Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz
Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz | |
|---|---|
| محمد نازري بن عبدالعزيز | |
 Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz interviewed during a press conference. | |
| Minister of Tourism and Culture | |
| In office 16 May 2013 – 10 May 2018 | |
| Monarchs | Abdul Halim Muhammad V |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Deputy | Mas Ermieyati Samsudin (2015–2018) |
| Preceded by | Ng Yen Yen (Tourism) Rais Yatim (Culture) |
| Succeeded by | Mohammadin Ketapi as Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture |
| Constituency | Padang Rengas |
| Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Legal Affairs | |
| In office 27 March 2004 – 15 May 2013 | |
| Monarchs | Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Najib Razak |
| Deputy | M. Kayveas (2004–2008) Hasan Malek (2008–2009) Liew Vui Keong (2009–2013) Murugiah Thopasamy (2009–2011) |
| Preceded by | Rais Yatim |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Shukri Shahidan Kassim |
| Constituency | Padang Rengas |
| Minister of Entrepreneur Development | |
| In office 15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004 | |
| Monarchs | Salahuddin Sirajuddin |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Deputy | Mohd Khalid Mohd Yunos (2002–2004) |
| Preceded by | Mustapa Mohamed |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Khaled Nordin as Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development |
| Constituency | Chenderoh |
| Deputy Minister of Finance I | |
| In office 12 November 1996 – 14 December 1999 | |
| Monarchs | Ja'afar Salahuddin |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Minister | Anwar Ibrahim (1996–1998) Mahathir Mohamad (1998–1999) Mustapa Mohamed (1998–1999) Daim Zainuddin (1999) |
| Preceded by | Affifudin Omar |
| Succeeded by | Shafie Salleh |
| Constituency | Chenderoh |
| Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department | |
| In office 8 May 1995 – 12 November 1996 | |
| Monarch | Ja'afar |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Minister | Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha |
| Preceded by | Suleiman Mohamed Wong See Wah |
| Succeeded by | Ibrahim Ali |
| Constituency | Chenderoh |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Padang Rengas | |
| Assumed office 21 March 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Majority | 5,563 (2004) 1,749 (2008) 2,230 (2013) 2,548 (2018) |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Chenderoh | |
| In office 25 April 1995 – 21 March 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Majority | 11,793 (1995) 3,990 (1999) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mohamed Nazri bin Abdul Aziz 15 May 1954 Grik, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020-2021) Muafakat Nasional (MN) |
| Alma mater | Malay College Kuala Kangsar Lincoln's Inn |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Barrister |
Dato' Sri Mohamed Nazri bin Abdul Aziz (Jawi: محمد نازري بن عبدالعزيز; born 15 May 1954) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Tourism and Culture, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of legal affairs, Minister of Entrepreneur Development, Deputy Minister of Finance I and Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Mahathir Mohamad, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak as well as former Ministers Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha, Anwar Ibrahim, Mahathir Mohamad, Mustapa Mohamed and Daim Zainuddin from May 1995 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Padang Rengas since March 2004. [1] He is an alumnus of Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK). He is a member and Division Chairman of Padang Rengas of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the ruling BN coalition which is aligned with another ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. However, he publicly and personally announced his withdrawal of support and he was no longer aligned with PN as an MP although his coalition is, on 12 January 2021, resulting in further collapse of the PN administration led by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin after PN lost the majority support by commanding the support of only 109 out of 220 MPs (at least 111) in the Dewan Rakyat, Parliament. His withdrawal of support was the third one from his coalition after the withdrawals of support of Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (Gua Musang MP) and Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub (Machang MP).
Background
He has an educational background in law and holds a Barrister At-Law Degree from Lincoln's Inn, United Kingdom. He is married to Datin Sri Haflin Saiful Azhar and has two sons named Jean Pierre Azize Mohamed Nazri and Mohamed Nedim Mohamed Nazri.
Political career
At the grassroots level, Nazri was elected Exco of the Malaysian UMNO Youth Movement in 1978. He was later appointed as UMNO Youth Vice Chief in 1993 before acting as UMNO Youth Chief from the following year until 1996.
