Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
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Yang Berbahagia Tuan Guru Dato' Bentara Setia Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat |
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| Menteri Besar of Kelantan | |
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In office 22 October 1990 – 6 May 2013 |
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| Monarch |
Sultan Ismail Petra Sultan Muhammad V |
| Deputy | Ahmad Yaakob |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Yaacob |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Yaakob |
| 2nd Spiritual Leader of PAS | |
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In office 1991 – 12 February 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Yusof Rawa |
| Succeeded by | Haron Din |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Pengkalan Chepa |
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In office 1974–1986 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Nik Abdullah Arshad |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kelantan Hilir |
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In office 1967–1974 |
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| Preceded by | Ahmad Abdullah |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of the Kelantan State Assembly for Chempaka |
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In office 1995 – 12 February 2015 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Fathan Mahmood |
| Member of the Kelantan State Assembly for Semut Api |
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In office 1986–1995 |
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| Preceded by | Wan Mamat Wan Yusof |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| PAS Head of the Ulama Wing | |
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In office 1971–1995 |
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| Kelantan Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Commissioner | |
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In office 1978–2013 |
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| Succeeded by | Ahmad Yaakob |
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10 January 1931 Kampung Pulau Melaka, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, British Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Died | 12 February 2015 (aged 84) Kampung Pulau Melaka, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia |
| Resting place | Tanah Perkuburan Pulau Melaka, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia |
| Political party | Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Tuan Sabariah Tuan Ishak (m. 1963-2015, his death) |
| Children | Nik Aini Nik Umar Nik Adli Nik Abdul Rahim Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Adilah Nik Mohamad Asri Nik Amani Nik Amalina Nik Asma' Salsabila |
| Parents | Nik Mat Raja Banjar Aminah Abdul Majid |
| Alma mater |
Al-Azhar University Darul Uloom Deoband |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Tuan Guru Dato' Bentara Setia Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (10 January 1931 – 12 February 2015) was a Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric. He was the Menteri Besar of Kelantan from 1990 to 2013 and the Mursyidul Am or Spiritual Leader of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) from 1991 until his death in 2015. Overall, his career as an elected politician lasted for some 48 years following his election to the Parliament of Malaysia in 1967.
Nik Abdul Aziz was born in Kota Bharu in 1931 as the second of five siblings. He was raised by a single father (Tok Kura) who was an aspiring blacksmith. Nik Aziz's Islamic studies began in pondok schools in Kelantan and Terengganu. He went on to study at Darul Uloom Deoband in Uttar Pradesh, India for five years. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Arabic Studies and Master of Arts in Islamic jurisprudence from Al-Azhar University, Egypt. During his university studies, he was one of the witnesses and a civilian to have lived in the heat of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
Having returned from Egypt, Nik Aziz began as a teacher at various religious schools in Kelantan, hence his popular nickname "Tok Guru."
Nik Aziz joined PAS in 1967. He contested and won the Kelantan Hilir parliamentary seat by-election in that same year, and held the seat (later renamed Pengkalan Chepa) until 1986. In 1982, he was part of a movement by young members to bring change to the party leadership. PAS had lost the Kelantan state elections in 1978 and, as PAS state commissioner, Nik Aziz began to question president Asri Muda's leadership. Finally, in the PAS Muktamar (General Assembly) that year, Asri was forced to resign.
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