Completed Intermediate; Son of Shri.P.Ali Musaliar; born in 1927; Wife:Amina; 1 Son (Dr.M.K.Muneer, Minister) 2 Daughters.

Member, 1st KLA [Tanur-ML], 2nd KLA [Tanur-ML], (Resigned on 06 March 1962), 3rd KLA [Mankada-ML], 4th KLA [Kondotti-ML] (Resigned on 05 February 1973), 5th KLA [Malappuram-ML], 6th KLA [Manjeri-ML], 7th KLA [Manjeri-ML].

Speaker 2nd KLA from 09-06-1961 to 10-11-1961; Minister for Education from06-03-1967 to 21-10-1969, Minister for Education & Home from 01-11-1969 to 01-08-1970 & from 04-10-1970 to 01-03-1973; Minister for Finance & Education from 25-03-1977 to 25-04-1977, Minister for Education from 27-04-1977 to 20-12-1977, from 04-10-1978 to 27-10-1978 & from 29-10-1978 to 07-10-1979; Chief Minister, from 12 October 1979 to 01 December 1979; Deputy Chief Minister from 28-12-1981 to 17-03-1982, and from 24-05-1982 to 28-09-1983; Member, Lok Sabha (1962-67) & (1973-77); Chairman, Public Accounts Committee (1980-82), Assurance Committee (1958-59); Member, IUML Working Committee, Kerala University Senate, State Language Institute; Chairman, Governing Body, REC, Calicut; General Secretary, Kerala Muslim League, Indian Union Muslim League from 1973; Leader, Muslim League Legislature Party from 19157; Chief Editor, Chandrika Daily.

Publictions : ‘My Haj Pilgrimage’, ‘Caux-London-Cairo’, ‘How Legislative Assembly Works’, ‘The Malaysia I Saw’, ‘Five Days in Srilanka’, ‘Camel to Cadilac’, to name a few.

Expired on 28-09-1983 while serving as Deputy Chief Minister, Obituary made on 25-11-1983.