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Abdul Rahman
Office Member of the Indian Parliament
(Lok Sabha)
Office Chairman of Tamil Nadu Waqf Board




Term start 16 May 2009
Term end 16 May 2014



Predecessor A. Mohammed John
Successor K. Navas Kani
Constituency Vellore


Born 1959-5-28 (age 67)[1]
Born Muthupet,[1] Thanjavur district, Madras State
(now Tiruvarur district,
Tamil Nadu), India





Political party Indian Union Muslim League[1]
Spouse Ruhaiya Beevi
Children Son-2(Riaz Ahmed, Siddiq Ahmed), Daughter-1(Haleema).
Alma mater School studies completed in Oriental Arabic High School, Akkur, specialised in Arabic Language.

M.A. (Economics), Diploma in Computer Programming Educated at Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchrappalli, Tamil Nadu and Institute of Business Applications, Chennai.

Occupation Diplomat, Politician
Website [1]

Abdul Rahman is an Indian politician, Former Chairman of Tamil Nadu Wakf Board and Former Member of the Parliament of India from Vellore Constituency, Tamil Nadu.[2] He represents the Indian Union Muslim League party.[3] IUML and DMK both are friendly parties in Tamil Nadu state, so he represented in DMK election symbol.

ADR and India Today combined survey has revealed Abdul Rahman placed in Sixth Rank among Top 20 MPs of the 15th Loksabha in all respects.

Early life

Abdul Rahman was born in Muthupet, Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu on 28 May 1959.[4] Abdul Rahman is post graduate in Economics from Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchrappalli. Prior to that he did Diploma in Computer Programming from Institute of Business Applications, Chennai.

Special interests

According to the official portal of the Indian Government, the National Portal of India, Rahman describes his special interests as "Working for peace in society; inculcating ethical and spiritual values among the people and striving for communal harmony; spreading the study of comparative religion; to work for harmony of hearts and meeting of minds of our people in different cultures and to see India as the prosperous blissful land of peace".[4]

Posts held

# From To Position
01 2001 2009 Member, Higher Level Political Affairs Committee, (I.U.M.L.), Tamil Nadu
02 2009 2014 Member of 15th Lok Sabha[5]
03 2009 2014 Member, Committee on Information Technology
04 2009 2014 Member, Library Committee
05 2012 2014 Member, Tamil Nadu Wakf Board
06 2015 Present Principal Vice-president, IUML-Tamil Nadu
07 2021 Sep 13,2024 Chairman, Tamil Nadu Wakf Board

Other positions and awards

President, Quaide Millath Forum, Chennai; Vice-president, : (i) The Bank and (ii) Indian Muslim Association, U.A.E.; Founder Member of Indian Community Welfare Committee of Indian Consulate, Dubai; awarded, (i) "Outstanding Personality in Keeping Communal Harmony" award by Tamil Sangam; (ii) Personality award for communal amity conferred by Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu; (iii) first prize in State level elocution competition during school and college educationTemplate:Citation needed

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Biography. The Parliament of India, New Delhi. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  2. Statistical Reports of Lok Sabha Elections. Election Commission of India.
  3. Candidate introduced to DMK alliance workers. The Hindu(12 April 2009).
  4. 4.0 4.1 Abdul Rahman | National Portal of India. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  5. Tamil Nadu: An election round-up. Asian Tribune.