Nasarudin Hashim

{{Short description|Malaysian politician}}

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| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Dato'

| name = Nasarudin Hashim

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| birth_name = Nasarudin bin Hashim

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|07|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)

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| constituency_AM2 = Bota

| assembly2 = Perak State Legislative

| term_start2 = 8 March 2008

| term_end2 = 9 May 2018

| predecessor2 = Che'ri Md Daud (UMNO-BN)

| successor2 = Khairul Shahril Mohamed (UMNO-BN)

| constituency_MP3 = Parit, Perak

| parliament3 = Malaysian

| term_start3 = 2004

| term_end3 = 2008

| predecessor3 = Mat Basir Rahmat (PAS-BA)

| successor3 = Mohd Nizar Zakaria (UMNO-BN)

| citizenship = Malaysian

| party = United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
People's Justice Party (PKR) (from 25 January 2009 to 4 February 2009)

| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (from 25 January 2009 to 4 February 2009)

| occupation = Politician

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Nasarudin Hashim (born 20 July 1950) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Parit from March 2004 to March 2008 and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Bota from March 2008 and May 2018. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

As member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly, he was known for his key role in the 2009 Perak constitutional crisis. His defection from the People's Justice Party (PKR) back to the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)—days after he had defected the other way earlier—helped cause the collapse of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) government of which PKR was a component party.

Nasarudin was first elected as the MP of Parit by winning the seat in 2004 general election, representing UMNO of Barisan Nasional (BN). He than switched to contest the Perak state seat of Bota and elected to the state assembly in 2008 general election.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2009/01/26/nasarudin-is-first-bn-rep-to-join-opposition/|title=Nasarudin is first BN rep to join Opposition|last=Ritikos|first=Jane|date=26 January 2009|work=The Star|accessdate=4 February 2011}} In the 2008 election, the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition took power in Perak, consigning Nasarudin's UMNO to opposition for the first time in the state's history. On 25 January 2009, Nasarudin announced his defection to PKR, thus boosting the Pakatan Rakyat's narrow majority in the assembly. He claimed it was a "brave" decision that had the support of his constituents. His move was followed by the defection of eight UMNO branches in his constituency.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2009/01/29/nasarudin-to-explain-his-move/|title=Nasarudin to explain his move|date=29 January 2009|work=The Star|accessdate=4 February 2011}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2009/02/01/bota-branch-leaders-follow-nasarudin-to-pkr/|title=Bota branch leaders follow Nasarudin to PKR|last=Koh|first=Christina|date=1 February 2009|work=The Star|accessdate=4 February 2011}} However, in early February, Nasarudin defected back to UMNO. Joined by three other Pakatan Rakyat MPs, the defection gave the UMNO-led Barisan Nasional coalition the numbers to return to the state government.{{cite news|url=http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20090208-120370.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211095146/http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20090208-120370.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 February 2009|title=Boost for Najib, blow to Anwar|date=8 February 2009|work=New Straits Times|accessdate=4 February 2011}} Nasarudin said his reversal was to ensure the "stability" of government in Perak.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2009/02/05/i-want-to-see-stability-in-perak-says-nasarudin/|title=I want to see stability in Perak, says Nasarudin|date=5 February 2009|work=The Star|accessdate=4 February 2011}}