Nasharudin Mat Isa
| Nasharudin Mat Isa | |
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| Chief Executive Officer of the Global Movement of Moderates Foundation | |
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Assumed office 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Saifuddin Abdullah |
| Member of the Bachok, Kelantan | |
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In office 2008–2013 |
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| Preceded by | Awang Adek Hussin |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Marzuk Shaary |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Yan, Kedah | |
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In office 1999–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Badruddin Amiruldin |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
19 October 1962 Rembau, Negeri Sembilan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Political party | Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Nasharudin Mat Isa (born 19 October 1962) is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Global Movement of Moderates Foundation, an organisation established as a referral point for the consolidation and dissemination of information and material pertaining to moderation and the fight against extremism. He was former Member of the Parliament of Malaysia. He was born in Rembau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.He represented the constituency of Yan, Kedah, from 1999 to 2004, and the seat of Bachok, Kelantan, from 2008 to 2013. From 2005 to 2011 he was the Deputy President of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).
Nasharudin attended the University of Glasgow. Before entering active politics, he was a lecturer at the International Islamic University of Malaysia. In 1999 he left academia to take up the post of PAS's Secretary-General, making him the party's top administrative officer. He was hand-picked for the position by the party's President, Fadzil Noor, who had brought Nasharudin and other urban professionals into PAS during the 1990s to modernise the party. 1999 also saw Nasharudin's election to Parliament for the seat of Yan.
In 2004 Nasharudin lost his parliamentary seat when he switched to run for the Besut seat in Terengganu. The following year, he became the Deputy President of PAS, making him the party's second-most senior elected leader after the President, Abdul Hadi Awang. Nasharudin's election to the position was a surprise: the senior cleric Haron Din had been slated to run against the incumbent, Hassan Shukri, but withdrew due to illness. In Haron's absence, Nasharudin defeated Hassan by a narrow margin. In 2008, he returned to Parliament, winning the seat of Bachok in Kelantan. The following year, he won re-election as Deputy President of PAS, defeating two other candidates. His victory was seen by observers as a win for PAS' conservatives. However, he was ultimately defeated for re-election in 2011 by moderate candidate Mohamed Sabu.
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