Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Abdullah

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Datuk

| name = Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Abdullah

| birth_name = Wan Abdul Rahim bin Wan Abdullah

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|DPSM|size=100%}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|02|24|df=y}}

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

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| constituency_MP = Kota Bharu

| parliament = Malaysian

| term_start = 8 March 2008

| term_end = 5 May 2013

| majority = 11,288 (2008)

| predecessor = Zaid Ibrahim
(BN–UMNO)

| successor = Takiyuddin Hassan
(PR–PAS)

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| party = * Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) (until 2015)

• National Trust Party (Malaysia) (AMANAH) (2015-present)

| otherparty = * Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU) (until 1996)

• Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1998-2004)
• Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008-2015)
• Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2015-present)

| occupation = Politician

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| spouse = Khadijah Abd Majid
Hassena Osman @ Sowan Rodi

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Wan Abdul Rahim bin Wan Abdullah (born 24 February 1952) is a Malaysian politician. He was a former member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Kota Bharu constituency in Kelantan from 2008 to 2013 representing the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) opposition coalition. However, since 2015, he has joined Parti Amanah Negara (AMANAH), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) new opposition coalition. Wan Abdul Rahim is also known popularly as Cikgu Rahim (literally means Teacher Rahim).

Wan Abdul Rahim was elected as a member of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly (DUN) for Tanjong Mas constituency in 1995 and 1999 general elections,{{cite news|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/galas-blow-may-speed-up-kelantan-succession-plan|title=Galas blow may speed up Kelantan succession plan|last=Adib Zalkapli|date=5 November 2010|work=The Malaysian Insider|accessdate=9 October 2014|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210703/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/galas-blow-may-speed-up-kelantan-succession-plan|url-status=dead}} and served as the Assembly's Speaker (1995-2008).{{Cite news

| title = PAS Government stands firm

| newspaper = New Straits Times

| date = 30 April 1996

| url = https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=eHEWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4R4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5853,4286582&dq=wan+abdul+rahim+wan+abdullah&hl=en

| accessdate = 22 December 2009}}

In 2000, Wan Abdul Rahim urged PAS to accept female candidates for general elections, a position that was later adopted by the party in the 2004 general election.{{cite news

| title = Time to let woman members contest in general elections

| newspaper = New Straits Times

| date = 2 June 2000

| url = https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=WAEzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hBQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6948,32579&dq=wan+abdul+rahim+wan+abdullah&hl=en

| accessdate = 22 December 2009}}

In 2004 general election, he contested the federal constituency of Kuala Krai but lost. But he was elected to the federal seat of parliament for the Kota Bharu constituency in 2008.{{Cite web

| title = Malaysia Decides 2008

| work = The Star (Malaysia)

| url = http://thestar.com.my/election/

| accessdate = 20 December 2009}} He initially sought to retire at the 2013 election, but instead contested the seat of Gua Musang, losing to its long-time incumbent Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO).{{cite news|url=http://elections.thestar.com.my/story.aspx?file=/2013/4/8/nation/12941676#.VDZkRha8ORM|title=GE13: Big battle brewing in Gua Musang|last=McIntyre|first=Ian|author2=Zyed Azhar|date=8 April 2013|work=The Star|accessdate=9 October 2014}}