What type of details about ismail kassim can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: dato ' ismail kassim -lrb- born 2 october 1959 -rrb- is a malaysian politician and is the member of the perlis state legislative assembly for tambun tulang . from 2008 to 2013 he was a member of the federal parliament for the arau constituency in perlis . he is a member of the governing united malays national organisation -lrb- umno -rrb- party and the brother of the former chief minister of perlis , shahidan kassim . early in his political career , ismail served as the head of umno 's youth wing in perlis . he contested the federal seat of arau in a by-election in 1998 , but was defeated by hashim jasin of pas . his candidacy in 1998 was marred by accusations of cronyism arising from his brother 's position as menteri besar of perlis . at the time , umno was bleeding support due to allegations by supporters of umno leadership contender anwar ibrahim of cronyism and nepotism within the party . selecting the brother of the state 's chief minister as umno 's candidate did little to neutralise the allegations . ismail 's defeat was the first time that umno had lost a parliamentary seat in perlis to pas . ismail was later appointed to the dewan negara -lrb- senate -rrb- , before re-contesting and winning arau ten years later , in the 2008 general election , defeating his parti islam se-malaysia -lrb- pas -rrb- opponent by a 300-vote margin . his predecessor , syed razlan syed putra , had held the seat with a majority of 3,243 . for the 2013 election , ismail switched seats with his brother , shahidan : ismail moved to the perlis state assembly , winning the seat of tambun tulang , which his brother had held since 1995 , while shahidan contested and won the federal seat of arau .
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