Ariffin Omar

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Ariffin Omar
عارفين عمر
Democratic Action Party
Personal details
Born1949 (age 74–75)
Australia National University
(ANU)
OccupationPolitician, Lecturer

Ariffin S.M Omar is a

from 2 June 2015 to 2 June 2018.

Personal life and education

Ariffin Omar studied at St Xavier's Institution,

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]

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

  1. ^ a b c d "gerak budaya". Retrieved 8 September 2015.