Claim: Tuan Ibrahim, an alim (Islamic religious scholar), contested and won the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (the unicameral state legislature) seat of Jengka in the 1999 election.
Evidence: Tuan Ibrahim bin Tuan Man (Jawi: توان إبراهيم بن توان من) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Environment and Water in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration led by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin since March 2020, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kubang Kerian since May 2018 and Deputy President of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of PN coalition, since June 2015. Tuan Ibrahim is an alim (Islamic religious scholar). In Islam, the ulama (/ˈuːləˌmɑː/; Arabic: علماء‎ ʿUlamāʾ, singular عالِم ʿĀlim, "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ulema; feminine: alimah [singular] and uluma [plural]) are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious knowledge in Islam, including Islamic doctrine and law. By longstanding tradition, ulama are educated in religious institutions (madrasas). He contested and won the Pahang State Legislative Assembly seat of Jengka in the 1999 election. The Pahang State Legislative Assembly (Malay: Dewan Undangan Negeri Pahang) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Pahang. 1999 N23/29 Jengka Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (PAS) 5,338 50.47% Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (PAS) Zainal Hassan (UMNO) 5,019 47.46% 10,576 319 83.24%