Kamaruddin Jaafar

Who is Kamaruddin Jaafar?

Datuk Kamaruddin Jaafar is a Malaysian politician and is the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Tumpat constituency in Kelantan. He is a member of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party in the opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition.

Kamaruddin was a member of UMNO before switching to PAS in 1999. While a member of UMNO, he was considered a close associate of then Deputy Prime Minister and later Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, and was held in custody with Anwar under the Internal Security Act. Since switching to PAS, Kamaruddin was elected to the Tumpat seat in the 1999, 2004 and 2008 elections. For the 2004 election, he was the PAS Secretary-General.