Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz


Mohamed Nazri bin Abdul Aziz is a Malaysian politician from the United Malays National Organisation in the previously ruling Barisan Nasional coalition. Nazri presently is the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Padang Rengas constituency in Perak, representing UMNO since 2004. He was also the Minister of Tourism and Culture from 16 May 2013 to 10 May 2018.
Nazri is an alumnus of Malay College Kuala Kangsar.

Political career

Nazri was originally the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of legal affairs and judicial reform since 2004. After the 2008 general election, which saw the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition's majority in Parliament significantly reduced, the then Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi reshuffled his cabinet and gave Nazri's legal affairs portfolio to Zaid Ibrahim but only lasted for 6 months when Zaid resigned in September 2008. He was the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of law and parliamentary affairs.

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Honours