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Ariffin Omar

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Ariffin Omar
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Ariffin S.M Omar is a Malaysian politician who is a Vice Chairman of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He served as a senator elected by the Penang State Legislative Assembly in the Parliament of Malaysia from 2 June 2015 to 2 June 2018.

Quick Facts Vice-chairman of Democratic Action Party (DAP), Faction represented in Dewan Negara ...
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Personal life and education

Ariffin Omar studied at St Xavier's Institution, Penang for his secondary school education. He then continued to study at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and later obtained a Bachelor's degree at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and in 1990, obtained a Doctorate degree from the Australia National University (ANU).[1]

He worked as a lecturer in Universiti Sains Malaysia (1974–2006) and a lecturer at the University of Utah (1998) and was also a lecturer in Universiti Utara Malaysia and the National Defence University of Malaysia.[1]

He was also a founding member of Aliran Kesedaran Negara (Aliran), a reform movement dedicated to justice, freedom and solidarity.[1]

Now based at the Penang Institute, his research focuses on nation, nationalism, ethnic relations and religious freedom.[1]

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Works

  • Bangsa Melayu (Malay Concepts of Democracy and Community, 1945–1950); Oxford University Press, 1993
  • The Bumiputera Policy: Dynamics and Dilemmas; Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2005

References

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