Kani K. Navas (born 14 May 1979) is an Indian politician and social worker from

Indian Union Muslim League The Indian Union Muslim League (abbreviated as the I. U. M. L. or the League) is an Indian political party primarily based in the Indian state of Kerala. It is recognised as a State Party in Kerala by the Election Commission of India. The first ...

who serves as the

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(2019 - present) from

Ramanathapuram Ramanathapuram (), also known as Ramnad, is a town and a municipality in Ramanathapuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Ramanathapuram district and the second largest town (by population) in ...

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of the Indian state

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. He is currently a member of Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare and Consultative Committee, Ministry of Shipping. Navas was born on 14 May 1979 to Khadarmeera Gani and Ramjan Beevi at

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

. He completed his Senior Grade School from Arupukottai. He joined the

in 2011 and later served as the State Official Advisor. He was a member of the Standing Committee on Labour from 2019 to 2020. Navas is one of the four

members in the Indian Parliament (along with

E. T. Mohammed Basheer E. T. Mohammed Basheer (born 1 July 1946) is an Indian politician and social worker who serves as the Member of Parliament from Ponnani Parliament Constituency of the Indian state Kerala. Basheer was first elected to Kerala Legislative Assemb ...

M. P. Abdussamad Samadani 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 Jawaharl ...

and

P. V. Abdul Wahab P. V. Abdul Wahab (born 1 July 1950) is an Indian politician and social worker from Nilambur, Malappuram. He currently serves as a Member of Parliament (India), Member of Parliament from Kerala in the Rajya Sabha, Rajya Sabha (the Council of Stat ...

). He is also first

from Tamil Nadu since S. M. Muhammed Sheriff (Periyakulam).

17th General Elections (2019)

* Source: https://eci.gov.in/files/file/10929-33constituency-wise-detailed-result/

References

India MPs 2019–present Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu Living people Indian Union Muslim League politicians People from Ramanathapuram district 1979 births {{TamilNadu-politician-stub