P. M. Sayeed

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Padanatha Mohammed Sayeed

| image = File:P.M. Sayeed.jpg

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|5|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Andrott Island, Lakshadweep, British India

| residence = Lakshadweep

| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|12|18|1941|5|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Seoul, South Korea

| death_cause = Cardiac arrest

| constituency = Lakshadweep

| office = Minister of Power

| term_start = 22 May 2004

| term_end = 18 Dec 2005

| predecessor = Anant Geete

| successor = Sushilkumar Shinde

| office2 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term_start2 = 1967

| term_end2 = 2004

| constituency2 = Lakshadweep

| successor2 = Dr P. Pookunhi Koya

| party = Indian National Congress

| spouse = A.B. Rahmath Sayeed

| children = 1 son (Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed) and 7 daughters

| website =

| footnotes =

| source = [https://web.archive.org/web/20121016044107/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-12-19/india/27832052_1_cabinet-condoles-speaker-somnath-chatterjee-deputy-speaker TOI obituary]

}}

Padanatha Mohammed Sayeed (10 May 1941 – 18 December 2005) was a leader of the Indian National Congress party. He was a member of Lok Sabha for ten consecutive terms from 1967 to 2004{{cite web|last=Sayeed|first=P.M|title=Ten Terms in Lok Sabha|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=546|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|accessdate=29 March 2011}} representing Lakshadweep.

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Early life

P.M. Sayeed was born in Andrott Island, Lakshadweep. He studied at Government Arts College, Mangalore and at Sidhartha College of Law, Mumbai.

Political career

P.M. Sayeed was first elected to Lok Sabha in 1967 at the age of 26. Late KeraKada Syed Mohammed from Andrott, the first graduate and Law graduate from Lakshadweep mentored Shri.Sayeed and made him a candidate in the 1967 Parliament elections. He became the first and only Parliamentarian from Lakshadweep (Lok Sabha constituency) to become a Cabinet Minister. He served as Union Minister of State, Steel, Coal and Mines in 1979–1980; Union Minister of State, Home Affairs 1993–1995; Union Minister of State, Information and Broadcasting 1995–1996; and Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha 1998–2004. He was a member of the Congress Working Committee.

Sayeed won the Lok Sabha elections in 1967 and continued to win every election till 2004 serving for ten consecutive terms as Member of Parliament for Lakshadweep in total. This run was halted when he was defeated by Dr P Pookunhikoya of Janata Dal (United) in the 2004 general election by 71 votes.{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|title=Statistical report on general elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha|publisher=ECI|page=361|accessdate=30 May 2014}} He then became a member of the Rajya Sabha representing the National Capital territory of Delhi.{{cite web|url=http://www.dpcc.co.in/previousrajyasabha.php|title=Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee|publisher=Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee|accessdate=30 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813085045/http://dpcc.co.in/previousrajyasabha.php|archive-date=13 August 2013|url-status=dead}} He was Union Power Minister when he died of a cardiac arrest in Seoul on 18 December 2005.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Cabinet-condoles-PM-Sayeeds-death/articleshow/1336945.cms|title=Cabinet condoles PM Sayeed's death|work=The Times of India|date=19 December 2005|accessdate=30 May 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/power-minister-p-m-sayeed-is-dead/2514-4-2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605114710/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/power-minister-p-m-sayeed-is-dead/2514-4-2.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2014|title=Power Minister P M Sayeed is dead|work=IBNLive|date=19 December 2005|accessdate=30 May 2014}}{{cite news |date=19 December 2005 |title=Power Minister P M Sayeed is dead |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/power-minister-p-m-sayeed-is-dead-229538.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523105248/https://www.news18.com/news/india/power-minister-p-m-sayeed-is-dead-229538.html |archive-date=23 May 2024 |access-date=23 May 2024 |work=News18 |language=en}}

Personal life

His son Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed, a Law graduate from Indian Society College in Pune, was elected from the Lakshadweep constituency at the age of 26. He was the youngest MP in the 15th Lok Sabha.{{cite news|title=Entry into Parliament is a reward: Hamdulla Sayeed|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/entry-into-parliament-is-a-reward-hamdulla-sayeed/463815/|work=The Indian Express|date=21 May 2009|accessdate=30 May 2014}}