Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir (born 16 September 1986), better known as Akmal Nasir, is a

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who has served as the

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(MP) for

Johor Bahru Johor Bahru (), colloquially referred to as JB, is the capital city of the state of Johor, Malaysia. It is located at the southern end of Peninsular Malaysia,along the north bank of the Straits of Johor, opposite of the city-state Singapore. T ...

since May 2018. He is a member of the

People's Justice Party The People's Justice Party ( ms, Parti Keadilan Rakyat , often known simply as KEADILAN or PKR) is a reformist political party in Malaysia, formed in 2003 by a merger of the National Justice Party and the older Malaysian People's Party. The ...

(PKR), a component party of the

Pakatan Harapan The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the r ...

(PH) opposition coalition. He served as the 4th Youth Chief of PKR from November 2018 to July 2022.

Education Background

Akmal Nasir received an education from Iskandar National Primary School and Taman Pelangi National School, Johor Bahru. He then continued his education at the

Malay College Kuala Kangsar The Malay College Kuala Kangsar (abbreviated MCKK; ; ) is a premier boarding school, residential school in Malaysia. It is an elite all-boys and all-Malay people, Malay school in the royal town of Kuala Kangsar, Perak. It is sometimes dubbed "the ...

(MCKK) from 1999 to 2003. During his time at MCKK, he had held several associations and received several academic awards. Among them are: * '' SPM Distinguished Student Award 2003. '' * '' PMR Best Student Award 2001 (Islamic Religion). '' * '' National Champion of Entrepreneurship Essay Competition '' * '' Supervisor. '' * '' President, Fire and Rescue Cadet '' * '' President, Mathematics Club '' * '' Expedition climbs Mount Kinabalu, Sabah (up to the summit). '' * '' Excellent Scholarship Scholarship award after SPM '' Upon graduation, he has received a scholarship to continue his education to the United States. In 2004, he took a year to prepare for the

International Education College INTEC Education College (INTEC), formerly known as the Centre for Preparatory Studies or Pusat Pendidikan Persediaan (PPP), Overseas Preparatory Programme (OPP) or Program Persediaan Luar Negeri (PPLN), and the International Education Centre ...

(INTEC) in Shah Alam. Upon completion of the preparatory course, he continued his bachelor's degree at the

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, United States for four years (2005-2009). He has completed his studies in Actuarial Science and Economics, and has also received Dean's List awards in his third year of study.

Political career

Before Akmal Nasir became an MP, he was the founder and director of an

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called National Oversight and Whistleblowers Centre (NOW) together with

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. NOW Malaysia is the NGO that was responsible in exposing national financial scandals during the reign of former Prime Minister,

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. Some of them include alleged corruption in National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) that involved

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and alleged misuse of funds of Malaysian Islamic Economy Development Foundation (YaPEIM). In the

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, he contested the Johor Bahru parliamentary seat under the ticket of

and won a two-way contest against

Shahrir Abdul Samad Shahrir bin Abdul Samad ( Jawi: شهریار بن عبدالصمد; born 22 November 1949) is a Malaysian politician who was the Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (2008-2009), a Member of Parliament of Malaysia and the former ch ...

representing

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. Akmal Nasir had contested the

(PKR) Youth Wing Chief in 2018 party election which he won by securing a narrow victory.

Controversy

In May 2019 Akmal Nasir had caused an uproar when he attended an interfaith breaking fast event at a

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gurdwara A gurdwara (sometimes written as gurudwara) (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ''guradu'ārā'', meaning "Door to the Guru") is a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs. Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as ''Gurdwara Sahib''. People from all faiths ...

in Johor Bahru during the

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fasting month for

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. He was rebuked by the Sultan Ibrahim of Johor for his insensitive action. However, the

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for Religious Affairs,

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had clarify that it is not an issue with Muslims breaking their Ramadan fast at a non-Muslim house of worship and Akmal Nasir's attendance as an MP will only help to foster better ties between the races and eliminate

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Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Akmal, Nasir Living people 1986 births People from Johor Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Dewan Rakyat University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni 21st-century Malaysian politicians