15 Facts About Shahidan Kassim

Shahidan bin Kassim is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Arau from August 1986 to April 1995 and again since May 2013.

Shahidan Kassim is a Member of Central Working Committee of the Malaysian Islamic Party, a component party of the Perikatan Nasional coalition and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation, a component party of the BN coalition.

Shahidan Kassim served as the Chairman of the PN Government Backbenchers Club from May 2020 to the collapse of the PN government in August 2021.

Shahidan Kassim is the longest serving Menteri Besar of Perlis and the older brother of Ismail Kassim, former MP for Arau and former MLA for Tambun Tulang.

Shahidan Kassim went to Sekolah Menengah Sultan Abdul Halim and served as Head of Rumah Cendikia.

Shahidan Kassim was a Member of Parliament for Arau from 1986 to 1995.

Shahidan Kassim was elected to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly for the newly created seat of Tambun Tulang in the 1995 general elections.

Shahidan Kassim immediately became Chief Minister of Perlis, taking over from Hamid Pawanteh.

Shahidan Kassim defeated the senior Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party leader Haron Din by 1,371 votes.

Shahidan Kassim has held numerous positions in sports administration, including the presidencies of the Malaysia Athletic Federation, the Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia and the Perlis Football Association.

In 2017, Shahidan Kassim declared that "atheism is against the Constitution and the basic human rights" in Malaysia since "there is no provision on atheism" in the Constitution.

Shahidan Kassim wanted atheists and atheist groups like the Kuala Lumpur chapter of Atheist Republic to be identified and hunted down.

On 20 October 2018, a police report was made by a teenage girl, 15, alleged that Shahidan Kassim had molested her but the report was withdrawn by the victim's family on the same day.

Shahidan Kassim alleged that during the discussion, he held her hand and caressed her shoulder without her consent.

On 24 April 2019, Shahidan Kassim was given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal by the Kangar Sessions Court for the allegation of molesting of an underage girl after the victim retracted her report.