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Husam bin Musa ( Jawi: حسام بن موسى; born 14 October 1959) is a

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who served as Vice-President of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of the opposition

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(PH) coalition and

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from September 2018 to September 2021.

Biography

Husam Musa was born at Kampung Kota,

Kota Bharu Kota Bharu, colloquially referred to as KB, is a town in Malaysia that serves as the state capital and royal seat of Kelantan. It is situated in the northeastern part of Peninsular Malaysia and lies near the mouth of the Kelantan River. The ...

, in the state of

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, Malaysia. He went to Sekolah Rendah Kota, Kota Bharu (1965–1971), Sekolah Menengah Sultan Ismail, Kota Bharu (1972–1975), Maktab Sultan Ismail (1976–1979). Later, he gained his Degree in Economics at

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(1980–1983). He studied Arabic in Jordan in 1987. At University of Malaya, he was active in student activities, serving as council member of PMUM in 1981–82 when Ahmad Shabery Cheek served as president. He also served as Secretary General of PBMUM. Husam's early career included a stint as

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journalist in 1985 and in 1990–1993 he was the Press Secretary to the

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Dato'

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 ...

. In 1993–1999 he was appointed political secretary to the Menteri Besar. He is married to Rohana Abd Rahman and they have seven sons.

Political career

Previously he was the

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(PAS) Vice-President, from 2011 until 2015. On 6 May 2016, he was sacked from PAS by the party's disciplinary committee for alleged misconduct. Husam as a PAS member, was the former

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man for the

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constituency (2008-2018) and Kijang constituency (2004-2008). He was also the federal

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for

Kubang Kerian Kubang Kerian is the royal town of Kelantan and also a parliamentary constituency in Kota Bharu District, Kelantan, Malaysia. The Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Health Campus is located here. This campus is also referred to as USM Health Campus. ...

in 1999–2004. His tenure as Member of Parliament gave him the prominence as a very capable politician in Malaysia and he received the accolade as "Newsmaker of the Year 2003" ( malaysiakini.com) for his tenacity to bring up issues of public interest. Beside contesting and winning the Salor state seat in the 2013 Malaysian general election, he also contested the parliamentary seat of

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but had lost to

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's Tengku Adnan Mansor. In the

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, under his new party AMANAH he contested but lost both the

parliamentary seat and Salor state seat.

Election results

Honours

Husam was earlier conferred the Dato' Paduka Jiwa Mahkota Kelantan award which carry the title ''Dato when he was an exco in 2006 by the previous

Sultan Ismail Petra Sultan Ismail Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Yahya Petra ( Jawi: ; 11 November 1949 – 28 September 2019) was the 28th Sultan of Kelantan who reigned from 30 March 1979 to 13 September 2010. He succeeded on the death of his father, Sultan Yahy ...

of Kelantan but the award was revoked by his son,

Sultan Muhammad V Sultan Muhammad V ( Jawi: ; born 6 October 1969) has reigned as the 29th Sultan of Kelantan since September 2010 and served as the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from December 2016 until his abdication in January 2019. He was proclaimed ...

in February 2018. On 13 October 2018, Husam was awarded Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka by Tuan Yang Terutama Yang Dipertua Negeri Melaka which carry the title ''Datuk''. * : ** (2006, ''revoked 7 February 2018'') * : ** MY-MAL Exalted Order of Malacca

Companion Class I of the

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(DMSM) – Datuk (2018)

External links

Official site
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Husam Musa 1959 births Living people People from Kota Bharu People from Kelantan Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Malaysian journalists Former Malaysian Islamic Party politicians Independent politicians in Malaysia Members of the Dewan Rakyat Members of the Dewan Negara Members of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly Kelantan state executive councillors University of Malaya alumni 21st-century Malaysian politicians National Trust Party (Malaysia) politicians