Kamarudin Jaffar
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Yang Berhormat Dato' Haji Kamarudin Jaffar MP |
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| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Tumpat, Kelantan |
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Assumed office 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Wan Mohd. Jamil Wan Mahmood |
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Kamarudin bin Jaffar 3 November 1951 Wakaf Bharu, Tumpat, Kelantan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party |
United Malays National Organisation (until-1999) Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) (1999-2015) People's Justice Party (2015-present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Pakatan Harapan |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Website | kjtumpat |
Dato' Haji Kamarudin bin Jaffar (born 3 November 1951) is a Malaysian politician and is the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Tumpat constituency in Kelantan. He is a member of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) in the opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition before he quit from PAS and joined PKR.
Kamarudin was a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) before switching to PAS in 1999. While a member of UMNO, he was considered a close associate of then Deputy Prime Minister and later Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, and was held in custody with Anwar under the Internal Security Act. Since switching to PAS, Kamarudin was elected to the Tumpat seat in the 1999, 2004, 2008 and 2013 elections. For the 2004 election, he was the PAS Secretary-General.
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