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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1958)}}
{{Other uses|Mohammad Ilyas (disambiguation){{!}}Mohammad Ilyas}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sheikh Mohammad Illias
| native_name =
| office = Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2001
| term_end = 2009
| predecessor = Debi Sankar Panda
| successor = [[Firoja Bibi]]
| constituency = [[Nandigram Assembly constituency|Nandigram]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1958|03|10}}
| birth_place = [[Nandigram I|Samsabad]], [[Midnapore district]], [[West Bengal]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Communist Party of India]]
| alma_mater =
| education = [[Sitananda College]]<br>[[Nandigram Brajamohan Tewary Sikshaniketan]]
| children =
}}

'''Sheikh Mohammad Illias''' (born 10 March 1958) is an Indian politician belonging to the [[Communist Party of India]]. He was the MLA of [[Nandigram Assembly constituency]] in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]].<ref name=my>{{cite web|url=https://myneta.info/wb2006/candidate.php?candidate_id=489|title=Sk. Mujibur Rahman|website=MyNeta|access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Illias was born on 10 March 1958 to a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] family of [[Muslim]] [[Sheikhs of Bengal|Sheikhs]] in the village of [[Nandigram I|Samsabad]] in [[Midnapore district]], [[West Bengal]]. He is the son of Sheikh Abdul Jabbar. Illias studied at the [[Nandigram Brajamohan Tewary Sikshaniketan|Nandigram Braja Mohan Tewary High School]] and [[Sitananda College]]. He holds a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|title=Who's Who of Members|page=345|publisher=West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat|year=2006}}</ref>

==Career==
Illias contested in the [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] where he ran as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate for [[Nandigram Assembly constituency]], defeating Trinamool politician [[Sunil Baran Maiti]].<ref name=election2001>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3193-west-bengal-2001/ |title=West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2001 |date=16 August 2018 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=6 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/2001/nandigram/|title=Nandigram, 2001|website=Latestly|access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> Illias was a member of the Standing Committee on Housing and Public Works. He was re-elected in the [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], defeating Maiti once again.<ref name=election2006>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3194-west-bengal-2006/ |title=West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 2006 |date=16 August 2018 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=6 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/2006/nandigram/|title=Nandigram, 2006|website=Latestly|access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref>

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[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011]]
[[Category:People from Purba Medinipur district]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:21st-century Bengali people]]
[[Category:Bengali Muslims]]
[[Category:Indian Sunni Muslims]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician stubs]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal]]

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