Sha'ari Tadin

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Sha'ari Tadin
شءاري تادين
Personal details
Born	(1932-08-02)2 August 1932 Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Federated Malay States (now Malaysia)
Died	13 December 2009(2009-12-13) (aged 78) Singapore
Political party	People's Action Party
Spouse	Latifah Md Tahir
Alma mater	Outram School Victoria School National Institute of Education National University of Singapore

Sha'ari bin Tadin (2 August 1932 – 13 December 2009) was the first Member of Parliament (MP) of Malay descent who was a university graduate and scholar. He was highly regarded as Cikgu Sha'ari ("Teacher Sha'ari" in English), for his role as an educator and mentor. He served as a politician from 1968 to 1980.

Prior to his political life, he was a school teacher. Awarded the Federation Colombo Plan Scholarship, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Malay Studies from the University of Malaya (UM) in Kuala Lumpur.

Upon his return to Singapore in 1965, he taught at Sang Nila Utama Secondary School and became its Acting Principal in 1967. He was president of Persatuan Persuratan Pemuda Pemudi Melayu (4PM) or the Malay Youth Literary Association from 1968 to 1969.

Sha'ari became Member of Parliament for Kampong Chai Chee in 1968 and was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Culture. He was promoted to Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Culture) in 1972, and temporarily performed the duties of Parliamentary Secretary (Education) before the 1972 General Elections.

After 12 years in office, Sha'ari stepped down from politics. He was already seconded as Principal of Telok Kurau Secondary School. He rejoined the Ministry of Education, Singapore and was a visiting fellow at the Institute of South East Asian Studies (ISEAS). He obtained a master's degree in Social Sciences in Sociology from the National University of Singapore in 1987, at the age of 55.