Mohamed bin Nasir (; 1916 – 21 February 1997) was a Malaysian politician. He served as the

Menteri Besar head of government, Heads of government in Malaysia's many states of Malaysia, states take on various titles. Seven out of nine in the Peninsular Malaysia, Peninsular who each have Monarchies of Malaysia, historical monarchs are known as the Men ...

(Chief Minister) of

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from 1973 to 1978. Mohamed founded Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front (BERJASA) in 1977 under the persuasion and endorsement of

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(UMNO) who were dissatisfied with the demands of and in squabbles for the lump share in controlling the

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(BN) state of

with the

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(PAS).

Early life

Mohamed Nasir was born in 1916 in Kampung Kota,

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. His grandmother Malin Padek was from

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. He had a total of 16 children as a result of his polygamous marriages with Che Zainab binti Haji Ismail, Wan Mariam binti Wan Yusoff and Nik Khamsiah binti Nik Mohamed. He was educated at the Kelantan Islamic Religious Council School, Royal English School, Kuala Krai. He obtained his Diploma in Agriculture in 1937 from Serdang Agricultural College. He continued his studies by learning the Quran and Hadith from Maulana Ahmad Ali Lahore and Maulana Mohamed Shah. Then, he led the preaching movement throughout Kelantan.

Political career

In 1959, Mohamed Nasir started his active politics with PAS and was appointed as Deputy Chief Minister of Kelantan. The 2nd Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak invited PAS to join the

after the

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, which were accepted by PAS in 1973. After winning the 1974 General Election, he was given a mandate by Barisan Nasional to lead the administration of Kelantan until he was ousted by his fellow PAS state assemblymen in a

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during the State Assembly meeting in October 1977, because of his leaning towards BN than PAS. This resulted in Nasir's supporters protesting on the streets, leading to the 1977 Kelantan Emergency. Subsequently, Nasir were sacked by PAS, and PAS were also kicked out of BN. Nasir and his supporters later formed Berjasa Party. After the lifting of the Emergency in February 1978 and subsequently the

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s of Kelantan in March 1978, which BN won with support of Berjasa, Nasir were replaced by Mohamed Yaacob from BN-UMNO as Menteri Besar. In April 1978, he were appointed as a Senator in Dewan Negara, representing the Kelantan Government, and subsequently were appointed as Minister of Public Enterprises. He later were appointed as Minister without Portfolio in the leadership of the

government from 1978 to 1982, when Berjasa were admitted to BN after the 1978 Malaysian general election. After the 1982 Malaysian general election, Nasir would relinquish his party presidency, with his deputy Wan Hashim Wan Ahmad succeeding him. Apart from leading the Berjasa Party, he was also active in voluntary service such as being President of Perkim Kelantan, President of Kelantan Former Soldiers, President of JP Kelantan, Founder of Balaghulmubin Religious School, Patron of Kelantan Indian Muslim Association and Founder of Kelantan Islamic Higher Education Center.

Death

Mohamed Nasir died in Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, on Friday, 21 February 1997 at 1.45 pm due to old age and was buried in Northern Memorial Park Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Honours

* : ** Companion of the

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(JMN) (1974) * : ** Dato' Biji Sura (1963) ** Justice of Peace (JP) (1964) ** MY-KEL Order of the Crown of Kelantan - Star of Muhammad

Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Kelantan (DPMK) – Dato' (1968) ** MY-KEL Order of the Crown of Kelantan - Star of Muhammad

Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Kelantan (SPMK) – Dato' (1975)

References

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Early life

Political career

Death

Honours

See also

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