Nur Jazlan Mohamed
{{Short description|Malaysian politician}}
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{{Malay name|Nur Jazlan|Mohamed|note=on}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Senator Datuk
| name = Nur Jazlan Mohamed
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|size=100|country=MYS|PGDK}}
| image = 23º Foro Parlamentario Asia Pacífico - Nur Jazlan Mohamed (MALASIA) (15650994334) (cropped).jpg
| caption =
| order = 15th
| office = Deputy President of the Dewan Negara
| term_start = 19 June 2023
| term_end =
| monarch = Abdullah
{{small|(2023–2024)}}
Ibrahim Iskandar
{{small|(since 2024)}}
| primeminister = Anwar Ibrahim
| president = Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
{{small|(2023–2024)}}
Mutang Tagal
{{small|(February–May 2024)}}
Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah
{{small|(since July 2024)}}
| predecessor = Mohamad Ali Mohamad
| successor =
| office1 = Senator
{{small|Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong}}
| term_start1 = 19 June 2023
| term_end1 =
| monarch1 = Abdullah
{{small|(2023–2024)}}
Ibrahim Iskandar
{{small|(since 2024)}}
| primeminister1 = Anwar Ibrahim
| office2 = Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I
| term_start2 = 29 July 2015
| term_end2 = 10 May 2018
| alongside2 = Masir Kujat
| primeminister2 = Najib Razak
| minister2 = Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
| constituency2 = Pulai
| predecessor2 = Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
| successor2 = Azis Jamman
{{small|(Deputy Minister of Home Affairs)}}
| monarch2 = Abdul Halim
{{small|(2015–2016)}}
Muhammad V
{{small|(2016–2018)}}
| office3 = Chairman of the
Public Accounts Committee
| term_start3 = 24 June 2013
| term_end3 = 29 July 2015
| primeminister3 = Najib Razak
| deputy3 = Tan Seng Giaw
| monarch3 = Abdul Halim
| predecessor3 = Azmi Khalid
| successor3 = Hasan Arifin
| constituency3 = Pulai
| constituency_MP4 = Pulai
| parliament4 = Malaysian
| term_start4 = 21 March 2004
| term_end4 = 9 May 2018
| predecessor4 = Abdul Kadir Annuar
(BN–UMNO)
| successor4 = Salahuddin Ayub
(PH–AMANAH)
| majority4 = 34,926 (2004)
20,449 (2008)
3,226 (2013)
| birth_name = Nur Jazlan bin Mohamed
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|02|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Selangor, Malaysia
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)
| occupation = Politician
| relations = Jaffar Hussein (father-in-law)
| parents = Mohamed Rahmat
| spouse = Rossana Jaffar
| children = 3
| website = {{url|http://www.nurjazlan.net/}}
| footnotes =
| native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|نور جذلان محمد}}}}
}}
Nur Jazlan bin Mohamed (born 15 February 1966) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 15th Deputy President of the Dewan Negara and Senator since June 2023. He served as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi from July 2015 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018, Member of Parliament (MP) for Pulai from March 2004 to May 2018 and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) from June 2013 to July 2015. He is a member and Division Chief of Pulai of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was also the State Deputy Chairman of UMNO of Johor. He is regarded as a vocal critic of Perikatan Nasional (PN) and its Chairman Muhyiddin Yassin.{{cite news|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/07/28/New-ministers-Cabinet/|title=Cabinet reshuffle: Who's in, who's out|date=28 July 2015|work=The Star|accessdate=28 July 2015}}
Personal life
Nur Jazlan is married and has three children.{{cite web|url=http://www.nurjazlan.net/?page_id=2|title=About|work=nurjazlan.net|accessdate=2 February 2010}} He is the eldest son of former Information Minister Mohamed Rahmat,{{cite news|url=http://www.mysinchew.com/node/33385|title=Former information minister dies – UPDATED|date=11 January 2010|work=mysinchew.com|publisher=Sin Chew Jit Po|accessdate=2 February 2010}} who was of JavaneseHussein Alattas (1991), p. 226 and Chinese descent.[http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2009/10/25/lifefocus/4875594&sec=lifefocus The truth emerges], 25 October 2009, Andrew Sia, The Star Nur Jazlan's mother Puan Sri Salbiah Abdul Hamid was of Teochew Chinese heritage, and associates closely with the Chinese community.[http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/housewife-gets-surprise-visit-1.53101 Housewife gets surprise visit], 29 February 2012, Ben Tan, New Straits Times He is a columnist for The Malaysian Insider.{{cite web|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/nur-jazlan|title=Nur Jazlan|publisher=The Malaysian Insider|accessdate=2 February 2010}}
Education
Nur Jazlan is an alumnus from the South Bank Polytechnic,{{Cite web|url=https://www.hedd.ac.uk/viewInstitution?id=170|title=South Bank Polytechnic | Higher Education Degree Datacheck}} United Kingdom and Emile Woolf School of Accountancy,{{cite web |url=http://www.emilewoolf.com/ |title=Home |website=emilewoolf.com}} London.
