Mohd Nasir bin Hashim ( Jawi: محمد ناصر بن هشيم; born 1947) is a Malaysian

democratic socialist Democratic socialism is a left-wing economic and political philosophy that supports political democracy and some form of a socially owned economy, with a particular emphasis on economic democracy, workplace democracy, and workers' self-mana ...

politician and former president of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM). He was also the State Assemblyman for

Kota Damansara Kota Damansara is an affluent township located in Petaling Jaya, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is a township spread across . It is also a state seat constituency which is sandwiched between Subang and Petaling Jaya. Notable landmar ...

in Selangor from 2008 to 2013. He is a former Chairman of INSAN and Social Research Institute.

Education

Mohd Nasir completed his secondary education at

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. As a student he also pursued boxing and was also a chess champion. He obtained Bachelor of Science (BSc) in

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from the

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, Master of Science (MSc) in Food Science and Technology and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in International Nutrition from the

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Political career

Mohd Nasir left the traditionally socialist Malaysian People's Socialist Party (''Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia''; PSRM) after its name reversion to PRM by the party's congress and the new leadership of Syed Husin Ali elected in 1989. He led a small dissident group to form Parti Sosialis Malaysia in 1998, although its registration was only approved in 2008 after a 10 year battle. He contested in three elections, winning the Kota Damansara Selangor state assembly seat in 2008, serving a single 5 year term. In 2019, he stepped down after more than 20 years as party leader.

Operation Lalang

Mohd Nasir was arrested and detained without trial under the

Internal Security Act 1960 The Internal Security Act 1960 (, abbreviated ISA) was a preventive detention law in force in Malaysia. The legislation was enacted after the Federation of Malaya gained independence from Britain in 1957. The ISA allows for detention without ...

(ISA) for 15 months at the

Kamunting Detention Centre The Kamunting Detention Centre (KEMTA; ) is a prison camp in Kamunting, Larut, Matang and Selama District, Perak, Malaysia.Operation Lalang Operation Lalang (, also called Ops Lalang and taken to mean "Operation Weeding") was a major crackdown undertaken by the Royal Malaysian Police from 27 October to 20 November 1987, ostensibly to prevent the occurrence of race riots in Malay ...

, a government-sponsored crackdown that saw the arrest of many people, including activists, intellectuals and opposition politicians in 1987.

Election results

Note: ¹ ² ³ Mohd Nasir Hashim amid contesting under the PKR ticket in the 2004, 2008 and 2013 elections, is a member of PSM.

External links

Biodata of Mohd Nasir Hashim
PSM official website (PDF)

References

{{Authority control Living people 1947 births People from Malacca Malaysian politicians of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Members of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly Leaders of political parties in Malaysia Malaysian socialists Malaysian political party founders Monmouth College alumni Parti Rakyat Malaysia politicians Socialist Party of Malaysia politicians