Mohamed Nasir

Yang Berbahagia Dato' Biji Sura Dato' Haji
Mohamed Nasir
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Yang Berbahagia Dato' Biji Sura Dato' Haji Mohamed Nasir SPMK DPMK JMN JP
محمد ناصر‎
Also known as	Datuak Intan Maradjo
Menteri Besar of Kelantan
	In office; 1973–1978
Monarch	Yahya Petra
Preceded by	Asri Muda
Succeeded by	Mohamed Yaacob
Constituency	Tendong
Minister without Portfolio
	In office; 1978–1984
Prime Minister	Hussein Onn; Mahathir Mohamad
Constituency	Senator
Member of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly; for N07 Tendong
	In office; 10 May 1969 – 19 April 1978
Preceded by	Che Hassan (PMIP)
Succeeded by	Ghazali Awang Ibrahim (BERJASA-BN)
Member of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly; for N25 Machang Utara
	In office; 24 June 1959 – 25 April 1964
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Mohyiddin @ Che Kadir Che Tengah (UMNO-Alliance)
President of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front (BERJASA)
	In office; 1977–unknown
Preceded by	Party established
Succeeded by	unknown
Personal details
Born	Mohamed bin Nasir; 1916; Kampung Padang Enggang, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Unfederated Malay States of British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died	21 February 1997 (aged 81); Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Resting place	Northern Memorial Park Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	PAS (until 1977); BERJASA (1977–unknown)
Spouse(s)	Wan Mariam Wan Yusoff (former); Datin Che Zainab Che Ismail; Nik Khamsiah Nik Mohamed
Children	16
Parent(s)	Nasir Malim Padek (father); Membunga (mother)
Profession	Menteri Besar of Kelantan
Known for	Menteri Besar during 1977 Kelantan Emergency

Dato' Haji Mohamed bin Nasir (Jawi: محمد بن ناصر; 1916 – 21 February 1997)^[1] was a Malaysian politician. He served as the Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Kelantan from 1973 to 1978.^[2]

Mohamed founded Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front (BERJASA) in 1977 under the persuasion and endorsement of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) who were dissatisfied with the demands of and in squabbles for the lump share in controlling the Barisan Nasional (BN) state of Kelantan with the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).^[3]

Early life

Mohamed Nasir was born in 1916 in Kampung Kota, Kota Bharu. His grandmother Malin Padek was from West Sumatra. He had a total of 16 children as a result of his polygamous marriages with Che Zainab binti Haji Ismail, Wan Mariam binti Wan Yusoff and Nik Khamsiah binti Nik Mohamed. He was educated at the Kelantan Islamic Religious Council School, Royal English School, Kuala Krai. He obtained his Diploma in Agriculture in 1937 from Serdang Agricultural College. He continued his studies by learning the Quran and Hadith from Maulana Ahmad Ali Lahore and Maulana Mohamed Shah. Then, he led the preaching movement throughout Kelantan.

Political career

In 1959, Mohamed Nasir started his active politics and was appointed as Deputy Chief Minister of Kelantan. After winning the 1974 General Election, he was given a mandate by Barisan Nasional to lead the administration of Kelantan until he was pulled by the Federal Government to be appointed as a Senator and then Minister without Portfolio. He was a cabinet minister in the leadership of the Barisan Nasional government at that time. The 2nd Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak invited PAS to join the Barisan Nasional after the 13 May incident. Apart from leading the Berjasa Party, he was also active in voluntary service such as being President of Perkim Kelantan, President of Kelantan Former Soldiers, President of JP Kelantan, Founder of Balaghulmubin Religious School, Patron of Kelantan Indian Muslim Association and Founder of Kelantan Islamic Higher Education Center.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Death

Mohamed Nasir died in Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on Friday, 21 February 1997 at 1.45 pm due to old age and was buried in Northern Memorial Park Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.