Corporate career
In the year 1990, Nur Jazlan was appointed one of the Administrative Executives in IGB Corporation Berhad.{{cite web |url=http://www.igbcorp.com/key_financial_f.html |title=IGB Corporation Berhad |website=www.igbcorp.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617044230/http://www.igbcorp.com/key_financial_f.html |archive-date=2012-06-17}} He stayed in IGB for a year before moving to Equatorial hotel (M) Sdn Bhd and later in 1994 he was appointed the Finance Officer for the joint venture of Proton-DRB Sdn Bhd. He stayed there up till the year 2004, where he left his corporate life to contest the 12th General Election.{{cite web |url=http://www.mmail.com.my/story/drb-hicom-promise-better-after-sales-47894 |title=DRB-Hicom promise better after-sales {{!}} The Malay Mail |website=www.mmail.com.my |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227061358/http://www.mmail.com.my/story/drb-hicom-promise-better-after-sales-47894 |archive-date=2013-02-27}}
Political career
Nur Jazlan was elected to federal Parliament in the 2004 election for the UMNO-held seat of Pulai, previously held by Abdul Kadir Annuar.{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia|accessdate=2 February 2010}} Percentage figures based on total turnout. He ran for the Deputy Presidency of UMNO in 2008, citing the need for UMNO to regenerate after the 2008 election, stating "UMNO must realise it is at the crossroads—it's a matter of life and death." His candidacy was described by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad as one of a "joker".{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-35948520081014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018142432/http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-35948520081014|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2008|title=Maverick Malaysian politician tests old order|last=Hamid|first=Jalil|date=14 October 2008|work=Reuters India|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=2 February 2010}} By the end of October 2008, Nur Jazlan had withdrawn from the race.{{cite news|title=Nur Jazlan out of race for No. 2 post |date=28 October 2008|work=New Straits Times|publisher=New Straits Times Press}} In the 2013 election, he retained his seat, withstanding a challenge from senior Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) politician Salahuddin Ayub, a local but Kelantan-based MP who switched back to Johor to seek to unseat Nur Jazlan.{{cite news|url=http://www.fz.com/content/ge13-can-salahuddin-deliver-malay-votes-kit-siang|title=GE13: Can Salahuddin deliver Malay votes to Kit Siang?|date=1 May 2013|work=fz.com|accessdate=2 November 2014}} Days before the 2018 election, he tweeted that the postal votes will not have significant effects to the outcome of the election, as a response to the complaints of delayed postal votes.{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/NurJazlan/status/993153938101755905|title=Nur Jazlan Mohamed on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-05-10|language=en}} However, he was defeated by Salahuddin Ayub, who then had contested as a member of National Trust Party (AMANAH) and under the Pakatan Harapan (PH) banner in the election, along with other prominent politicians from UMNO.{{Cite news|url=https://www.todayonline.com/malaysian-ge/big-blow-bn-stronghold-states-fall-opposition-key-party-leaders-ousted|title=In big blow to BN, stronghold states fall to opposition, key party leaders ousted|work=TODAYonline|access-date=2018-05-10}}{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/bns-big-names-toppled-one-after-another|title=Malaysia Votes 2018: BN's big names toppled, one after another|first=Nadirah|last=H. Rodzi|date=10 May 2018|work=The Straits Times|accessdate=10 May 2018}} He failed to win back the Pulai seat during the 2022 election.
Controversy
In July 2015, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chief Nur Jazlan has come under heavy fire for postponing the hearing into 1MDB scandal from August to October.{{Cite web |last=Chie |first=Kow Gah |date=2015-07-29 |title=Nur Jazlan slammed for putting off 1MDB hearing |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/306512 |access-date= |website=Malaysiakini}}
On 31 October 2015, Nur Jazlan has called on Arul Kanda Kandasamy and Tony Pua to stop their public debate on 1MDB, to avoid the credibility and integrity of the committee being questioned by any party.{{Cite web |date=2015-10-31 |title=Call off public debate on 1MDB: Nur Jazlan |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/10/call-public-debate-1mdb-nur-jazlan |website=New Straits Times}}
Election results
Honours
- {{flag|Malaysia}} :
- 50px Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal
- {{Flag|Sabah}} :
- 50px Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2000){{cite web|date=16 September 2000|accessdate=6 October 2018|publisher=Government Printing Department|title=Warta Kerajaan|url=https://www.sabah.gov.my/gazette/docs/000248.pdf}}
See also
References
Bibliography
- Hussien Alattas (Syed.), Perang di Parit Raja, Al-Suhaimi, 1991
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