In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Mohamed is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Nur Jazlan. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Nur Jazlan is married and has three children.[2] He is the eldest son of former Information Minister Mohamed Rahmat,[3] who was of Javanese[4] and Chinese descent.[5] Nur Jazlan's mother Puan Sri Salbiah Abdul Hamid was of Teochew Chinese heritage, and associates closely with the Chinese community.[6] He is a columnist for The Malaysian Insider.[7]
Education
Nur Jazlan is an alumnus from the South Bank Polytechnic,[8] United Kingdom and Emile Woolf School of Accountancy,[9] London.
Corporate career
In the year 1990, Nur Jazlan was appointed one of the Administrative Executives in IGB Corporation Berhad.[10] He stayed in IGB for a year before moving to Equatorial hotel (M) Sdn Bhd and later in 1994 he was appointed the Finance Officer for the joint venture of Proton-DRB Sdn Bhd. He stayed there up till the year 2004, where he left his corporate life to contest the 12th General Election.[11]
Political career
Nur Jazlan was elected to federal Parliament in the 2004 election for the UMNO-held seat of Pulai, previously held by Abdul Kadir Annuar.[12] He ran for the Deputy Presidency of UMNO in 2008, citing the need for UMNO to regenerate after the 2008 election, stating "UMNO must realise it is at the crossroads—it's a matter of life and death." His candidacy was described by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad as one of a "joker".[13] By the end of October 2008, Nur Jazlan had withdrawn from the race.[14] In the 2013 election, he retained his seat, withstanding a challenge from senior Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) politician Salahuddin Ayub, a local but Kelantan-based MP who switched back to Johor to seek to unseat Nur Jazlan.[15] Days before the 2018 election, he tweeted that the postal votes will not have significant effects to the outcome of the election, as a response to the complaints of delayed postal votes.[16] However, he was defeated by Salahuddin Ayub, who then had contested as a member of National Trust Party (AMANAH) and under the Pakatan Harapan (PH) banner in the election, along with other prominent politicians from UMNO.[17][18] He failed to win back the Pulai seat during the 2022 election.
Controversy
In July 2015, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chief Nur Jazlan has come under heavy fire for postponing the hearing into 1MDB scandal from August to October.[19]
On 31 October 2015, Nur Jazlan has called on Arul Kanda Kandasamy and Tony Pua to stop their public debate on 1MDB, to avoid the credibility and integrity of the committee being questioned by any party.[20]
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