M. P. Abdus Samad Samadani, is scholar, orator, academician, Indian politician and a two-time member of Rajya Sabha, the upper House of Indian Parliament and former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Kerala from Kottakkal Assembly Constituency. Born in Kottakkal, a small town in Malappuram district in Kerala, Samadani is currently the national secretary of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).Born 1 January 1959Kottakkal, IndiaPolitical party I U M LResidence Kottakkal, MalappuramReligion IslamEducational QualificationsB.A. with First Rank,M.A. with Second Rank.M.Phil. with Dissertation Comparing Allama Iqbal and Immanuel Kant L.L.B. Presently doing Ph.D. in Philosophy on Allama Iqbal at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi