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| name = Adv. M.A. Vaheed<br />
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| caption = Adv. M.A.Vaheed<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|3|14|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kaniyapuram, Kerala]], India<br />
| death_date = <br />
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| office = [[Former Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Ex. MLA Kazhakoottam]]<br />
| term_start = 2001<br />
| term_end = 2016<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = [[Kadakampally Surendran]]<br />
| constituency = [[Kazhakoottam]]<br />
| spouse = Illiba Vaheed<br />
| children = Ginsa Vaheed {{br}} Rinsa Vaheed<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| residence = Kunnukuzhi<br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| profession = Politician, lawyer, social worker<br />
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160111124718/http://mavaheed.com/ www.mavaheed.com]<br />
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'''Adv. M.A. Vaheed''' ({{lang-ml|അഡ്വ. എം.എ. വാഹിദ്}}) (born 14 March 1950) is an Indian politician and advocate from [[Kerala]].<ref name=Niyamasabha>{{cite web|title=M. A. Vaheed|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/mem/m_a_vaheed.htm|website=Kerala Niyamasabha|accessdate=6 January 2016}}</ref> He belongs to the [[Indian National Congress]] and was the [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]] for [[Kazhakkuttom]] in the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] for 15 years.<ref name=MLA2011>{{cite news|title=കഴക്കൂട്ടത്ത് എം എ വാഹിദ് ജയിച്ചു|url=http://malayalam.webdunia.com/article/kerala-news-in-malayalam/കഴക്കൂട്ടത്ത്-എം-എ-വാഹിദ്-ജയിച്ചു-111051300023_1.htm|accessdate=6 January 2016|publisher=Webdunia}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
Vaheed entered politics through [[Kerala Students Union|KSU]], the students' wing of Indian National Congress in Kerala. He served as the taluk secretary, district vice president, and the district general secretary of KSU. He took an active role in the private college strike in the 1970s and was expelled from Sree Narayana College, [[Chempazhanthy]]. He later joined [[Nair Service Society|NSS]] College, [[Nilamel]] and continued studies.<ref name=Niyamasabha /><br />
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Vaheed became the president of the [[Thiruvananthapuram]] district [[Indian Youth Congress|Youth Congress]] in 1978, [[Kaniyapuram]] Coir Co-operative Society from 1983 to 1989, [[Andoorkonam]] Service Co-operative Bank in 1993, and KANFED in 1985. He played a major hand in organising trade unions affiliated to [[Indian National Trade Union Congress|INTUC]]. He started ''Youth Express Daily'' in 1983.<ref name=Niyamasabha /><br />
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Vaheed also served as the general secretary of Thiruvananthapuram District Congress Committee, member of Governing Body and Accounts Committee of Agricultural University, chairman of Councillor and Opposition Leader of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. He became a member of the Thiruvananthapuram District Planning Board in 1995. He was elected to the Kerala Sports Council in 2008.<ref name=Niyamasabha /><br />
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Vaheed first became an MLA in 2001. He contested the state assembly elections in 2006 and 2011 to complete a hat-trick of wins.<ref name=MLA2011 /> In the 2016 Assembly elections, he lost to [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]'s Kadakampally Surendran by a margin of 11,477 votes. Vaheed came third overall, behind [[BJP]]'s [[V. Muraleedharan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://keralaassembly.org/election/2016/assembly_poll.php?year=2016&no=132|title=Kerala Assembly Election Results-- 2016|website=keralaassembly.org|access-date=2016-06-04}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Vaheed was born in Kaniyapuram on 14 March 1950 to Muhammad Kassim and Muhammad Ummal. He graduated in Science and then took [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B]] and practised as an advocate. He is married to Illiba Vaheed and they have two daughters.<br />
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He have six elder brother (Rasheed, Azeez, Gafoor, Shukoor, Satar, Vahab) and a sister (habsa beevi).<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Kerala Legislature]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Malayali politicians]]<br />
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