PETALING JAYA: Former education minister Maszlee Malik has returned to academia and will be lecturing at the University of Cyberjaya.
“I will be giving lectures on selected topics in humanities and education-related subjects,” the former Simpang Renggam MP said in a post on Facebook.
Maszlee was unsuccessful in defending the Simpang Renggam seat in the 15th general election (GE15), losing to Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Hasni Mohammad.
Maszlee’s first foray into politics was during GE14 in 2018 when he joined Bersatu — which was aligned with Pakatan Harapan (PH) at the time — and wrestled the Simpang Renggam seat from BN.
Prior to that, he was a lecturer at the International Islamic University Malaysia.
Maszlee was appointed the education minister after PH won the mandate to form the government following its victory over BN in GE14.
His tenure as the education minister was filled with controversies such as the use of black school shoes and the teaching of Jawi in vernacular schools.
Twenty months after his appointment, Maszlee resigned. After the collapse of the PH government in Feb 2020, Maszlee stood against Bersatu’s decision to form a government together with BN and PAS after the Sheraton Move.
He was subsequently sacked from the party and became an independent MP. In November 2021, he joined PKR after more than a year of being a PH-friendly independent lawmaker.
During the 2022 Johor state elections, Maszlee ran for the Layang-Layang state seat, but lost to BN’s Abd Mutalip Abd Rahim.
Maszlee has also published various books, mostly involving the subjects of social science and Islamic politics.
FMT has reached out to Maszlee for further comments. - FMT
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