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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Aryadan Muhammed
| image = Aryadan muhammad.jpg
| office1 = Former Minister for Electricity, [[Government of Kerala]]
| governor1 = [[H. R. Bhardwaj]]
| term_start1 = 23 May 2011
| term_end1 = 19 May 2016
| predecessor1 = [[A. K. Balan]]
| successor1 =
| constituency1 = [[Nilambur]], [[Malappuram]] district
| office2 =
| term_start2 =
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| constituency2 =
| party =[[Indian National Congress]]
| religion =
| spouse = Mariyumma
| children = Two sons and two daughters, including [[Aryadan Shoukath]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|05|15|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Nilambur]], [[Malappuram]] district
| residence = Nilambur, [[Kerala]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| website =
| footnotes =
| honorific prefix =
| date = 8 Nov|
| year = 2012|
| source = https://web.archive.org/web/20121010173955/http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4081&Itemid=2608 kerala.gov.in
}}

'''Aryadan Muhammed''' is an [[Indian National Congress]] party leader and the former Minister for Electricity and Transport ([[Government of Kerala]]) in the [[Oommen Chandy Ministry Term 2|Oommen Chandy Ministry]]. He represented the [[Nilambur]] constituency in [[Kerala]] after winning in the [[2011 Kerala State legislative assembly election|2011 State Election]].

==Personal life==

Aryadan Muhammed was born on 15 May 1935 as the son of Unneen and Kadiyamunni.<ref name=niyamasabha>{{cite web|title=Aryadan Muhammed|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/aryadanmuhammed.pdf|publisher=[[Kerala Legislature]]|accessdate=17 July 2012}}</ref>
He married Mariyumma and has two sons and two daughters.<ref name="niyamasabha" />

==Political life==
Entering politics as an Indian National congress member in 1952, Muhammed, a member of the [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]] (KPCC) since 1958, later served as Secretary, Calicut DCC, President, Malappuram DCC and as General Secretary, KPCC. An active member of the [[Indian National Trade Union Congress]] (INTUC) in the fifties, he has been the President of various labour unions as well.<ref name="niyamasabha" />

Muhammed was elected to the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] (KLA) for the first time in 1977. He was elected again in 1980 through a by-election. Since then, from 8th KLA to the 13th KLA (1987, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011) he has been representing the same [[Nilambur]] Constituency as a [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] candidate.<ref name="niyamasabha" />

==State minister==

From January 1980 to October 1981, Muhammed was the Minister for Labour and Forests in the Ministry headed by [[E. K. Nayanar]]. Later, from April 1995 to May 1996, he was the Minister for Labour and Tourism in the Ministry headed by [[A. K. Antony]]. In the Ministry headed by [[Oommen Chandy]] (2004–2006) he held the portfolio of Electricity from September 2004.<ref name="niyamasabha" />

Muhammed was the Minister for Power and Transport in the [[Oommen Chandy Ministry Term 2|second Oommen Chandy Ministry]] from 2011 to 2016. His portfolio includes Electricity, Railways, Post and Telegraphs, Road Transport, Motor Vehicles and Water Transport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.keralacm.gov.in/?password-protected=login&redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keralacm.gov.in%2Findex.php%2Fcabinet%2Fcouncil-of-ministers|title=Official Website of Kerala Chief Minister|website=www.keralacm.gov.in}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" id="toc" : left; margin-left: 2em; width: 40%; font-size: 90%;" cellspacing="3"
!colspan="4"|'''Major Election Victories in KLA'''
|-
|'''Year'''||'''Constituency'''||'''Closest rival'''||'''Majority (votes)'''
|-
|1977||Nilambur||Saidalikutty ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]])||7,715<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1977_ST_REP.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 November 2012 |archive-date=16 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216144154/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1977_ST_REP.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|1980||Nilambur||M.R Chandran (INC(I))||17,841<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/lac-details.html#NILAMBUR|title=CEO Kerala :: Bye Election - LAC|website=www.ceo.kerala.gov.in}}</ref>
|-
|1987||Nilambur||Devdas Pottekkad ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]])||10,333<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1987_ST_REP.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 November 2012 |archive-date=16 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216144404/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1987_ST_REP.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|1991||Nilambur||Abdurahiman Master (IND)||7,684<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1991_ST_REP.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 November 2012 |archive-date=16 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216144409/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1991_ST_REP.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|1996||Nilambur||Prof. Thomas Matheew (IND)||6,693<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1996_ST_REP.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 November 2012 |archive-date=16 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216144418/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1996_ST_REP.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|2001||Nilambur||P. Anwar Master (IND)||21,620<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_2001_ST_REP.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 November 2012 |archive-date=16 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216144432/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_2001_ST_REP.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|2006||Nilambur||Sreerama Krishnan ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]])||18,171<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_2006_ST_REP.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 November 2012 |archive-date=16 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216144459/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_2006_ST_REP.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|2011||Nilambur||Prof. M. Thomas Mathew (IND)||5,598<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D4081%26Itemid%3D2608 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-11-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010173955/http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4081&Itemid=2608 |archivedate=10 October 2012}}</ref>
|}

'''Other positions held'''

* Muhammed also served as the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee from 1998 to 2001 and Chairman of Public Undertakings Committee from 2001 to 2004<ref name="niyamasabha" />
* In addition, he has held important positions in the State Marketing Federation as its president and was the Director of NCDC and [[NAFED]].<ref name="niyamasabha" />
* During the Xth KLA, he was for a time Secretary of the Congress Parliamentary Party.<ref name="niyamasabha" />

==See also==
* [[Kerala Council of Ministers|Kerala Ministers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}

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