Syed Nasir Ismail

سيد ناصر إسماعيل‎5th Speaker of the Dewan RakyatIn office
9 January 1978 – 16 March 1982MonarchsYahya Petra
Ahmad ShahPrime MinisterHussein Onn
Mahathir MohamadPreceded byNik Ahmad Kamil Nik MahmudSucceeded byMohamed Zahir IsmailMember of the Malaysian Parliament
for PagohIn office
1974–1978Preceded byConstituency establishedSucceeded byMuhyiddin YassinMember of the Malaysian Parliament
for Muar DalamIn office
1971–1974Preceded byAziz IshakSucceeded byConstituency abolished2nd Director of Dewan Bahasa dan PustakaIn office
1957–1969Preceded byUngku Abdul AzizSucceeded byAli Ahmad Personal detailsBorn(1921-03-07)7 March 1921
Batu Pahat, Johor, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)Died16 March 1982(1982-03-16) (aged 61)
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaResting placeMakam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara, Kuala LumpurPolitical partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)SpouseSharifah Aishah Syed MohamadChildren10

Tun Syed Nasir bin Syed Ismail (Arabic: سيد ناصر بن سيد إسماعيل Sayyid Nāṣir bin ʼIsmāʻīl; 7 March 1921^[1]– 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,^[1] Johor, Malaysia, and is of Hadhrami Arab descent.

Awards and recognitions

Honours of Malaysia

•  Malaya :
  • Companion of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (JMN) (1961)^[2]
•  Malaysia :
  • Recipient of the Malaysian Commemorative Medal (Silver) (PPM) (1965)^[2]
  • Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PMN) – Tan Sri (1971)^[2]
  • Grand Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (SSM) – Tun (1982)^[2][3]
•  Johor :
  • Recipient of the Star of Sultan Ismail (BSI)
  • Recipient of the Sultan Ibrahim Medal (PIS)
  • Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Loyalty of Sultan Ismail of Johor (SSIJ) – Dato'
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Johor (SPMJ) – Dato'
•  Pahang :
  • Grand Knight of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (SIMP) – formerly Dato', now Dato' Indera (1980)^[4]
•  Perlis :
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Perlis (DPMP) – Dato'

Places named after him

Several places were named after him, including:

• Kolej Tun Syed Nasir, a residential college at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor
• Kolej Tun Syed Nasir, a residential college at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Johor
• Politeknik Tun Syed Nasir Syed Ismail in Muar, Johor
• Taman Tun Syed Nasir, a residential area in Muar, Johor
• Kampung Kenangan Tun Syed Nasir in Muar, Johor
• Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tun Syed Nasir Ismail , Johor Bahru (SMKTSNI)

References

Political offices
Preceded by Nik Ahmad Kamil Nik Mahmud	Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat 1978–1982	Succeeded by Mohamed Zahir Ismail