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| party = [[Indian Union Muslim League]]
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'''P. V. Abdul Wahab''' is a businessman, social activist and politician hailing from [[Kerala]] state in India. He is currently a [[Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Indian Parliament]], representing Kerala state. He is one of the top leaders of [[Indian Union Muslim League]] and the present Treasurer of the party. He has been elected unopposed as Member of Parliament twice to the [[Rajya Sabha]] for the years 2004 to 2010<ref name=Bloomberg/> and 2015 to the present.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/iuml-names-p-v-abdul-wahab-as-its-rajya-sabha-candidate-1.185338 |title=IUML names P V Abdul Wahab as its Rajya Sabha candidate |date=4 April 2015| publisher=mathrumbi.com}}</ref>

==Biography==
P V Abdul Wahab is a retired non-resident Indian businessman with business activities in India and the Middle East. His father was P. V. Alavikutty and his mother Varikkodan Fathima.<ref name=NRII>{{cite web|url=http://www.nriinternet.com/NRIpoliticians/INDIA/AbdulForMP/index.htm |title=NRI businessman, richest MP-aspirant in Kerala's electoral history |date=13 March 2004 |website=NRIInternet.com}}</ref> He hails from [[Nilambur]], [[Malappuram]].

His efforts to improve the lives of common citizens, especially women and socially deprived persons, were recognised when he was awarded the Lions Excellence Award in 1997 for outstanding service as an NRI, in the field of social, economic and educational advancement of Kerala.<ref name=NRII/> The projects he carried out under the central-government sponsored NGO, Jan Sikshan Sansthan (JSS), in Malappuram district has changed the economical and social status of thousands of people. [[UNESCO]] has recognised the social changes the organisation has brought, by awarding the [[UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy|Confucius Prize for Literacy]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners of the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes 2016 |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000245749 |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=26 March 2019}}</ref><ref name=JSS>{{cite news |author1=Abdul Latheef Naha |title=JSS Malappuram wins Unesco literacy award |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/JSS-Malappuram-wins-Unesco-literacy-award/article14620307.ece |access-date=26 March 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=3 September 2016 |quote=Abdul Wahab to receive prestigious prize from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon}}</ref> The organisation also won the top Indian award in the field of lifelong education, Sakshar Bharat Award, in the year 2014.

P V Abdul Wahab has adopted two villages near his town, Nilambur, under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana project.<ref>{{cite news |author1=TP Nijeesh |title=Nedumkayam, first 'digital' tribal colony in the country |url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31811&articlexml=Nedumkayam-first-digital-tribal-colony-in-the-country-28122016004027 |access-date=26 March 2019 |work=Times of India |date=28 December 2016}}</ref>

==Business portfolio==
P V Abdul Wahab is a director at Cheraman Financial Services Ltd., Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences Ltd., and Feroke Boards Ltd in [[Kozhikode]].<ref name=Bloomberg>{{cite web|title=Executive Profile: P. V. Abdul Wahab| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=85148010&privcapId=49340722 |publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref>
He heads the Peevees and Bridgeway group of companies<ref name=Bloomberg/> in India, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

He claimed to be worth more than $32 million at the time of his 2004 election to the Rajya Sabha.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Talal Malik |title=Dubai-based tycoon thrown off Air India flight |url=https://www.arabianbusiness.com/dubai-based-tycoon-thrown-off-air-india-flight-51039.html |access-date=26 March 2019 |work=Arabian Business |date=9 April 2008}}</ref>

==Social profile==
*Member of Rajya Sabha, the Upper house of the Parliament of India
*Chief Patron, [[Amal College of Advanced Studies, Nilambur|Amal College of Advanced Studies]]
*Chairman, Nilambur Muslim Orphanage Committee
*Former Member of Rajiv Gandhi International Sports Foundation
*Member of Malabar Development Board
*Member of Malabar Chamber of Commerce
*Chairman of Malabar Airport Development Action Committee (MADAC)<ref name=NRII/>
*Chairman JSS [[Malappuram District]]<ref name=JSS/>
*Chairman Global Kerala Initiative – Keraleeyam<ref>{{cite web |title=Office Bearers of Keraleeyam |url=http://www.keraleeyam.in/office-staff/ |website=Global Kerala Initiative - Keraleeyam |access-date=26 March 2019}}</ref>

==Awards==
* Lions Excellence Award, 1997<ref name=NRII/>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web|url=http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=1929 |title= Profile on Rajya Sabha website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201411/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=1929 |archive-date=2007-09-30}}

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[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Kerala]]
[[Category:Malayali politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Malappuram district]]
[[Category:Indian Union Muslim League politicians]]
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