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Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat

1931 - 2015

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Nik Abdul Aziz bin Nik Mat (Jawi: نئ عبدالعزيز بن نئ مت‎; 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 Islamic Party (PAS) from 1991 until his death in 2015. Overall, his career as an elected politician lasted for some 48 years following his election to the Parliament of Malaysia in 1967. Nik Aziz was notable for his racially progressive stances in contrast to other contemporary figures within PAS's leadership that made it appeal to periphery non-Malay, non-Muslim electoral bases contributing to historic coalitions with left-leaning and multicultural parties like in Pakatan Rakyat; his death however led said leadership to purge like-minded progressives who splintered as the National Trust Party, as well shifting themselves further right towards Malay supremacism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat is the 14,959th most popular politician (down from 13,641st in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 37th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Malaysian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat ranks 14,959 out of 19,576. Before him are Garret FitzGerald, Ismael Montes, Ruslan Khomchak, Jürgen Möllemann, Pencho Zlatev, and Corneliu Mănescu. After him are Gustav Neumann, José Ignacio Pavón, Leopold II, Duke of Austria, Gholam Reza Azhari, Avi Dichter, and Eudokia Dekapolitissa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat ranks 405. Before him are Valeriu Bularca, Shirley Verrett, Ferenc Szojka, Ángel Atienza, Luciano Tesi, and Mordecai Richler. After him are Fay Weldon, Giovanni Zucchi, Regis Philbin, David Cherkassky, Thorvald Strömberg, and Paul Halla. Among people deceased in 2015, Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat ranks 326. Before him are Willi Fuggerer, Ángel Atienza, Mária Gulácsy, Marília Pêra, Keith Michell, and Gunther Schuller. After him are Henry Carr, Csaba Fenyvesi, Eric Arturo Delvalle, Zhanna Yorkina, Lia van Leer, and Adelina Gutiérrez.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat ranks 44 out of 90. Before him are Sharafuddin of Selangor (1945), Claudia Wells (1966), Sebastian Francis (1951), Mokhtar Dahari (1953), Siti Nurhaliza (1979), and Putra of Perlis (1920). After him are Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (1953), Ismail Petra of Kelantan (1949), Anthony Soter Fernandez (1930), Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 66 kg (null), Francisco Mendes (1939), and Lee Chong Wei (1982).

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Among POLITICIANS In Malaysia

Among politicians born in Malaysia, Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat ranks 28. Before him are Devan Nair (1923), Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu (1962), Yahya Petra of Kelantan (1917), Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu (1907), Muhammad V of Kelantan (1969), and Putra of Perlis (1920). After him are Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (1953), Francisco Mendes (1939), and Penny Wong (1968).

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