Dato’ M Rais Yatim

He is a Malaysian leading politician. He was a minister in multiple federal governments from 1974 to 2013 and the Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan from 1978 to 1982. He held the Jelebu seat in the Parliament of Malaysia until 2013. He was a member of the United Malays National Organizatio (UMNO), the leading party in Malaysia's previous ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, except for a period in the 1990s when he was a member of the opposition Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (S46). Presently he is a member of Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM), a component of Pakatan Harapan (PH) ruling coalition since he quitted UMNO to join PPBM on 4 June 2018. After leaving politics he became the President of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).