Dato' Ustaz Hajji Fadzil bin Muhammad Noor was a Malaysian
politician and religious teacher. He was the president of Pan-Malaysian Islamic
Party, and was the parliamentary opposition leader. During his time as PAS
president since 1989, he together with other opposition leaders formed a merger
called the Barisan Alternatif. He also managed to lead PAS in capturing the
state of Kelantan in 1990, and Terengganu in 1999. Fadzil, although part of an
Islamist party, has been viewed as a moderate compared to other party members. He
died on June 23, 2002 after having a bypass surgery. After his death, he was
succeeded by Abdul Hadi Awang as PAS president, who was later succeeded by Lim
Kit Siang as opposition leader in 2004. He was an alumnus of Al-Azhar
University in Cairo, Egypt
