List of Muslim leaders and politicians

There is a wide range of Muslim politicians, from theocratic leaders such as, dictators such as Saddam Hussain, and democratic leaders such as Benazir Bhutto.

Some of them are representative politicians, like the members of the unicameral Iranian parliament, named the "Islamic Consultative Assembly" or "Majles-e Shura-ye Eslami", consisting of 290 members elected to a 4-year term.

List

This is a list of Muslim politicians in India, sorted by her address.

19th century

Sir Syed- 1817 - 1898 The Muslim revolutionist of the sub continent. QUAID EA AZAM THE GREAT MUSLIM POLITICIAN AND LAWER Born: December 25, 1876, Karachi Died: September 11, 1948, Karachi Muhammad Iqbal- 1877-1938 He was a lawyer as well as a renowned poet. In his sermon of Allahabad, he put forward the idea of separate states for the Muslims.

Abd ar-Rahman Al-Haydari Al-Kaylani - 1841–1927, the first prime minister of modern Iraq

Muhammad Ali Jinnah-December 25, 1876 – September 11, 1948, is the first Governor general of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Abdullah I of Jordan - 1882 – 1951, Emir of Trans-Jordan (1921–1946) under a British Mandate, then King of Transjordan (May 25, 1946 – 1949), and finally King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1949–1951).

Mullanur Vakhitov' 1885 - 1918, revolutionary communist hanged by White Russians. Key figure in the Muslim Socialist Committee of Kazan and Muskom.

Mirsaid Sultangaliev 1892 - 1940 Tatar Bolshevik who tried to fuse Islam, nationalism and socialism. He was executed in 1940 inone of Joseph Stalin's purges. He was involved with the Muslim Socialist Committee of Kazan and Muskom.

P. Kalifulla 1888 - 1950 was a politician of the Madras Presidency, British India. He served as the minister for public works in the short lived ministry of Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu during April–July 1937. He was a Tamil Muslim belonging to the Rowther community. His father T.A. Pitchai Rowther was a wealthy businessman of Tiruchirapalli.[citation needed] He belonged to the All-India Muslim League and was elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly from Tiruchirappalli in the 1937 elections. He was sympathetic to the cause of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (Periyar) and his Self-Respect Movement. In 1937, he spoke against the introduction of compulsory Hindi classes in the Madras legislature and later participated in the anti-Hindi agitation started by Periyar. He was a lawyer by profession and was known by his honorifics as Khan Bahadur P. Khalifulla Sahib Bahadur. He was also a member of the Madras Legislative Council during the early 1930s.He was the Dewan of Pudukottai after his withdrawal from political work.

21th century indian muslim politician

Ruhollah Khomeini - 1902 - 1989, The Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution who later became the Supreme Leader of Iran.

Ayub Khan - 1907 - 1974 a Pakistani dictator who later became first and only field marshal of Pakistani army

Abdul Karim Qassim - 1914 - 1963, an Iraqi military officer involved in the 1958 military coup d'état. Named Prime Minister of Iraq.

Mahathir Mohamad - 1939, The 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia

Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941-2001) was a Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader and founder of the spiritual movement Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam.

Noor Hassanali - 1918, was the second President of Trinidad and Tobago (1987-1997) and the first Muslim head of state in the Americas.

Anwar Sadat, - 1918 - 1971, Nobel Peace Prize, 1978

Fahd of Saudi Arabia - 1921 - 2005

Ahmed Sékou Touré - 1922 - 1984, the first President of Guinea (1958 - 1984).

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia - 1924, became the King of Saudi Arabia on August 1, 2005.

Ahmadou Ahidjo - 1924 - 1989, was the president of Cameroon from 1960 until 1982.

Ali Hassan Mwinyi - 1925, was the President of the United Republic of Tanzania (1985-1995)

Bülent Ecevit - 1925 - 2006

Alija Izetbegović - 1925 - 2003, was President of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1996 and member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1996 to 2000.

Abdul Kalam - 1931, the President of India, also a notable scientist and an engineer.

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah - 1932, the President of Sierra Leone (1996-1997, 1998–present)

Apisai Tora - 1934, Fijian politician

Abdelaziz Bouteflika - 1937, the President of Algeria since 1999

Ahmed Qurei - 1937, prime minister of the Palestinian Authority.

Ali Khamenei - 1939, is the current Supreme Leader of Iran and was the president of Iran from 1981 to 1989.

Abdurrahman Wahid - 1940, the President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001, and leader of the National Awakening Party (PKB), which he founded after the fall of Suharto.

Ahmet Necdet Sezer - 1941, the tenth and former President of Turkey.

Riad Al Solh - 1943, is the founder and first Prime Minister of the modern Republic of Lebanon.

Amien Rais - 1944, is an Indonesian politician.

Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim - 1953(?), was a member of the U.S.-appointed Iraq Interim Governing Council and served as its president in December 2003

Benazir Bhutto - 1953 - 2007

Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - 1947 – 2004, the co-founder of the Palestinian paramilitary organization Hamas.

Adnan Terzić - 1960

Abdullah II of Jordan - 1962, the current King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

Syed Kamall - 1967, Indo-Guyanese/British Conservative Party politician: Member of the European Parliament, leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament, and Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists in the European Parliament.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi - 1939, The 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia

Hamengkubuwono IX - 1912 - 1988, Sultan of Yogyakarta, and 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (1973-1978)

Professor Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri - 1951, Muslim Scholar, Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader, politician (Ex. MNA, founder of Pakistan Awami Tehreek) and founder of the spiritual movement Minhaj Ul Quran International

Suharto - 1921 - 1998, President of Indonesia (1967-1998).

Sukarno - 1901 - 1970, First President of Indonesia (1945-1967).

Faisal of Saudi Arabia - 1906 - 1975, King of Saudi Arabia (1964-1975).

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See also

Lists of Muslims

External links

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