| Yang Berhormat Dato' Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz | |
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| Minister in the Prime Minister Department Law & Parliamentary Affairs |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 31 March 2004 |
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| Member of Parliament for Padang Rengas, Perak | |
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| Assumed office 2004 |
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| Political party | United Malays National Organisation part of Barisan Nasional |
| Occupation | Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament |
| Religion | Islam |
Dato' Seri Mohamed Nazri bin Tan Sri Abdul Aziz is a Malaysian politician from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), and is as of 2008[update] a Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of parliamentary affairs.[1] In June 2005 Nazri caused controversy when he shouted the phrase "bloody racist" (or variants of it) 28 times in Parliament. A request by opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) lawmaker Fong Po Kuan for Nazri to take back his comments went unheeded. The incident occurred during a debate on the Malaysian Medical Council's derecognition of Crimea State Medical University (CSMU) medical degrees; most Malaysian students sent to study there were of Indian extraction. Nazri has since used the phrase "bloody racist" on Tun Dr. Mahathir because the latter supports a controversial government programme that allegedly indoctrinates racist sentiments in civil servants and public university students.[2]
Nazri was originally also the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of legal affairs and judicial reform. After the 2008 general election, which saw the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition's majority in Parliament significantly reduced, the then Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi reshuffled his Cabinet and gave Nazri's legal affairs portfolio to Zaid Ibrahim.[3]
He has also recently (2006) been called the hatchetman of Abdullah, then Prime Minister of Malaysia, by Former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, for defending Abdullah in Mahathir's ongoing criticisms against the government.
In September 2010 he came out openly in the defence of Prime Minister Najib's 1Malaysia policy, saying that he is a Malaysian first and a Malay next. This is in complete opposition to that expressed by the Deputy Prime Minister, Muhyiddin bin Mohd. Yassin, who has time and again reiterated that he is Malay first and Malaysian second.
He is an alumnus of Malay College Kuala Kangsar.
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Opposition Member of Parliament Karpal Singh said Nazri had misled Parliament when he said judges involved in the 1988 Judicial crisis were not sacked but were asked to take early retirement.[4] Former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad also refuted Nazri's suggestion saying Salleh and two of the five other judges involved in the 1988 judicial crisis had not been dismissed but were asked to retire early. He said Tun Salleh Abas was sacked as lord president but obtained a pension on grounds of compassion.[5]
In 2009 photos surfaced of a woman and a man rumoured to be Nazri in a compromosing position but several politicians who were close to him said the man in the pictures is not him.[6]
| Year | Barisan Nasional | Votes | Pct | Opposition | Votes | Pct | ||
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| 1995 | Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz | 16,983 | 73% | Saidin Mat Piah (S46) | 5,190 | 22% | ||
| 1999 | Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz | 13,374 | 57% | Hamzah Mohd Zain (PKR) | 9,384 | 40% |
| Year | Barisan Nasional | Votes | Pct | Opposition | Votes | Pct | ||
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| 2004 | Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz | 9,214 | 66% | Mohd Zolkafly Yahaya (PKR) | 4,442 | 32% | ||
| 2008 | Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz | 9,830 | 54% | Alias Zenon (PKR) | 8,081 | 44% |
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