Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal

Sayyid
Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal
Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal
	Sadiq Ali Thangal (2022)
Kerala State President, Indian Union Muslim League
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from 's Malappuram district
	In office; 7 March 2022 – Present
President	Coordination of Islamic Colleges - CIC
Chairman, Political Advisory Committee, Indian Union Muslim League
	In office; 7 March 2022 – Present
Personal details
Born	25 May 1964 (age 60); Panakkad, (Malappuram), Kerala
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian Union Muslim League
Relations	Sayyid Muhammadali Shihab Thangal (brother); Sayyid Umerali Shihab Thangal (brother); Sayyid Hyderali Shihab Thangal (brother); Syed Abbas Ali Shihab Thangal (brother);
Children	Sayyid Aseel Ali Shihab Thangal (son); Sayyid Shaheen Ali Shihab Thangal (son); Sayyid Yamin Ali Shihab Thangal (son);
Parent	P. M. S. A. Pookkoya Thangal (father);
Residence	Panakkad (Malappuram)
Occupation	Community leader; Politician;

Panakkad Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal (Sayyidul Ummah) (born 25 May 1964) is a sayyid (thangal) community leader and politician from Kerala, southern India. He currently serves as the Kerala State President, Indian Union Muslim League,^[1]^[2] Chancellor of Darul Huda Islamic University

Sadiq Ali Thangal is a member of the Pukkoya family of Panakkad (south Malabar).^[3] He is the son of P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal and the younger brother of Mohammedali Thangal, Umerali Thangal and Hyderali Thangal. He is associated with Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation (S. K. S. S. F.) and Sunni Yuvajana Sangam (S. Y. S.), the student and youth wings of the E. K. faction of Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyat al-'Ulama', the principal Sunni-Shafi'i scholarly body in Kerala, and the Youth League, the youth wing of Indian Union Muslim League.^[4] ^[5] He also served as the Malappuram District President, Indian Union Muslim League for over a decade.^[6] He later led the party de facto for a short span in the absence of his ailing brother Hyderali Thangal.^[4]^[7]

Sadiq Ali Thangal was chosen as the successor to Hyderali Thangal as the Kerala State President, Indian Union Muslim League in 2022. Sadiq Ali Thangal also serves as the Chairman, National Political Advisory Committee, Indian Union Muslim League.^[6] He is also Vice-President, Mounathul Islam Sabha, Ponnani, President, Noorul Huda Islamic College and Chairman, Islamic Centre, Kozhikode. He is also the member of the executive committee of the Samastha Matha Vidyabhyasa Board.^[5]