Background
Asri was born on 10 October 1923 in Kota Bharu, the capital of Kelantan.
Asri was born on 10 October 1923 in Kota Bharu, the capital of Kelantan.
He was a school teacher and journalist before entering politics. He was elected to the Kelantan State Assembly and the federal House of Representatives in the 1959 election. Asri became the in 1964, replacing Ishak Lotfi Omar.
He served as Menteri Besar until 1974, when he resigned to become a Minister in the federal government.
Asri became the Minister for Land and Rural Development in the BN government. Both joining the BN coalition and moving away from religious-based policy platforms caused the party to lose support.
In 1982, Asri was ousted as Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society leader by the religious ulama faction of the party, to be replaced by Yusof Rawa. After Asri"s tenure, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society shifted to a more radical religious platform.
In 1988, he joined Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society"s rivals, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), claiming that Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society had "deviated" and had been "infiltrated by extremist foreign elements".
Asri"s leadership was also notable for the shifting of Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society"s outlook towards Malay nationalism.
Under Asri"s leadership, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society became a member of the governing Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition for the first and only time, from 1973 to 1978.