Nik Nazmi bin Nik Ahmad (
Jawi: ; born 12 January 1982) is a
Malaysian
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politician
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from the
People's Justice Party
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(PKR), a component party of presently the
Pakatan Harapan
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(PH) and formerly
Pakatan Rakyat
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(PR) coalition who has served as
Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change in the
Pakatan Harapan
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(PH) administration under Prime Minister
Anwar Ibrahim
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since December 2022 and the
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Setiawangsa
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since May 2018. He served as Member of the
Selangor State Executive Council
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(EXCO) in the PR and PH state administrations under former Menteri Besar
Azmin Ali
Mohamed Azmin bin Ali ( Jawi: محمد عزمين بن علي; born 25 August 1964) is a Malaysian politician who served as Senior Minister of the Economic Cluster and as Minister of International Trade and Industry from 2020 to 2022. A memb ...
from September 2014 to May 2018, Deputy Speaker of the
Selangor State Legislative Assembly
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from June 2013 to September 2014, Member of the
Selangor State Legislative Assembly
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(MLA) for
Seri Setia
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from March 2008 to May 2018, Chair of the
Defence and Home Affairs Select Committee from December 2019 to March 2020 and Political Secretary to the
Menteri Besar of Selangor
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from March 2008 to June 2010. He has also served as Vice President of PKR since July 2022, 3rd Youth Chief of PKR from August 2014 to November 2018, Communications Director of PKR from August 2010 to September 2013, 1st Youth Chief of PH from October 2017 to December 2018 and State Youth Chief of PKR of
Selangor
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.
Early life
Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad was born in Kuala Lumpur on 12 January, 1982. His parents were originally from
Kota Bharu
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,
Kelantan
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Kelantan is located in the ...
. He grew up in
Petaling Jaya
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, Selangor.
He was selected to attend 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 ...
. In 2000, he received a
Permodalan Nasional Berhad
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PNB's two notable projects is located in Kuala ...
scholarship to do his A-Levels in
Kolej Yayasan UEM
Kolej Yayasan UEM or KYUEM (formerly known as Kolej Matrikulasi Yayasan Saad) is a Malaysian private boarding school in Lembah Beringin, Selangor, Malaysia. It is owned by Yayasan UEM, and is also part of the UEM Group. KYUEM offers the A-Le ...
, where he was elected as Student Council President.
Nik Nazmi later furthered his studies at
King's College London
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to read law. He was active in various student bodies including UKEC,
Federation of Student Islamic Societies
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and
Labour Students
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. He was elected as a delegate for King's College to the
National Union of Students (United Kingdom)
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Conference in 2005.
He served his sponsors PNB for less than a year, and joined PKR leader
Anwar Ibrahim
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's office in 2006. He paid back his sponsors by taking a mortgage on a family property.
Political career
After serving as an assistant to
Anwar Ibrahim
Anwar bin Ibrahim ( ms, انور بن ابراهيم, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, IPA: ; born 10 August 1947) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia since November 2022. He served as the 12 ...
, he was nominated by
Parti Keadilan Rakyat
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to contest the Seri Setia state seat in Selangor for the
2008 Malaysian general election
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. On polling day, Nik Nazmi won by a majority of 2,863 votes, defeating the incumbent Seripah Noli Syed Hussin who had won an 11,141 vote majority in the previous election. Nik Nazmi was the youngest candidate to contest a seat in the 2008 election.
He was the political secretary to the
Menteri Besar of Selangor
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Abdul Khalid Ibrahim
Abdul Khalid bin Ibrahim ( ms, عبدالخالد بن إبراهيم, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 14 December 1946 – 31 July 2022) was a Malaysian politician who served as the 14th Menteri Besar of Selangor from 2008 to 2014. He ...
from March 2008 to June 2010.
Nik Nazmi was appointed as Communications Director of PKR in August 2010.
In the
2013 Malaysian general election
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Nik Nazmi defended his Seri Setia state seat. He defeated Abdul Halim Samad of
Barisan Nasional
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with a majority of 4,663 votes.
He was then elected as Deputy Speaker of the
Selangor State Legislative Assembly
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. During this time he inaugurated the Selangor Youth ADUN Program (Program ADUN Muda Selangor) that allowed students the experience of being legislators in the State Assembly.
Nik Nazmi is the first person to be charged under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 for failing to give police a 10 days' notice before holding the post-election Kelana Jaya Blackout 505 rally. If convicted under section 9(5) of the same Act, Nik Nazmi could be fined up to RM10,000, which could see the Seri Setia state assemblyman losing his seat. The rally is to protest against the election results and demand a free and fair election.
In a landmark judgment in April 2014 following Nik Nazmi's challenge on the constitutionality of the Act, the Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that it is unconstitutional to criminalise fundamental freedoms and acquitted Nik Nazmi.
In the PKR party elections in 2014, he was elected as the Leader of the Youth Wing.
Nazmi was appointed as the State Executive Councillor in charge of Education, Human Capital Development, Science, Technology and Innovation in 2014.
On 9 May 2018, Nik Nazmi moved to Contest the Setiawangsa Parliamentary Constituency and subsequently won the seat with a 14,372 majority.
On December 13, 2018, Nik Nazmi was replaced by Muar MP and Youth Minister
Syed Saddiq
Syed Saddiq bin Syed Abdul Rahman (born 6 December 1992) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Muar since May 2018. He served as the Minister of Youth and Sports in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administra ...
as New Pakatan Harapan Youth Chief.
In the 2018 PKR party elections, he was elected as a member of the Central Leadership Council and appointed as Chief Organising Secretary of the party.
Four years later, he was elected as a Vice President of the PKR.
The Mentari project
The Mentari project is the brainchild of Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad. It is supposed to promote an alternative learning activity for underprivileged children living in the low-cost housing area of Desa Mentari, Petaling Jaya. Desa Mentari was chosen as a benchmark location as the children there have to endure extreme social problems, financial constraints to basic security issues and even serious family problems. The Mentari Project is active in fund raising programs.
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"Learning In A Fun Environment"
''The Star (Malaysia)
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'', 15 April 2010. Retrieved on 26 February 2013.
Election results
References
External links
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Living people
1982 births
Kuala Lumpur politicians
Malaysian Muslims
Malaysian people of Malay descent
People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians
Members of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Selangor state executive councillors
Members of the Dewan Rakyat
Alumni of King's College London
21st-century Malaysian politicians