Sayyid Hyderali Shihab Thangal is the Kerala State president of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).He is the third son of PMSA Pookkoya Thangal. Hyderali Shihab Thangal is the brother of Late Sayyid Mohammedali Shihab Thangal and the late Sayed Umerali Shihab Thangal.He has been elected as Qadi in many Islamic mahals in Kerala due to the death of his elder brother Sayed Umerali Shihab Thangal.