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[[File:அப்துல் லத்தீப்.jpg|thumb|M. Abdul Lathief]]
'''M. Abdul Lathief''', (birth1.7.1936 died 17 December 2001) was an Indian who had been chairman of Tamil Nadu [[waqf|Wakf]] Board and a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) of [[Tamil Nadu]].He was a former leader of Indian union Muslim league and later he resigned from it.

Lathief was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] from [[Vaniyambadi (State Assembly Constituency)|Vaniyambadi constituency]] as an [[Independent (politics)|independent]] candidate in [[1971 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1971]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1971 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |page=4 |publisher=Election Commission of India |accessdate=2017-05-18}}</ref> and [[1977 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1977]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1977 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |page=4 |publisher=Election Commission of India |accessdate=2017-05-18}}</ref> Again standing as an independent in Vaniyambadi, he was runner-up to the [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (ADMK) candidate in the [[1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1980 election]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=253 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1980 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-18}}</ref>

Lathief won the [[Chepauk (State Assembly Constituency)|Chepauk constituency]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) candidate in [[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=4 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1989 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-18}}</ref> For the [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991 elections]], Lathief stood in [[Ranipet (State Assembly Constituency)|Ranipet constituency]] for the DMK and finished runner-up to the ADMK.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=266 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1991 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-18}}</ref>

In the [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996 assembly elections]], Lathief won the Vaniyambadi seat again. On this occasion he was listed as a candidate of the DMK.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=5 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1996 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-06}}</ref> He then won it as an independent in the [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001 elections]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2001 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |page=5 |publisher=Election Commission of India |accessdate=2017-05-18}}</ref> after which he was ''pro tem'' [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]]. He was also at that time the general secretary of the [[Indian National League]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Karunanidhi takes oath |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/05/24/stories/04242235.htm |date=24 May 2001 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2017-05-19}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=The Tribune |title=Latheef is TN pro tem Speaker |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010520/nation.htm |date=20 May 2001 |accessdate=2017-05-19}}</ref>

Lathief was chairman of the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board on two occasions, between May 1989-March 1992 and from June 1997 to July 1999.<ref>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170218/http://www.tnwakfboard.org/chairman.htm |archivedate=2016-03-03 |url=http://www.tnwakfboard.org/chairman.htm |title=Board |publisher=Tamil Nadu Wakf Board}}</ref>

Lathief died of a heart attack in hospital at [[Chennai]] on 17 December 2001, aged 65.<ref>{{cite news |work=Rediff |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/dec/17tn.htm |title=INL leader Abdul Latheef passes away |agency=PTI |date=17 December 2001 |accessdate=2017-05-18}}</ref> Announcing his death, ''[[The Hindu]]'' described him as "A law graduate, an irrepressible orator and a polyglot".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/12/18/stories/2001121801860400.htm |title=Latheef passes away |date=18 December 2001 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2017-05-18}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He also served as Acting Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 2001.

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
*{{cite news |title=Vellore: Tough battle ahead for Latheef |first=P. V. V. |last=Murthi |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/05/05/stories/1505223f.htm |date=5 May 2001 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2017-05-18}}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
*{{cite news |work=The Times of India |url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31807&articlexml=Where-have-all-the-independent-candidates-in-TN-07042016005027 |title=Where have all the independent candidates in TN disappeared? |date=7 April 2016 |first=B. |last=Sivakumar |accessdate=2017-05-19}}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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