Saifuddin Nasution Ismail

Career

Saifuddin then defected to the opposition Keadilan party, which later became PKR. However he failed in his bid to be elevated to the federal Parliament in the 2004 election, losing to Lim Bee Kau of the Barisan Nasional in the seat of Padang Serai. Foreign the 2013 he returned to Kedah to contest the seat of Kulim-Bandar Baharu, but was defeated by UMNO"s Abdul Aziz Sheikh Fadzir. In January 2010, Saifuddin was appointed the Secretary-General of PKR, replacing Salehuddin Hashim.

In 2014 he vacated the post to run for the party"s deputy presidency, but was defeated by Azmin Ali.

Achievements

• Saifuddin won a by-election for the Kedah state assembly seat of Lunas in 2000. In the 2008 election, Saifuddin contested and won the federal seat of Machang in Kelantan.

Membership

He is a senior figure in the People"s Justice Party (PKR), in the Pakatan Rakyat opposition coalition, and is a former Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Machang constituency in Kelantan. Saifuddin was a member of the youth wing of the ruling UMNO party but was expelled in 1999 as its assistant secretary.