Kamarudin Jaffar | |
|---|---|
| قمرالدين بن جعفر | |
.jpg) Kamarudin Jaffar in 2022 | |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| Minister | Saifuddin Abdullah |
| Preceded by | himself |
| Succeeded by | Mohamad Alamin |
| Constituency | Bandar Tun Razak |
| In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Minister | Hishammuddin Hussein |
| Preceded by | Marzuki Yahya |
| Succeeded by | himself |
| Constituency | Bandar Tun Razak |
| Deputy Minister of Transport | |
| In office 2 July 2018 – 24 February 2020 | |
| Monarchs | Muhammad V Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Minister | Anthony Loke Siew Fook |
| Preceded by | Ab Aziz Kaprawi |
| Succeeded by | Hasbi Habibollah |
| Constituency | Bandar Tun Razak |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bandar Tun Razak | |
| In office 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Khalid Ibrahim (PR–PKR) |
| Succeeded by | Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (PH–PKR) |
| Majority | 19,930 (2018) |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Tumpat | |
| In office 29 November 1999 – 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Wan Jamil Wan Mahmood (PAS) |
| Succeeded by | Che Abdullah Mat Nawi (PAS) |
| Majority | 10,442 (1999) 1,820 (2004) 9,377 (2008) 10,704 (2013) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kamarudin bin Jaffar 3 November 1951 Wakaf Bharu, Tumpat, Kelantan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (–1999) Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) (1999–2015) People's Justice Party (PKR) (2015–2020) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (2020–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (–1999) Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2015–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020) |
| Spouse | Yushazlinda Yaacob |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | kjtumpat |
Kamarudin bin Jaffar (Jawi: قمرالدين بن جعفر; born 3 November 1951) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Saifuddin Abdullah from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Hishammudin Hussein from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bandar Tun Razak from May 2018 to November 2022, Deputy Minister of Transport in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and MP for Tumpat from November 1999 to May 2018. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition and was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition, Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a former component party of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Barisan Alternatif (BA) coalitions and United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. [1][2]
Earlier Kamarudin was a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a major component in Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition before switching to PAS in 1999.[3] While a member of UMNO, he was considered a close associate of then Deputy Prime Minister and later Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim,[4] and was held in custody with Anwar under the Internal Security Act (ISA).[5]
Kamarudin made his debut contesting but lost the Tumpat parliamentary constituency in 1995 general election when he was still in UMNO. Since switching to PAS, Kamarudin was elected to the Tumpat seat in the 1999, 2004, 2008 and 2013 elections.[6] For the 2004 election, he was the PAS Secretary-General.[3] He subsequently contested and won the Bandar Tun Razak constituency in the 2018 elections after joining PKR.
Kamarudin was sworn in as Deputy Minister of Transport from 2 July 2018 until 24 February 2020, which is part of Prime Minister Mahathir's 7th Cabinet.[7]
- ^ "Kamarudin bin Jaffar, Y.B. Dato' Haji" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ "Mat Taib, Kamaruddin Jaffar tinggal PAS, masuk PKR" (in Malay). Malaysiakini. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Taking PAS into the future". The Star (Malaysia). 9 September 2005. Archived from the original on 11 September 2005. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- ^ "Kamaruddin refutes report". New Straits Times. 24 June 1999. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- ^ "Remaining 12 still in police custody". New Straits Times. 1 October 1998. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
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