Minister of Natural Resources, Environment & Climate Change

Member of Parliament of Setiawangsa

KEADILAN Vice President

Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad is the Minister of Natural Resources, Environment & Climate Change and Member of Parliament for Setiawangsa. He is also the KEADILAN Vice President.

Born in 1982, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad furthered his studies at King’s College in London in 2002 where he read law. He was active with various organisations including the United Kingdom & Eire Executive Council for Malaysian Students (UKEC), the King’s College London Labour Students and the Federation of Students Islamic Societies United Kingdom and Eire (FOSIS). He was also a facilitator for Projek Kalsom, a project for underprivileged secondary school students in 2004.

In the 2008 General Elections, he was elected as Selangor State Assemblyman for Seri Setia. He was the youngest candidate in the 12th General Election. He was appointed as the Political Secretary to the Selangor Menteri Besar. In 2010, he was subsequently appointed as KEADILAN’s Communication Director. In the 13th General Election, Nik Nazmi succeeded in defending his Seri Setia constituency and was subsequently elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly.

In the 2014 party elections, he was elected as the KEADILAN Youth Leader and three years later became the first Pakatan Harapan Youth Leader. He has held several senior positions including the Selangor State Executive Councillor (Exco) for Education, Human Capital Development, Science, Technology and Innovation, Chairman of Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Selangor, Chairman of the Board of Governors for University Selangor as well as a member of the Board of Directors for UNISEL, Yayasan Selangor and Institut Darul Ehsan.

In the historic 2018 General Election, Nik Nazmi contested and won the Setiawangsa parliamentary seat and became part of the new Pakatan Harapan administration that formed the Federal Government. In 2022, he was elected as the KEADILAN Vice President and also appointed as Chairman of the Kelantan and Terengganu state chapters.

After defending the Setiawangsa parliamentary seat in 2022 and forming the Unity Government led by YAB Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Nik Nazmi was appointed the Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change.