High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Datuk Seri Ir. Haji Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin (born 17 March 1957) is the former Menteri Besar (MB) of the Malaysian state of Perak, a post equivalent to a Chief Minister and Member of Malaysian Parliament for Bukit Gantang. Nizar is the secretary of the Perak`s Branch Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). Nizar was appointed as Menteri Besar on 17 March 2008 but was ousted in January 2009. Nizar heads the Pakatan Rakyat coalition in Perak which consists mainly of members mainly from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and his own party, PAS. Nizar was the first MB from the Pakatan Rakyat coalition.