Datuk Nur Jazlan bin Mohamed (born 15 February 1966) is a Malaysian politician who has served as 15th Deputy President of the Dewan Negara and Senator since June 2023. He served as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi from July 2015 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018, Member of Parliament (MP) for Pulai from March 2004 to May 2018 and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee from June 2013 to July 2015. He is a member and Division Chief of Pulai of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was also the State Deputy Chairman of UMNO of Johor. He is regarded as a vocal critic of Perikatan Nasional (PN) and its Chairman Muhyiddin Yassin.^[1]

Nur Jazlan is married and has three children.^[2] He is the eldest son of former Information Minister Mohamed Rahmat,^[3] who was of Javanese^[4] and Chinese descent.^[5] Nur Jazlan's mother Puan Sri Salbiah Abdul Hamid was of Teochew Chinese heritage, and associates closely with the Chinese community.^[6] He is a columnist for The Malaysian Insider.^[7]

Nur Jazlan is an alumnus from the South Bank Polytehnics,^[8] United Kingdom and Emile Woolf School of Accountancy,^[9] London.

In the year 1990, Nur Jazlan was appointed as one of the Administrative Executives in IGB Corporation Berhad.^[10] he stayed in IGB for a year before moving to Equatorial hotel (M) Sdn Bhd and later in 1994 he was appointed as the Finance Officer for the joint venture of Proton-DRB Sdn Bhd. He stayed there up till the year 2004, where he left his corporate life to contest in the 12th General Election.^[11]

Nur Jazlan was elected to federal Parliament in the 2004 election for the UMNO-held seat of Pulai, previously held by Abdul Kadir Annuar.^[12] He ran for the Deputy Presidency of UMNO in 2008, citing the need for UMNO to regenerate after the 2008 election, stating "UMNO must realise it is at the crossroads—it's a matter of life and death." His candidacy was described by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed as one of a "joker".^[13] By the end of October 2008, Nur Jazlan had withdrawn from the race.^[14] In the 2013 election, he retained his seat, withstanding a challenge from senior Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) politician Salahuddin Ayub, a local but Kelantan-based MP who switched back to Johor to seek to unseat Nur Jazlan.^[15] Days before the 2018 election, he tweeted that the postal votes will not have significant effects to the outcome of the election, as a response to the complaints of delayed postal votes.^[16] However, he was defeated by Pakatan Harapan (PH) politician Salahuddin Ayub in the election, along with other prominent politicians from UMNO.^[17][18]

In July 2015, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chief Nur Jazlan has come under heavy fire for postponing the hearing into 1MDB scandal from August to October.^[19]

On 31 October 2015, Nur Jazlan has called on Arul Kanda Kandasamy and Tony Pua to stop their public debate on 1MDB, to avoid the credibility and integrity of the committee being questioned by any party.^[20]

•  Sabah :
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2000)^[27]

• Pulai (federal constituency)