Ahmad Yakob served as the Menteri Besar of Kelantan from May 2013 to August 2023.
12 Facts About Ahmad Yakob
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Ahmad Yakob is a member, Deputy Spiritual Leader and State Commissioner of Kelantan of the Malaysian Islamic Party, a component party of the Perikatan Nasional coalition.
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Ahmad Yakob got his elementary education at Berangan Primary School and Bustanul Ariffin Islamic School, Tumpat, before he furthered his secondary education at Islamic Studies College in Kota Bahru.
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Ahmad Yakob then studied at Islamic Higher Education Centre of Kelantan, Kota Bahru; before he furthered his study outside Malaysia.
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Ahmad Yakob got his Bachelor graduate from Al-Azhar University in Sharia in the 1970s.
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Ahmad Yakob started his educational service as a teacher in Dato' Bentara Dalam Secondary School, Segamat, Johor, in 1980.
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Ahmad Yakob then taught at Dabong Secondary School, Gua Musang, Pasir Mas Girls' Secondary School and Rantau Panjang Secondary School.
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Ahmad Yakob resigned from being a teacher in 1995 to allow him to contest in Malaysian general election, 1995.
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Ahmad Yakob's father is a PAS figure in Tumpat and detained under Internal Security Act 1960 with another PAS figure, Nik Abdullah Arshad.
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Ahmad Yakob won against BN candidate, Saupi Daud, with the majority of 2,734 votes.
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Ahmad Yakob was chosen as the Deputy Menteri Besar of Kelantan on 23 March 2004, replacing Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman.
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Ahmad Yakob then was appointed replacing Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat as the Menteri Besar of Kelantan on 6 May 2013.