Yang Berhormat Dato' Haji Mohd Amar Abdullah (born 29 July 1959) is a

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and

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who has served as Member of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for

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since March 2004. He served as the Deputy Menteri Besar of Kelantan and Member of the

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(EXCO) in the

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(PR),

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(GS) and

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(PN) state administrations under Menteris Besar

Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat Nik Abdul Aziz bin Nik Mat ( Jawi: ; 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 I ...

and

Ahmad Yakob Ahmad bin Yakob (born 1 February 1950) is a Malaysian politician and teacher who has served as the 19th Menteri Besar of Kelantan since May 2013 and Member of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pasir Pekan since April 1995. He i ...

from May 2013 and from March 2004 to August 2023 respectively as well as the

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(MP) for

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from April 1995 to March 2004. He is a member and Vice President of the

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(PAS), a component party of the PN, formerly PR, GS,

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(APU) coalitions.

Family background

Dato' Amar is the eldest child of the late Haji Abdullah bin Haji Arshad (known as Pak Nik Lah) and Hajjah Tengku Chik binti Tengku Ibrahim. Dato' Amar's mother was the great-granddaughter of Sultan Muhammad III through his grandmother YM Tengku Halimah binti Tengku Long Zainal Abidin ibni Sultan Muhammad III. He was given the title Nik Mat (Nik Mohd) by Tok Ku Puan who took care of him as a child. The local community in Kampung Panchor is more friendly calling him Nik Amar until now. Similarly, his father, nicknamed Pak Nik Lah, was taken from the wife of his grandfather Haji Arshad bin Muhammad Tahir bin Tera a scholar better known as Tok Ayah Kedah who married YM Raja Meriam binti Raja Daud who was a descendant of Raja Jembal. Dato' Amar now has 4 children (2 boys and 2 girls) as a result of his marriage with Datin Hajjah Hasmani Binti Hussain. His eldest son Taqiyuddin Mohd Amar a Hafiz Al-Quran and an outstanding student at MTAQ Pulai Chondong passed away in June 2004.

Education

Since childhood, Dato' Amar was educated by his father and lived together and received his early education at Sekolah Menengah Ugama (Agama) Tarbiah Mardhiah, Panchor. At the same time Dato' Nik Amar studied in Sekolah Melayu Council (1965 - 1971) and proceed to the Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in United Kingdom. * 1965 - 1971 Sekolah Melayu Majlis - Primary School * 1972 - 1977 SMU (A) Tarbiah Mardhiah - Secondary School (Lower 6) * 1978 - 1979 Maahad Muhammadi Men - Secondary School (Upper 6) * 1979 - 1983 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) - Bachelor of Islamic Studies * 1985 - 1988 University of Birmingham, UK - MPhil in Theological Studies

Career and politics

Before being active in politics, Dato' Amar was a Lecturer in the Department of Revelation,

International Islamic University Malaysia The International Islamic University Malaysia ( ms, Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia; Jawi alphabet, Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي اسلام انتارابڠسا مليسيا; ar, الجامعة الإسلامية العالمية بمال ...

(IIUM), Petaling Jaya, Selangor and served for 10 years (1985-1995). He also previously served as the Superintendent of Customs (Sangkut) for a year in Penang. He was subsequently called by the PAS Kelantan leadership to contest in the Pengkalan Chepa parliamentary seat and then contest as Panchor ADUN until now. Apart from being in the Kelantan State Assembly, Dato' Nik Amar is also a Member of the PAS Central Working Committee and Deputy Commissioner I of PAS Kelantan until now.

Election results

Honours

* : **

My-KEL_Order_of_the_Life_of_the_Crown_of_Kelantan_1925-2006

Companion of the

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(JMK) (2006) ** My-KEL Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan 2006

Knight Commander of the

(DJMK) – Dato' (2009) ** My-KEL Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan 2006

Knight Grand Commander of the

(SJMK) – Dato' (2015)

References

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