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List of Muslim leaders and politicians

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There is a wide range of Muslim politicians, from theocratic leaders such as Ruhollah Khomeini, dictators such as Saddam Hussein, and democratic leaders such as Benazir Bhutto. This is an incomplete lists of Muslim leaders and politicians.

Africa[edit]

Algeria[edit]

Cameroon[edit]

  • Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924–1989): former President of Cameroon (from 1960–1982).

Central African Republic[edit]

  • Michel Djotodia (1949–): Head of State of the Central African Republic (from 2013–2014)

Chad[edit]

Côte d'Ivoire[edit]

Egypt[edit]

Guinea[edit]

Guinea-Bissau[edit]

  • Kumba Ialá (1953–2014) 3rd President of Guinea-Bissau (from 2000–2003)

Libya[edit]

Mali[edit]

Mauritania[edit]

Morocco[edit]

  • Hassan II (1929–1999): King of Morocco (from 1961–1999)
  • Mohammed VI (1963–): King of Morocco (from 1999–present)
  • Mohammed V (1909 – 1961): King of Morocco (from 1957 - 1961)

Nigeria[edit]

Senegal[edit]

  • Abdou Diouf (1935–): 2nd President of Senegal (from 1981–2000) and 2nd Secretary General of La Francophone (from 2003–2014)
  • Macky Sall (1961–): 4th President of Senegal (from 2012–present)
  • Abdoulaye Wade (1926–): 3rd President of Senegal (from 2000–2012)

Sierra Leone[edit]

Tanzania[edit]

Tunisia[edit]

Uganda[edit]

  • Idi Amin (1923–28 –2003): the President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979.

Asia[edit]

Afghanistan[edit]

  • Ashraf Ghani (1949-): is the current President of Afghanistan, elected on 21 September 2014.
  • Hamid Karzai (1957-): served as President of Afghanistan for almost ten years, from 7 December 2004 to 29 September 2014.
  • Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940-2011): was President of the Islamic State of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996.
  • Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1926-): served as Acting President after the fall of Mohammad Najibullah's government in April 1992.
  • Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926-2013): He served as Vice President during the last years of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
  • Mohammad Najibullah (1947-1996): was the President of Afghanistan from 1987 until 1992.
  • Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947–2012): interim President of Afghanistan during the period of the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
  • Babrak Karmal (1929-1996): an Afghan politician who was installed as president of Afghanistan by the USSR when they invaded in 1979.
  • Hafizullah Amin (1929 –1979): an Afghan politician and statesman during the Cold War.
  • Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917-1979): was an Afghan politician and statesman during the Cold War.
  • Abdul Qadir (1944-2014): was the leader of the Afghan Air Force squadrons that attacked the Radio-TV Station during the 1978 Coup that started the Saur Revolution.
  • Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909 – 1978): was the Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963, and later became the first President of Afghanistan.

Bangladesh[edit]

Iran[edit]

  • Ali Khamenei (1939–): 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran and was the president of Iran from 1981 to 1989.
  • Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989): Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution who later became the Supreme Leader of Iran.

Iraq[edit]

India[edit]

  • sayed Muhammadali shihab thangal.kerala Muslim രാഷ്ട്രീയ നേതാവ് മതനേതാവ് എന്നീ മേഖലകളിൽ പ്രവർത്തിച്ചു *Moulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958): He was an Indian scholar and the senior Muslim leader of the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence movement. he became the first Minister of Education in the Indian government. His contribution to establishing the education foundation in India is recognised by celebrating his birthday as "National Education Day" across India.
  • Dr. Zakir Hussain, the third President of the Republic of India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakir_Husain_(politician)
  • A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (1931–2015): former President of India, also a notable scientist and an engineer.
  • E. Moidu Moulavi (1886–1995): was a freedom fighter of Malabar, born at Maranchery in Ponnani. Moidu Moulavi served as K.P.C.C working Committee Member, AICC member etc. He was elected to the Malabar District Board from Andathode farqa in 1938. He was also member of the Kozhikode Municipality. In Independent India, he was nominated for Parliament membership but declined the offer to resign from politics and concentrate on education and social reform within his community.
  • P. Kalifulla (1888–1950): Politician of the Madras Presidency, British India. He served as the minister for public works in the short lived ministry of Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu during April–July 1937. He was a Tamil Muslim belonging to the Rowther community. His father T.A. Pitchai Rowther was a wealthy businessman of Tiruchirapalli.[citation needed] He belonged to the All-India Muslim League and was elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly from Tiruchirappalli in the 1937 elections. He was sympathetic to the cause of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (Periyar) and his Self-Respect Movement. In 1937, he spoke against the introduction of compulsory Hindi classes in the Madras legislature and later participated in the anti-Hindi agitation started by Periyar. He was a lawyer by profession and was known by his honorifics as Khan Bahadur P. Khalifulla Sahib Bahadur. He was also a member of the Madras Legislative Council during the early 1930s.He was the Dewan of Pudukottai after his withdrawal from political work.
  • Arif Aqueel (1952- ): One of the most powerful Politician of Bhopal; aka "Sher-e-Bhopal".For almost three decades, politics in Old Bhopal has centred around one man—Arif Aqueel. It has happened several times that BJP won all the seats in Bhopal, except Arif Aqueel's constituency—Bhopal North & saved Congress’ prestige in the State capital.[1]

