahamed Funeral Video, Controversies". 1 February 2017.
^ Malappuram Election Result

External links[]

[site-1] ttp://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=10

[2] "Former Union Minister E Ahmed passed away". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[3] Indian School Al Ghubra Oman

[:0-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Kerala MP E Ahamed Dies After Suffering Heart Attack in Parliament".

[5] "Former Minister E Ahamed Dies After Suffering Cardiac Arrest".

[6] "E Ahamed Passed News Indian MP E Ahamed Funeral Video, Controversies". 1 February 2017.

[7] Malappuram Election Result

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show v t Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 2014	K. C. Venugopal P. K. Biju A. Sampath Innocent K. V. Thomas Joice George P. K. Sreemathy P. Karunakaran N. K. Premachandran Jose K. Mani M. K. Raghavan E. Ahamed Kodikunnil Suresh M. B. Rajesh Anto Antony E. T. Mohammed Basheer Shashi Tharoor C. N. Jayadevan Mullappally Ramachandran M. I. Shanavas
Bye-elections 2017	PK Kunhalikutty Pre-bye poll: E. Ahamed - death
15th LS members 17th LS members Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from States AP BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH OR PB RJ TN TG UP UT WB Northeastern states AR AS MN ML MZ NL SK TR Union territories AN CH DD JK LA LD DL PY

show v t Members of the 15th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 2009	P. Karunakaran K. Sudhakaran Mullappally Ramachandran M. I. Shanavas M. K. Raghavan E. Ahammed E. T. Muhammed Basheer M. B. Rajesh P. K. Biju P. C. Chacko K. P. Dhanapalan K. V. Thomas P. T. Thomas Jose K Mani K. C. Venugopal Kodikunnil Suresh Anto Antony N. Peethambara Kurup A. Sampath Shashi Tharoor
14th LS members 16th LS members Members of the 15th Lok Sabha from States HR KA KL MH OR UT WB Northeastern states Union territories JK

show v t Members of the 14th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 2004	P. Karunakaran A. P. Abdullakutty P. Satheedevi M. P. Veerendra Kumar T. K. Hamza E. Ahammed N. N. Krishnadas S. Ajaya Kumar C. K. Chandrappan Lonappan Nambadan Sebastian Paul P. C. Thomas K. Suresh Kurup K. Francis George K. S. Manoj C. S. Sujatha Chengara Surendran P. Rajendran Varkala Radhakrishnan P. K. Vasudevan Nair
Bye-elections 2005	Pannyan Raveendran Pre-bye poll: P. K. Vasudevan Nair - death
13th LS members 15th LS members Members of the 14th Lok Sabha from States HR KL OR UT Northeastern states Union territories

show v t Members of the 13th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 1999	T. Govindan A. P. Abdullakutty A. K. Premajam K. Muraleedharan E. Ahamed G. M. Banatwala N. N. Krishnadas S. Ajaya Kumar A. C. Jose K. Karunakaran George Eden P. C. Thomas K. Suresh Kurup K. Francis George V. M. Sudheeran Ramesh Chennithala Kodikunnil Suresh P. Rajendran Varkala Radhakrishnan V. S. Sivakumar
12th LS members 14th LS members Members of the 13th Lok Sabha from States KL OR UT Northeastern states Union territories

show v t Members of the 12th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 1998	T. Govindan Mullappally Ramachandran A. K. Premajam P. Sankaran E. Ahamed G. M. Banatwala N. N. Krishnadas S. Ajaya Kumar V. V. Raghavan A. C. Jose George Eden P. C. Thomas K. Suresh Kurup P. C. Chacko V. M. Sudheeran P. J. Kurien Chengara Surendran N. K. Premachandran Varkala Radhakrishnan K. Karunakaran
11th LS members 13th LS members Members of the 12th Lok Sabha from States KL Northeastern states Union territories

E. Ahamed
Ahamed in 2014

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2009 – 1 February 2017
Preceded by	office established
Succeeded by	PK Kunhalikutty
Constituency	Malappuram
In office 2004–2009
Preceded by	G. M. Banatwala
Succeeded by	E. T. Mohammed Basheer
Constituency	Ponnani
Minister of State for External Affairs
In office 23 May 2004 – 26 May 2014
Succeeded by	Vijay Kumar Singh

Personal details
Born	(1938-04-29)29 April 1938 Cannanore, Madras Presidency, British India (now Kannur, Kerala, India)
Died	1 February 2017(2017-02-01) (aged 78) Delhi, India
Cause of death	Cardiac arrest
Political party	Indian Union Muslim League
Spouse(s)	Zuhara Ahamed
Children	2 sons and 1 daughter
Residence	Kannur
Alma mater	Government Brennen College, Thalassery

show v t Members of the 11th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 1996	T. Govindan Mullappally Ramachandran O. Bharathan M. P. Veerendra Kumar E. Ahamed G. M. Banatwala N. N. Krishnadas S. Ajaya Kumar V. V. Raghavan P. C. Chacko Xavier Arackal P. C. Thomas Ramesh Chennithala A. C. Jose V. M. Sudheeran P. J. Kurien Kodikunnil Suresh N. K. Premachandran A. Sampath K. V. Surendranath
10th LS members 12th LS members Members of the 11th Lok Sabha from States KL Northeastern states Union territories

show v t Members of the 10th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 1991	Ramanna Rai Mullappally Ramachandran K. P. Unnikrishnan K. Muraleedharan E. Ahamed Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait V. S. Vijayaraghavan K. R. Narayanan P. C. Chacko Savithri Lakshmanan K. V. Thomas P. C. Thomas Ramesh Chennithala K. M. Mathew T. J. Anjalose P. J. Kurien Kodikunnil Suresh S. Krishna Kumar Susheela Gopalan A. Charles
9th LS members 11th LS members Members of the 10th Lok Sabha from States KL Northeastern states Union territories

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