Nur Jazlan Mohamed


Nur Jazlan bin Mohamed is a Malaysian politician and was the former Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Pulai constituency in the state of Johor. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation party in the previous governing Barisan Nasional coalition. Nur Jazlan served as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs from 2015 until 2018.

Personal life

Nur Jazlan is married and has three children. He is the eldest son of former Information Minister Mohamed Rahmat, who was of Javanese and Chinese descent. Nur Jazlan's mother Puan Sri Salbiah Abdul Hamid was of Teochew Chinese heritage, and associates closely with the Chinese community. He is a columnist for The Malaysian Insider.

Education

Nur Jazlan is an alumnus from the South Bank Polytehnics, United Kingdom and Emile Woolf School of Accountancy, London.

Corporate career

In the year 1990, Nur Jazlan was appointed as one of the Administrative Executives in IGB Corporation Berhad. he stayed in IGB for a year before moving to Equatorial hotel Sdn Bhd and later in 1994 he was appointed as the Finance Officer for the joint venture of Proton-DRB Sdn Bhd. He stayed there up till the year 2004, where he left his corporate life to contest in the 12th General Election.

Political career

Nur Jazlan was elected to federal Parliament in the 2004 election for the UMNO-held seat of Pulai, previously held by Abdul Kadir Annuar. He ran for the Deputy Presidency of UMNO in 2008, citing the need for UMNO to regenerate after the 2008 election, stating "UMNO must realise it is at the crossroads—it's a matter of life and death." His candidacy was described by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed as one of a "joker". By the end of October 2008, Nur Jazlan had withdrawn from the race. In the 2013 election, he retained his seat, withstanding a challenge from senior Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party politician Salahuddin Ayub, a local but Kelantan-based MP who switched back to Johor to seek to unseat Nur Jazlan. Days before the 2018 election, he tweeted that the postal votes will not have significant effects to the outcome of the election, as a response to the complaints of delayed postal votes. However, he was defeated by Pakatan Harapan politician Salahuddin Ayub in the election, along with other prominent politicians from UMNO.

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Honours