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{{Short description|Indian industrialist and politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leader of the Opposition]] of the<br>[[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| predecessor = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[M. G. Ramachandran]]
| successor = [[O. Subramanian]]
| term_start = 29 August 1983
| term_end = 15 November 1984
| office1 = Member of the<br>[[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Triplicane Assembly constituency|Triplicane]]
| term_start1 = 1980
| term_end1 = 1984
| predecessor1 = [[M. Aranganathan]]
| successor1 = [[A. K. A. Abdul Samad]]
| office2 = Member of the<br>[[Madras Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency2 = [[Harbour Assembly constituency|Harbour]]
| term_start2 = 1962
| term_end2 = 1967
| predecessor2 = [[U. Krishna Rao]]
| successor2 = [[Habibullah Baig]]
| constituency3 = [[Triplicane Assembly constituency|Triplicane]]
| term_start3 = 1957
| term_end3 = 1962
| predecessor3 = [[A. M. Sambandam]]
| successor3 = [[V. R. Nedunchezhiyan]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}

'''K. S. G. Haja Shareef''' was an Indian industrialist and politician from [[Tamil Nadu]]. Shareef served in the [[Madras Legislative Assembly]] and its successor body, the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]], from 1957 to 1967 and from 1980 to 1984. A member of the [[Indian National Congress]], Shareef was the [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leader of the Opposition]] in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 1983 until 1984.

== Political career ==
Shareef was first elected to represent the [[Triplicane Assembly constituency]] in the [[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]. Although Shareef was a [[Rowther]] [[Tamil Muslim]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sadaqathullah |first=Shaikh |title=The National Chamber of Commerce |url=http://www.sadaqathullah.com/ncc.html |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=www.sadaqathullah.com}}</ref> the [[Indian Union Muslim League]] led by [[M. Muhammad Ismail]], supported independent Hindu candidates against Shareef after an alliance negotiation between the IUML and INC failed.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wright |first=Theodore P. |date=1966 |title=The Muslim League in South India since Independence: A Study in Minority Group Political Strategies |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1952972 |journal=[[American Political Science Review]] |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=579–599 |doi=10.2307/1952972 |jstor=1952972 |s2cid=143572105 |issn=0003-0554 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Shareef received a narrow plurality with 36% of the vote, with his closest opponent at 33%.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Madras_1957.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Madras |publisher=Election Commission of India|year=1957 |location=New Delhi |page=181 |access-date=June 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127200447/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Madras_1957.pdf |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Shareef supported [[U. Krishna Rao]] for speaker of the legislative assembly in 1957.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hanumanthappa |first=T. |url=https://assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/2nd_1957/Review_2-1957-62.pdf |title=Madras Legislative Assembly 1957–1962: A Review |publisher=Legislative Assembly Department |year=1962 |location=Madras |page=13 |access-date=June 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217022413/https://assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/2nd_1957/Review_2-1957-62.pdf |archive-date=February 17, 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

For the [[1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election]], Shareef ran in the [[Harbour Assembly constituency]] instead of in Triplicane. He defeated [[C. P. Chitrarasu]] of the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], receiving 50% of the vote to Chitrarasu's 44%. However, in the [[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election]], Shareef was defeated by [[Habibullah Baig]], an independent candidate associated with the Muslim League.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/39266265/tamil-nadu-assembly-election-results-saidai-duraisamys-manidha- |title=Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Results |publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]] |location=Chennai |pages=7, 17 |access-date=June 9, 2022 |via=[[Yumpu]]}}</ref>

Shareef ran again in the [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]], winning in Triplicane with 53% of the vote.<ref name=":0" /> In 1981, [[Sadiq Ali (freedom fighter)|Sadiq Ali]], the [[governor of Tamil Nadu]], announced that Shareef was to be disqualified from the assembly due to his appointment as the Honorary Consul General of [[Turkey]] in [[Madras]], as the [[Election Commission of India]] concluded that this meant he was in allegiance to a foreign state. However, Shareef was ultimately not disqualified from office.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Patil |first=S.H |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=34akDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Haja+Shareef%22+tamil+nadu&pg=PA345 |title=The Constitution, Government and Politics in India |publisher=Vikas Publishing House |isbn=978-93-259-9411-9 |location=New Delhi |pages=345 |language=en |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

On 29 August 1983, Shareef became the [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leader of the Opposition]] in the legislative assembly, leading the INC opposition against the government of [[M. G. Ramachandran]] of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=SEVENTH ASSEMBLY |url=https://assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/7th_1980/overview.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606082428/https://assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/7th_1980/overview.html |archive-date=June 6, 2021 |access-date=June 9, 2021 |website=[[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]}}</ref> Shareef served in this role until his defeat by [[A. K. A. Abdul Samad]] of the DMK in the [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=":0" />

Shareef was later elected to be the president of the [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry]] for 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FICCI Past Presidents |url=https://ficci.in/about-Past-President.asp |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=[[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry]] |archive-date=27 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927044004/https://ficci.in/about-Past-President.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was also a longtime member of [[Rotary International]] and was the president of the South India Chamber of Commerce.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=August 1987 |title=The Rotarian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NDYEAAAAMBAJ&dq=K.S.G.+Haja+Shareeff&pg=PA54 |journal=[[The Rotarian]] |pages=54 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Marthandam |first=Nambi |date=March 31, 1976 |title=Prices of shares in Madras Stock Exchange took a upward trend shortly after the Budget |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19760331-prices-of-shares-in-madras-stock-exchange-took-a-upward-trend-shortly-after-the-budget-819102-2015-04-02 |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=[[India Today]] |language=en}}</ref>

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