Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal

Panakkad Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal (Birth name:Habib Sadiq Ali Shihab bin Ali Al-Hussaini Ba Alavi) (Arabic: صادق علي شهاب بن علي الحسيني با علوي)(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).

[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.

Sadiq Ali Thangal also serves as the Chairman, National Political Advisory Committee, Indian Union Muslim League.