Dato' Ustaz Hajji

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 Fadzil bin Muhammad Noor (March 13, 1937-June 23, 2002) was a Malaysian politician

Politician

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 and religious teacher

Ulema

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. He was the president of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), and was the parliamentary opposition

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 leader.

During his time as PAS president since 1989, he together with other opposition leaders formed a merger called the Barisan Alternatif

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. He also managed to lead PAS in capturing the state of Kelantan

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 in 1990, and Terengganu

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 in 1999. Fadzil, although part of an Islamist party, has been viewed as a moderate compared to other party members.

He died on June 23, 2002 after having a bypass surgery. After his death, he was succeeded by Abdul Hadi Awang

Abdul Hadi Awang

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 as PAS president, who was later succeeded by Lim Kit Siang as opposition leader in 2004.

He was an alumnus of Al-Azhar University

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 in Cairo

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, Egypt

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