Yang Berhormat Tuan Shamsul Iskandar Md. Akin MP |
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Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bukit Katil |
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Assumed office 6 May 2013 |
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Preceded by | Md Sirat Abu |
Vice-President of People's Justice Party | |
Assumed office 22 August 2014 |
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Chief of People's Justice Party Youth Wing | |
In office 2007–2014 |
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Preceded by | Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor |
Succeeded by | Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad |
Personal details | |
Born |
Shamsul Iskandar @ Yusre bin Mohd. Akin 29 December 1974 Malacca General Hospital, Malacca, Malaysia |
Political party | People's Justice Party (PKR) |
Other political affiliations |
Pakatan Harapan |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | International Islamic University Malaysia |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | shamsuliskandar |
Shamsul Iskandar Md. Akin (born 29 December 1974) is a Malaysian politician and is the current Member of Parliament for Bukit Katil. He is the Vice-President of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).
Shamsul Iskandar is married with three children. For his primary education, he went to Sekolah Kebangsaan Kesang Tua. He received his secondary education at , Melaka before later finished his Upper Secondary at Sultan Alam Shah Islamic College (KISAS). He obtained his Law degree in International Islamic University Malaysia.
In university, he was the President of the ASEAN Law Students Association (ALSA) and also the Pro-tem Chairman of Malaysian Law Students Association (MALSA).
In 2007, he became the Chief of PKR's youth wing after the leader, , left the post in 2006, and he defeated Hasmi Hashim in the 2007 election to replace him.
He was elected to federal Parliament in the 2013 election for the seat of Bukit Katil, defeating heavyweight opponent, the Chief Minister of Melaka, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam. Earlier in 2004, he contested the newly created Tangga Batu constituency but lost to Mohd Ali Rustam's successor, Datuk Seri Ir. Idris Haron.
In 2014 he was elected a vice-president of PKR, alongside Rafizi Ramli, Nurul Izzah Anwar and Tian Chua. He did not re-contest the leadership of PKR's youth wing.