Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat

Tuan Guru Dato' Bentara Setia Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (10 January 1931 – 12 February 2015) was a Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric.

Yang Berhormat Tuan Guru Dato' Bentara Setia Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
Menteri Besar of Kelantan
In office 22 October 1990 – 6 May 2013
Monarch	Sultan Ismail Petra Sultan Muhammad V
Deputy	Ahmad Yaakob
Preceded by	Mohamed Yaacob
Succeeded by	Ahmad Yaakob
Spiritual Leader of PAS
In office 1991 – 12 February 2015
Preceded by	Yusof Rawa
Succeeded by	Vacant
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Pengkalan Chepa
In office 1974–1986
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Abdullah Arshad
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kelantan Hilir
In office 1967–1974
Preceded by	Ahmad Abdullah
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of the Kelantan State Assembly for Chempaka
In office 1995 – 12 February 2015
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Vacant
Member of the Kelantan State Assembly for Semut Api
In office 1986–1995
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
PAS Head of the Ulama Wing
In office 1971–1995
Kelantan PAS Commisioner
In office 1978–2013
Succeeded by	Ahmad Yaakob
Personal details
Born	(1931-01-10)10 January 1931 Kampung Pulau Melaka, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died	12 February 2015(2015-02-12) (aged 84) Kampung Pulau Melaka, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
Resting place	Tanah perkuburan Pulau Melaka
Political party	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party
Spouse(s)	Tuan Sabariah Tuan Ishak
Children	Nik Aini Nik Umar Nik Adli Nik Abdul Rahim Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Adilah Nik Mohamad Asri Nik Amani Nik Amalina Nik Asma' Salsabila
Parents	Nik Mat Raja Banjar Aminah Abdul Majid
Alma mater	Al-Azhar University

He was the Menteri Besar of Kelantan from 1990 to 2013 and the Mursyidul Am or Spiritual Leader of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) from 1991 until his death in 2015.

Overall, career as an elected politician lasted for some 48 years following his election to the Parliament of Malaysia in 1967.

Nik Mat died of prostate cancer in Kota Bharu, Malaysia at the age of 84.