He was also appointed as the Chairman of the International Affairs Bureau of the Malaysian UMNO Youth Movement from 1986 to 1996 and the Chairman of the Barisan Nasional Malaysia Youth from 1990 to 1994. In addition, he was also appointed as a Member of the UMNO Supreme Council from 1990 to 2018.
He was appointed chairman of MARA from 17 March 1993 to 23 July 1995, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department from 1995 to 1999 and Deputy Minister of Finance II since 1999 until the dissolution of the Cabinet ahead of the general election in December 1999. He was later appointed Minister of Entrepreneur Development until 2004.
His experience as a Member of Parliament began after winning the Chenderoh parliamentary seat on the Barisan Nasional ticket in the 1995 Malaysian general election which he later successfully defended in the next term, (1999-2004). In addition, he was appointed Senator of the Senate from 1991 to 1995.
In the 2004 Malaysian general election, he moved to the Padang Rengas parliamentary seat as a result of the demarcation by the Election Commission (EC). He managed to win it after defeating the PKR candidate, Mohd Zolkafli bin Yahaya. He managed to retain the seat in 2008, 2013 and 2018 general elections.
Nazri was originally the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of legal affairs and judicial reform since 2004. After the 2008 general election, which saw the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition's majority in Parliament significantly reduced, the then Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi reshuffled his cabinet and gave Nazri's legal affairs portfolio to Zaid Ibrahim but only lasted for 6 months when Zaid resigned in September 2008.[2][3] He was the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of law and parliamentary affairs as of 2008[update].[4]
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Government | Votes | Pct | Opposition | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 1995 | Chenderoh | Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz (UMNO) | 16,983 | 73% | Saidin Mat Piah (S46) | 5,190 | 22% | 23,141 | 11,793 | 67.31% | ||
| 1999 | Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz (UMNO) | 13,374 | 57% | Hamzah Mohd Zain (PKR) | 9,384 | 40% | 23,397 | 3,990 | 64.77% | |||
| 2004 | Padang Rengas | Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz (UMNO) | 9,214 | 66% | Mohd Zolkafly Yahaya (PKR) | 4,442 | 32% | 18,132 | 5,563 | 72.93% | ||
| 2008 | Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz (UMNO) | 9,830 | 54% | Alias Zenon (PKR) | 8,081 | 44% | 18,350 | 1,749 | 75.21% | |||
| 2013 | Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz (UMNO) | 13,005 | 55% | Meor Ahmad Isharra Ishak (PKR) | 10,775 | 45% | 24,230 | 2,230 | 84.96% | |||
| 2018 | Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz (UMNO) | 10,491 | 41.50% | Ejazi Yahaya (PKR) | 7,943 | 31.42% | 25,698 | 2,548 | 82.91% | |||
| Mohd Azalan Mohd Radzi (PAS) | 6,847 | 27.08% | ||||||||||
| Ahmad Affandi Fairuz (KITA) | 1,380 | 16.07% | ||||||||||
Honours
Kelantan :
Knight Commander of the Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan (DJMK) - Dato' (2011)[11][12]
Malacca :
Companion Class I of the Order of Malacca (DMSM) - Datuk (1993)[11]
Pahang :
Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) - Dato' Sri (2008)[11][13]
Perak :
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (SPMP) - Dato' Seri (2000)[11]
References
- ^ "Mohamed Nazri bin Tan Sri Abdul Aziz, Y.B. Dato' Seri" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 25 December 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ^ Deborah Loh (18 March 2008). "It's going to be one hell of a Parliament". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 21 March 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
- ^ "Malaysian minister quits in furore over crackdown". Agence France-Presse. 15 September 2008. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ Manjit Kaur (5 December 2005). "Kok did not break law by showing clip, says Nazri". The Star. Archived from the original on 14 March 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 14 June 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- ^ "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 12 March 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
- ^ "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum. Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- ^ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- ^ a b c d "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia).
- ^ "Armed Forces chief leads Kelantan honours list". The Star. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "David Arumugam, Khadijah Ibrahim now Datuks". Bernama. The Star. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
