Kamarudin Jaffar
Kamarudin bin Jaffar (
Jawi: قمرالدين بن جعفر; born 3 November 1951) is a
Malaysian politician who served as the
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for the second term in the
Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister
Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister
Saifuddin Abdullah from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the
Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister
Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister
Hishammudin Hussein from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021,
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Bandar Tun Razak from May 2018 to November 2022,
Deputy Minister of Transport in the
Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister
Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister
Anthony Loke Siew Fook from July 2018 to the collapse of the
PH administration in February 2020 and MP for
Tumpat from November 1999 to May 2018. He is a member of the
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition and was a member of the
People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition,
Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a former component party of the
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and
Barisan Alternatif (BA) coalitions and
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the
Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
Earlier Kamarudin was a member of
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a major component in
Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition before switching to PAS in 1999. While a member of UMNO, he was considered a close associate of then Deputy Prime Minister and later Opposition Leader
Anwar Ibrahim, and was held in custody with Anwar under the
Internal Security Act (ISA).
Kamarudin made his debut contesting but lost the
Tumpat parliamentary constituency in
1995 general election when he was still in UMNO. Since switching to PAS, Kamarudin was elected to the Tumpat seat in the
1999,
2004,
2008 and
2013 elections. For the 2004 election, he was the PAS Secretary-General. He subsequently contested and won the Bandar Tun Razak constituency in the
2018 elections after joining PKR.
Kamarudin was sworn in as
Deputy Minister of Transport from 2 July 2018 until 24 February 2020, which is part of
Prime Minister Mahathir's 7th Cabinet.
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