Shahidan Kassim

Shahidan Kassim
شهيدان قاسم
Minister of Federal Territories
In office
30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
DeputyJalaluddin Alias
Preceded byAnnuar Musa
Succeeded byZaliha Mustafa
(Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Federal Territories))
ConstituencyArau
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
In office
16 May 2013 – 10 May 2018
MonarchsAbdul Halim
(2013–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2018)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
DeputyRazali Ibrahim
(2013–2015)
Preceded byMohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz
Succeeded byLiew Vui Keong
ConstituencyArau
7th Menteri Besar of Perlis
In office
6 May 1995 – 17 March 2008
MonarchsPutra
Sirajuddin
Preceded byAbdul Hamid Pawanteh
Succeeded byMd Isa Sabu
ConstituencyTambun Tulang
President of the
Kuala Lumpur City F.C.
In office
24 August 2022 – 8 June 2023
Preceded byAnnuar Musa
Succeeded byFahmi Fadzil
Chairman of the
Perbadanan Perumahan Rakyat 1Malaysia
In office
9 March 2021 – 12 November 2021
MinisterZuraida Kamaruddin
(2021)
Reezal Merican Naina Merican (2021)
Preceded byEddy Chen
Succeeded byFathul Bari Mat Jahya
Chairman of the
Perikatan Nasional Government Backbenchers Club
In office
16 May 2020 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
DeputyNik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Arau
Assumed office
5 May 2013
Preceded byIsmail Kassim
(BNUMNO)
Majority1,371 (2013)
4,856 (2018)
23,216 (2022)
In office
3 August 1986 – 24 April 1995
Preceded byAbdul Hamid Pawanteh
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byKamarudin Ahmad
(BN–UMNO)[1]
Majority7,065 (1986)
7,794 (1990)
Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly
for Tambun Tulang
In office
24 April 1995 – 5 May 2013
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byIsmail Kassim
(BN–UMNO)
Majority2,116 (1995)
877 (1999)
1,742 (2004)
2,010 (2008)
Personal details
Born
Shahidan bin Kassim

(1951-06-17) 17 June 1951 (age 73)
Tambun Tulang, Perlis, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(–2022)
Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
(since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–2022)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(since 2022)
RelationsIsmail Kassim (younger brother)
ChildrenNur Shafizah
Nur Mazidah
Nur Zafirah
Ameer Shafiq
Ameer Mohammad Affif
Adam Shah
Ameer Mohammad Fawwaz
Alma materUniversity of Malaya
International Institute of Social Studies
Universiti Utara Malaysia
OccupationPolitician
Shahidan Kassim on Facebook
Shahidan Kassim on Parliament of Malaysia

Shahidan bin Kassim (Jawi: شهيدان بن قاسم; born 17 June 1951) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arau from August 1986 to April 1995 and again since May 2013. He served as the Minister of Federal Territories in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022, President of the Kuala Lumpur City F.C. from August 2022 to June 2023, Chairman of the Perbadanan Perumahan Rakyat 1Malaysia (PR1MA) from March to November 2021, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak from May 2013 to May 2018, 7th Menteri Besar of Perlis from May 1995 to March 2008 and Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tambun Tulang from April 1995 to May 2013. He is a Member of Central Working Committee of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He served as the Chairman of the PN Government Backbenchers Club (PNBBC) from May 2020 to the collapse of the PN government in August 2021. He is also the longest serving Menteri Besar of Perlis and the older brother of Ismail Kassim, former MP for Arau and former MLA for Tambun Tulang.

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