Syed Sadatullah Hussaini has been elected Ameer (National President) of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. He was elected by Jamaat’s 157-member Markazi Majlis-e-Numaindagan (Council of Representatives) after thorough deliberations on all aspects. He has been elected for a 4-year term from April 2019 till March 2023.
Syed Sadatullah Hussaini succeeds Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari, who had been Ameer JIH for the last three consecutive terms. He is the sixth Ameer of the organisation. Earlier Maulana Abul Lais Islahi Nadvi, Maulana Muhammad Yusuf, Maulana Sirajul Hasan, Dr. Abdul Haq Ansari and Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari served as Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.
Syed Sadatullah Hussaini is former National President of Jamaat’s students organisation, the Students Islamic Organisation (SIO) of India for two consecutive terms (1999 till 2003). He also heads the Study and Research Department of JIH as its Director. He has a Bachelors degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering. He is on the boards of many social and academic organisations in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi and Aligarh. Born in Nanded, Maharashtra in 1973, he is the youngest ever Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.