Hashim Jasin

Hashim Jasin
هاشم ياسين
Hashim in 2022
4th Spiritual Leader of Malaysian Islamic Party
Assumed office
10 October 2016
Preceded byHaron Din
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1998–1999Malaysian Islamic Party
Faction represented in Perlis State Legislative Assembly
1999–2013Malaysian Islamic Party
Personal details
Born
Hashim bin Jasin

(1939-08-01) 1 August 1939 (age 85)
Changkat Jawi, Arau, Perlis, Unfederated Malay States
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyMalaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Alternatif (BA)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)
Muafakat Nasional (MN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Alma materUniversity of Baghdad (BA)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionReligious teacher

Hashim bin Jasin (Jawi: هاشم بن ياسين; born 1 August 1939) is a Malaysian politician from the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He has served as the 4th Spiritual Leader of PAS since October 2016 after the death of his predecessor Haron Din in September 2016 and its State Commissioner of Perlis from 1991 to 2013.[1] Besides, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arau after his victory in the 1998 Arau by-elections until the 1999 general election in November 1999 and Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sanglang from November 1999 to the 2013 General election in May 2013.[2]

  1. ^ "Hashim Jasin appointed PAS spiritual leader".
  2. ^ "Hashim Jasin all ready for duty as PAS new spiritual leader".