Phahrolrazi Zawawi

Datuk Haji Phahrolrazi bin Haji Zawawi (born 8 September 1953) is a Malaysian politician. He holds the State Assembly seat of Pengkalan Kundor for the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). After the 2008 election he was appointed as a member of the Executive Council of the Malaysian state of Kedah, chairing the Committee for Rural Development, Entrepreneur and Public Works. In 2012 he was moved to the Housing and Local Government, Water Supply and Energy Resources portfolio.[1] His term in the Executive Council ended when PAS lost power in the 2013 election, although he held on to his seat in the State Assembly. After the election he resigned as the deputy commissioner of PAS in Kedah.[2]

Pharolrazi is a leading figure in the moderate 'Erdogan' faction of PAS, named after the Turkish Prime Minister and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. During PAS's term in state government from 2008 to 2013, he emerged as a leadership rival to the Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) Azizan Abdul Razak, of the party's conservative ulama faction.[3][4] The breakdown in the relationship between Pharolrazi and Azizan led to Pharolrazi to refuse reappointment as a member of the Executive Council in 2012, before rejoining the council after a brief period.[5] In 2014 he formed PasMa, a splinter movement of the national party formed by members of the Erdogan faction concerned that the party's conservative leadership might cause a breakdown in the Pakatan Rakyat coalition between PAS, Anwar Ibrahim's People's Justice Party and the Democratic Action Party.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Sharanpal Singh Randhawa (6 April 2012). "Two reps reappointed with slight changes". New Straits Times. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kedah PAS' Phahrolrazi steps down as deputy commissioner". The Star. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Noor Adzman Baharuddin. "Kedah Pas in shambles". New Straits Times. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Kedah MB isolated". New Straits Times. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Phahrolrazi, Ismail sworn in as Kedah excos". The Malaysian Insider. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Shura Council wrong to ban PAS members from joining us, says PasMa". The Malaysian Insider. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
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