Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat

Yang Berbahagia Tuan Guru Tan Sri Dato' Bentara Setia Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat PSM SJMK KMN JP
نئ عبدالعزيز نئ مت‎
Menteri Besar of Kelantan
In office 22 October 1990 – 6 May 2013
Monarchs	Sultan Ismail Petra Sultan Muhammad V
Deputy	Mohd Rozali Isohak (1990-1996) Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman (1990-2004) Ahmad Yakob (2004-2013)
Preceded by	Mohamed Yaacob
Succeeded by	Ahmad Yakob
2nd Spiritual Leader of Malaysian Islamic Party
In office 1991 – 12 February 2015
Preceded by	Yusof Rawa
Succeeded by	Haron Din
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Pengkalan Chepa
In office 1974–1986
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Nik Abdullah Arshad [ms]
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kelantan Hilir
In office 1967–1974
Preceded by	Ahmad Abdullah
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of the Kelantan State Assembly for Chempaka
In office 1995 – 12 February 2015
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Ahmad Fathan Mahmood [ms]
Member of the Kelantan State Assembly for Semut Api
In office 1986–1995
Preceded by	Wan Mamat Wan Yusof
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
PAS Head of the Ulama Wing
In office 1971–1995
Kelantan Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Commissioner
In office 1978–2013
Succeeded by	Ahmad Yakob
Personal details
Born	Nik Abdul Aziz bin Nik Mat (1931-01-10)10 January 1931 Kampung Pulau Melaka, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died	12 February 2015(2015-02-12) (aged 84) Kampung Pulau Melaka, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
Resting place	Tanah Perkuburan Pulau Melaka, Kota Bharu
Political party	PAS
Other political affiliations	Alliance (1972–1973) BN (1973–1978) APU (1990–1996) BA (1999–2004) PR (2008–2015)
Spouse	Puan Sri Tuan Sabariah Tuan Ishak ​ ​ (m. 1963)​
Relations	Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (nephew) Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh (nephew) Ahmad Dusuki Abdul Rani [ms] (nephew)
Children	10, including Nik Abduh and Nik Omar
Alma mater	Al-Azhar University Darul Uloom Deoband

Nik Abdul Aziz bin Nik Mat (Jawi: نئ عبدالعزيز بن نئ مت‎; 10 January 1931 – 12 February 2015) was a Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric. He was the Menteri Besar of Kelantan from 1990 to 2013 and the Mursyidul Am or Spiritual Leader of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) from 1991 until his death in 2015. Overall, his career as an elected politician lasted for some 48 years following his election to the Parliament of Malaysia in 1967.

Nik Aziz was notable for his racially progressive stances in contrast to other contemporary figures within PAS's leadership that made it appeal to periphery non-Malay, non-Muslim electoral bases contributing to historic coalitions with left-leaning and multicultural parties like in Pakatan Rakyat; his death however led said leadership to purge like-minded progressives who splintered as the National Trust Party, as well shifting themselves further right towards Malay supremacism.^[1][2]