Ismail bin Kassim was a Malaysian politician who had served as the Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly for Tambun Tulang from May 2013 to November 2022, the Member of Parliament for Arau from March 2008 to May 2013 and a Senator from 1999 to 2005.
15 Facts About Ismail Kassim
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Ismail Kassim was a member of the United Malays National Organisation, a component party of the Barisan Nasional coalition and briefly a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party, a component party of the formerly the Pakatan Harapan coalition.
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Ismail Kassim was the younger brother of Shahidan Kassim, the current MP for Arau.
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Early in his political career, Ismail joined UMNO in 1987 at the age of 28.
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Ismail Kassim lost to Hashim Jasin of the Malaysian Islamic Party by a minority of 1,323 votes.
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The defeat of Ismail Kassim created history as BN lost a Perlis federal seat for the first time.
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In 1999, Ismail Kassim was appointed to the Parliament as Senator for the first term.
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Ismail Kassim won the seat and was elected into Parliament as the Arau MP after narrowly defeating Haron Din of PAS by a majority of only 300 votes.
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Therefore, Ismail Kassim was instead nominated by BN to contest the 2013 Perlis state election for the Tambun Tulang state seat.
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Ismail Kassim won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Tambun Tulang MLA for the first term after defeating the Azhar Ameir of Pakatan Rakyat by a majority of 2,481 votes.
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Ismail Kassim defended the seat and was reelected as the Tambun Tulang MLA for the second term after defeating the Maton Din of PH and Abu Bakar Ali of Gagasan Sejahtera by a majority of 1,180 votes.
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Ismail Kassim was nominated by BN as the Menteri Besar of Perlis after his reelection as an MLA.
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On 4 August 2019, Ismail Kassim joined BERSATU which was another PH component party.
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Ismail Kassim lost the seat and was not reelected as the Tambun Tulang MLA for the third term after losing to Wan Zikri Afthar Ishak of PN by a minority of 2,485 votes.
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On 22 May 2023, Ismail Kassim died of a heart attack at the Selayang Hospital in Selayang, Gombak, Selangor, at the age of 63.