Indonesia[edit]

  • B. J. Habibie (1936–): 3rd President of Indonesia (from 1998–1999)
  • Hamengkubuwono IX (1912–1988): Sultan of Yogyakarta, and 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (1973-1978)
  • Amien Rais (1944–): Indonesian politician.
  • Suharto (1921–1998): 2nd President of Indonesia (from 1967–1998).
  • Sukarno (1901–1970): 1st President of Indonesia (from 1945–1967).
  • Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947–): 5th President of Indonesia (from 2001–2004)
  • Abdurrahman Wahid (1940–): 4th President of Indonesia, and leader of the National Awakening Party (PKB), which he founded after the fall of Suharto (from 1999–2001).
  • Joko Widodo (1961–): 7th President of Indonesia (2014–present)
  • Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949–): 6th President of Indonesia (2004–2014)
  • Hidayat Nur Wahid (1969-): was the Speaker of Indonesia People's Consultative Assembly for the 2004–2009 period.

Jordan[edit]

  • Abdullah I (1882–1951): Emir of Trans-Jordan (from 1921–1946) under a British Mandate, then King of Transjordan (from 1946 – 1949), and finally King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (from 1949–1951).
  • Abdullah II (1962–): King of Jordan (from 1999–present).
  • Hussein bin Talal (1935–1999) King of Jordan (from 1952–1999)
  • Talal bin Abdullah (1909–1972) King of Jordan (from 1951–1952)

Lebanon[edit]

Malaysia[edit]

Pakistan[edit]

  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948): First Governor general of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
  • Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938): He was a lawyer as well as a renowned poet. In his sermon of Allahabad, he put forward the idea of separate states for the Muslims.
  • Ayub Khan (1907–1974): a Pakistani dictator who later became first and only field marshal of Pakistani army.
  • Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979): President (1971–73) Prime Minister (1973–77).
  • Nawaz Sharif ( 1949-): Prime Minister of Pakistan (3 Times).
  • Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007): Prime Minister of Pakistan (2 Times)
  • Pervez Musharraf (1943-): President of Pakistan (2001-2008)
  • Imran Ahmed Khan (1952-): Prime Minister of Pakistan (2018-present).
  • Shah Mehmood Qureshi (1956-): Foreign Minister of Pakistan (2018-present)

Palestine[edit]

Saudi Arabia[edit]

Qatar[edit]

Uzbekistan[edit]

  • Islam Karimov (1938-2016): was the first president of Uzbekistan from its independence on 1 September 1991 to his death in 2016.
  • Shavkat Mirziyoyev (1957): is current president of Uzbekistan from 2016 till present

Oceania[edit]

Australia[edit]

  • Sam Dastyari (1983–): Senator for New South Wales (from 2013–present).[2][3]
  • Ed Husic (1970–): Member of Parliament for New South Wales (from 2010–present)[4]

FIji[edit]

Europe[edit]

Albania[edit]

  • Sali Berisha (1944–): former President of Albania from 1992 to 1997 and Prime Minister of Albania from 2005 to 2013.
  • Rexhep Meidani (1944–): former President of Albania from 1997 to 2002.
  • Bamir Topi (1957–): former President of Albania from 2007 to 2012.
  • Bujar Nishani (1964–): former President of Albania from 2012 to 2017.
  • Ilir Meta (1969-): incumbent President of Albania since 2017, former Prime Minister from 1999 to 2002.

Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]

  • Alija Izetbegović (1925–2003): former President of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1996 and member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1996 to 2000.
  • Adnan Terzić (1960–): Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina (from 2002–2007)

Netherlands[edit]

  • Ahmed Aboutaleb (1961–): Mayor of Rotterdam (since 2009), State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment (from 2007–2008)
  • Nebahat Albayrak (1968–): State Secretary for Justice (from 2007–2010), Member of the House of Representatives (from 1998–2007, 2010–2011)
  • Ahmed Marcouch (1966–): Mayor of Arnhem (since 2017), Member of the House of Representatives (from 2010–2017)
  • Mohamed Rabbae (1941–): Member of the House of Representatives (from 1994–2002)

Russia[edit]

Turkey[edit]

  • Necmettin Erbakan (1926- 2011): Politician of Welfare Party.
  • İsmet İnönü (1884 – 1973): the second President of Turkey (from 1938 -1950).
  • Celâl Bayar (1883 – 1986): the third President of Turkey (from 1950 to 1960).
  • Cemal Gürsel (1895 – 1966): the fourth President of Turkey (from 1960 – 1966).
  • Cevdet Sunay (1899 – 1982): the fifth President of Turkey (from 1966 – 1973).
  • Fahri Korutürk (1903 – 1987): the sixth President of Turkey (from 1973 – 1980).
  • Kenan Evren (1917 – 2015): the seventh President of Turkey (from 1980 to 1989).
  • Turgut Özal (1927 – 1993): the 8th President of Turkey (from 1989 to 1993).
  • Süleyman Demirel (1924 – 2015): the 9th President of Turkey (from 1993 to 2000).
  • Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941-): the tenth President of Turkey (from 2000 to 2007).
  • Abdullah Gül (1949-): the 11th President of Turkey (from 2007 to 2014).
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954-): is the current President of Turkey, and has held the position since 2014.

United Kingdom[edit]

Members of Parliament[edit]

  • Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (1970–): Member of Parliament for Scotland (from 2015–present).[5]
  • Rushanara Ali (1975–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2010–present); first person of Bangladeshi origin to be elected to the House of Commons.
  • Rosena Allin-Khan (1977–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2016–present).[6]
  • Rehman Chishti (1978–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2010–present).
  • Nusrat Ghani (1972–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2015–present).[7][8]
  • Rupa Huq (1972–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2015–present).
  • Imran Hussain (1978–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2015–present) and Shadow Minister of State for International Development (from 2016–present).
  • Sajid Javid (1969–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2010–present) and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (from 2016–2018), Secretary of State for the Home Department (from 2018-present).[9]
  • Khalid Mahmood (1961–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2001–present).[10]
  • Shabana Mahmood (1980–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2010–present).
  • Shahid Malik (1967–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2005–2010); served as a Minister for International Development (from 2007–2008).[11]
  • Yasmin Qureshi (1963–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2010–present).
  • Anas Sarwar (1983–): Member of Parliament for Scotland (from 2010–2015) and Member of Scottish Parliament (from 2016–present).[12][13]
  • Mohammad Sarwar (1952–): Member of Parliament for Scotland (from 1997–2010);[14] first British Muslim and Pakistani origin MP
  • Naz Shah (1973–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2015–present).[15]
  • Tulip Siddiq (1982–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2015–present).

Peers[edit]

Members of the European Parliament[edit]

  • Amjad Bashir (1952–): Member of the European Parliament for England (from 2014–present).
  • Syed Kamall (1967–): Member of the European Parliament for London (from 2005–present), leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament (from 2013–2014), and Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists in the European Parliament (from 2014–present).
  • Sajjad Karim (1970–): Member of the European Parliament for England (from 2004–present).
  • Afzal Khan (1958–): Member of the European Parliament for England (from 2014–present).
  • Bashir Khanbhai (1945–): Member of the European Parliament for England (from 1999–2004).

Members of Scottish Parliament[edit]

  • Bashir Ahmad (1940–2009): Member of Scottish Parliament (from 2007–2009).[27]
  • Hanzala Malik: Member of Scottish Parliament (from 2011–2016).
  • Humza Yousaf (1985–): Member of Scottish Parliament (from 2011–2016).

Members of Welsh Assembly[edit]

Mayors[edit]

Other[edit]

North America[edit]

Trinidad and Tobago[edit]

  • Noor Hassanali (1918–2006) 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (1987-1997) and the first Muslim head of state in the Americas.

South America[edit]

Uncategorized[edit]

See also[edit]

Lists of Muslims

References[edit]

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