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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = E. Ahamed
|image = The portrait of the Minister of State for Railways, Shri E. Ahammed.jpg
|caption =Ahamed in 2014
|birth_date ={{Birth date|1938|4|29|df=y}}
|birth_place =[[Cannanore]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br>(now [[Kannur]], [[Kerala]], India)
|residence = [[Kannur]]
|death_date ={{death date and age|2017|2|1|1938|4|29|df=y}}
|death_place =[[Delhi]], India
|death_cause =[[Cardiac arrest]]
|office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
|term_start1 = 16 May 2009
|term_end1 = 1 February 2017
|successor1 = [[PK Kunhalikutty]]
|predecessor1 = office established
|constituency1=[[Malappuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Malappuram]]
|term_start2=2004
|term_end2=2009
|predecessor2=[[G. M. Banatwala]]
|successor2=[[E. T. Mohammed Basheer]]
|constituency2=[[Ponnani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ponnani]]
|office3 = [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Minister of State for External Affairs]]
|term_start3 = 23 May 2004
|term_end3 = 26 May 2014
|predecessor3=
|successor3= [[Vijay Kumar Singh]]
|party = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Indian Union Muslim League.svg}} [[Indian Union Muslim League]]
|spouse = Zuhara Ahamed
|children = 2 sons and 1 daughter
| alma_mater = [[Government Brennen College, Thalassery]]
}}

'''Edappakath Ahamed'''<ref name="site">http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=10</ref> (29 April 1938 – 1 February 2017) was an Indian politician who served as [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former Union Minister E Ahmed passed away|url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/news/just-in/former-union-minister-e-ahmed-passed-away.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202205616/http://www.manoramaonline.com/news/just-in/former-union-minister-e-ahmed-passed-away.html|archive-date=2 February 2017|access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.indianschool.com/president.php Indian School Al Ghubra Oman]</ref>

== 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.<ref name=":0" />

===Minister in different ministries===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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 the Parliament of India|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.ndtv.com/india-news/former-minister-e-ahamed-dies-after-suffering-cardiac-arrest-1654771|title=Former Minister E Ahamed Dies After Suffering Cardiac Arrest|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsliveworld.com/e-ahamed-passed-news|title=E Ahamed Passed News Indian MP E Ahamed Funeral Video, Controversies|date=1 February 2017|publisher=}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/politics/2017/01/31/e-ahamed-kerala-mp-iuml-leader-and-former-mos-critical-after-heart-attack-in-parliament|title=Kerala MP E Ahamed Dies After Suffering Heart Attack in Parliament|publisher=}}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/malappuram-by-election-2017/2017/04/16/malappuram-by-poll-results-iuml-kunhalikutty-udf-ldf-kerala.html Malappuram Election Result]</ref>

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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060619214505/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=10 Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website]
* [http://www.eahamed.com/ Official website]
* http://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Statements.htm?dtl/20451/Opening+Statement+by+Honble+Minister+of+State+for+External+Affairs+Shri+E+AHAMED+at+the+plenary+of+the+PostForum+Dialogue+Partners+meeting+at+Rarotonga+Cook+Islands

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