Shahidan Kassim
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Yang Berhormat Dato' Seri Dr. Shahidan Kassim MP |
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| Minister in the Prime Minister's Department | |
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Assumed office 16 May 2013 |
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| Monarch |
Abdul Halim Muhammad V |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Constituency | Arau |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Arau, Perlis | |
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Assumed office 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ismail Kassim |
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In office 1986–1995 |
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| Preceded by | Abdul Hamid Pawanteh (UMNO―Barisan Nasional) |
| Succeeded by | Kamarudin Ahmad (UMNO―Barisan Nasional) |
| 6th Menteri Besar of Perlis | |
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In office 6 May 1995 – 13 March 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Abdul Hamid Pawanteh |
| Succeeded by | Md Isa Sabu |
| Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly for Tambun Tulang | |
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In office 1995–2013 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Ismail Kassim |
| Personal details | |
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Shahidan bin Kassim 17 June 1951 Tambun Tulang, Perlis, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Other political affiliations |
Barisan Nasional |
| Spouse(s) | Shamsiah Mohd Yassin |
| Relations | Ismail Kassim (brother) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Dato' Seri Dr. Shahidan bin Kassim (born 17 June 1951) is a Malaysian politician. He is a Minister in the federal Cabinet of Najib Tun Razak and is a member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the seat of Arau, representing the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). He was the Chief Minister of the State of Perlis from 1995 to 2008.
Shahidan was born in Tambun Tulang on 17 June 1951. He is married to Shamsiah Mohd Yassin.
Shahidan was a member of the Federal Parliament for Arau from 1986 to 1995. In 1992, he received international coverage for his criticism of what he cited as the criminal acts of Sultan Iskandar of Johor and his son Tunku Ibrahim Ismail.
He was elected to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly for the newly created seat of Tambun Tulang in the 1995 election. He immediately became Chief Minister of Perlis, taking over from Hamid Pawanteh. His tenure as Chief Minister came to an end in March 2008, when Md Isa Sabu, a fellow member of Barisan Nasional, was appointed to the post by Raja Sirajuddin of Perlis after a general election in which UMNO retained its majority in the State Assembly. Md Isa claimed the support of eight out of the 12 other Barisan Nasional members of the Perlis State Assembly to replace Shahidan. While Shahidan had the nomination of the Prime Minister, Abdullah Badawi, and the state party machinery, the Raja was concerned about the stability of the state government should Shahidan, a powerful but divisive factional figure in UMNO, be reappointed. The Raja insisted upon appointing Md Isa instead, exercising his constitutional discretion to prevail over the wishes of Abdullah and UMNO. Shahidan left the Perlis Executive Council (a body akin to a Cabinet), sitting out the 2008–13 State Assembly term as a backbencher and criticising Md Isa's leadership.
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