| M.P. Abdussamad Samadani MP | |
| Birth Date: | 1959 1, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Kottakkal, India |
| Residence: | Kottakkal, Malappuram |
| Party: | Indian Union Muslim League |
| Office1: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Term Start1: | 04 Jun 2024 |
| Predecessor1: | E. T. Mohammed Basheer |
| Constituency1: | Ponnani, Kerala |
| Term Start2: | 02 May 2021[1] |
| Term End2: | 04 Jun 2024 |
| Predecessor2: | P. K. Kunhalikutty |
| Successor2: | E. T. Mohammed Basheer |
| Constituency2: | Malappuram, Kerala |
| Office3: | Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start3: | May 2011 |
| Term End3: | May 2016 |
| Successor3: | K. K. Abid Hussain Thangal |
| Constituency3: | Kottakkal |
| Office4: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
| Term4: | 1994 to 2006 |
| Constituency4: | Kerala |
| Nationality: | Indian |
M.P. Abdussamad Samadani (born 1 January 1959) is an Indian politician, orator, writer and scholar. He knows Malayalam, English, Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit languages. Samadani was awarded Doctor of Philosophy degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.[2]
M.P. Abdussamad Samadani was born as son of M.P. Abdul Hameed Haidari and Ottakath Zainab on 1 January 1959 at Kottakkal, Malappuram district.[3] [4]
Samadani holds a Bachelor of Arts with First Rank, Master of Arts with Second Rank from Farook College in 1982, and M. Phil. from University of Calicut in 1986, LLB from Government Law College, Kozhikode in 2003. He did his PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Samadani is a two time Parliament member (Rajya Sabha: 1994-2000, 2000-2006). He was a member of Kerala Legislative Assembly (Kottakkal constituency) from 2011 to 2016.[5] He was nominated as the Convenor of the Parliamentary Sub-committee on Universities and Higher Education and Member of Central Advisory Board of Education, Government of India. He was also a member of India’s official and parliamentary delegations to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria and Jordan, appointed by the Union government. He also worked as a member of Kerala Sahitya Academy and Kerala Kalamandalam. He was elected as Member of parliament, Lok Sabha representing Malappuram (Lok Sabha constituency) through by - election held in 2021.[6]
He was elected as Member of parliament, Lok Sabha representing Malappuram (Lok Sabha constituency) through by - election held in 2021.[7]
In the 2024 Indian general election, he was elected as Member of parliament, Lok Sabha representing Ponnani (Lok Sabha constituency).[8]
Samadani has translated the speeches of Manmohan Singh, Soniya Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Farooq Abdullah, Gulam Nabi Azad, Kapil Sibal, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Nitish Kumar, Karan Singh, Gulzar, Raj Babbar, Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, Arjun Singh, Kuldip Nayar, Pandit Jasraj, Ali Sardar Jafri, and Padmashree Shamsur Rahman Faruqi. Shri M. T. Vasudevan Nair called him ‘Vashya Vachassu’ (The Enchanting Word).