Syed Nasir Ismail
Syed Nasir Ismail | |
|---|---|
| سيد ناصر إسماعيل | |
| 5th Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat | |
| In office 9 January 1978 – 16 March 1982 | |
| Monarchs | Yahya Petra Ahmad Shah |
| Preceded by | Nik Ahmad Kamil Nik Mahmud |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Zahir Ismail |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Pagoh | |
| In office 1974–1978 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Muar Dalam | |
| In office 1971–1974 | |
| Preceded by | Aziz Ishak |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| 2nd Director of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka | |
| In office 1957–1969 | |
| Preceded by | Ungku Abdul Aziz |
| Succeeded by | Ali Ahmad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 March 1921 Batu Pahat, Johor, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Died | 16 March 1982 (aged 61) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Resting place | Makam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Spouse | Sharifah Aishah Syed Mohamad |
| Children | 10 |
Tun Syed Nasir bin Syed Ismail (Arabic: سيد ناصر بن سيد إسماعيل Sayyid Nāṣir bin ʼIsmāʻīl; 7 March 1921– 16 March 1982) was a Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of the Parliament of Malaysia. During his lifetime, he was known as a nationalist who sought to fight for the primacy of the national language in Malaysia as a means to create a national identity through the closing down of public-funded Mandarin and Tamil vernacular schools. Tun Syed Nasir sees a common education system for all as a solution to this dilemma. A prominent politician from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) – the leading party of the governing Barisan Nasional coalition – he served as the 5th Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat from 1978 till his death in 1982.
He was born in Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia, and is of Hadhrami Arab descent.