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{{short description|Malaysian politician}}
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{{Infobox Officeholder
|honorific-prefix = [[Malay styles and titles#Dato’ Seri|Dato’ Seri]] [[Physician|Dr.]]
|name = Burhanuddin al-Helmy
|native_name = برهان الدين بن محمد نور الحلمي
| honorific-suffix = {{small|[[List of post-nominal letters (Perak)|SPCM]]}}
|image = Burhanuddin al-Helmy.jpg
|imagesize = 150px
| office = 1st [[List of Malaysian Leaders of the Opposition|Leader of the Opposition]]
| monarch = [[Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan|Abdul Rahman]] [[Hisamuddin of Selangor|Hisamuddin]] [[Putra of Perlis|Putra]]
| primeminister = [[Tunku Abdul Rahman]]
| term_start = 1959
| term_end = 1964
| predecessor =
| successor = [[Tan Chee Khoon]]
|office2 = 3rd President of the [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]]
|term_start2 = 1956
|term_end2 = 25 October 1969
|predecessor2 = [[Abbas Alias]]
|successor2 = [[Asri Muda|Mohd Asri Muda]]
|office3 =
|monarch3 =
|primeminister3 =
|term_start3 =
|term_end3 =
|predecessor3 =
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1911|8|29|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Kota Baharu, Perak|Kota Bharu]], [[Gopeng]], [[Perak]], [[British Malaya]] (now [[Malaysia]])
|death_date = {{death date and age|1969|10|25|1911|8|29|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Taiping, Perak|Taiping]], [[Perak]]
|profession =
|party = [[Kesatuan Melayu Muda]] [[Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya]] [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]]
|parents = Muhammad Nur 
Sharifah Zaharah Habib Osman
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[[Malay styles and titles#Dato’ Seri|Dato’ Seri]] [[Physician|Dr.]] '''Burhanuddin bin Muhammad Nur al-Hilmi''' ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]: برهانالدين بن محمد نور الحلمي; 29 August 1911 – 25 October 1969),<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9WWLDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT135&dq=Burhanuddin+bin+Muhammad+Nur+al-Hilmi+1911&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjB2umd4fraAhXkHJoKHUu2CP8Q6AEIIjAA#v=onepage&q=Burhanuddin%20bin%20Muhammad%20Nur%20al-Hilmi%201911&f=false Profile of Burhanuddin al-Helmy]</ref> commonly known as '''Burhanuddin al-Helmy''', was a [[Malaysia]]n politician. He was President of the [[Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS) from 1956 to his death in October 1969.

==Early and personal life==

Burhanuddin was born in [[Kota Bharu, Perak]] in 1911. His father, Muhammad Nur, came from [[Batu Sangkar]], [[West Sumatera]]. He studied at [[India]]'s [[Aligarh Muslim University]].<ref name="Leifer">{{cite book|last=Leifer|first=Michael|title=Dictionary of the modern politics of South-East Asia|edition=3rd|year=2001|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=0-415-23875-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmode0000leif/page/79 79]|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmode0000leif/page/79}}</ref> After his return from India, he taught Arabic at Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah, [[Aljunied]], Singapore. During his time in Singapore, he was arrested by the British, but was bailed out after one night by a member of the [[Syed Mohamed Alsagoff|Alsagoff]] family.

==Post-war activism==
After [[World War II]], Burhanuddin set up the Malay Nationalist Party. The party advocated [[Malaysian Malay|Malay]] rights and proposed a "political union" with [[Indonesia]].<ref name="Leifer"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Federspiel|first=Howard M.|title=Sultans, shamans, and saints: Islam and Muslims in Southeast Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Qf39DpguysC&q=%22burhanuddin+al-helmy%22&pg=PA177|year=2007|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-3052-6|page=177}}</ref>

==PAS Presidency==
Burhanuddin assumed the presidency of PAS in 1956,<ref name="Leifer"/> and held the post until his death in 1969.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aliran.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1072:that-complex-entity-called-pas&catid=89:2009-7&Itemid=45|title=That complex entity called Pas|date=14 November 2009|work=Aliran Monthly|access-date=22 June 2010}}</ref> He won the Besut parliamentary seat in the 1959 elections. PAS had a left-wing orientation under Burhanuddin's leadership: he supported trade unions and anti-colonialism.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\11\story_11-4-2008_pg3_3|title=On the road to change?|last=Farish Noor|date=11 April 2008|work=Daily Times|access-date=22 June 2010}}</ref> He has been described as a "radical nationalist and Islamic thinker".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Matheson Hooker|first1=Virginia|last2=Norani Othman|title=Malaysia: Islam, society and politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0W5t5lxigh8C&q=Burhanuddin+al-Helmy+matheson+hooker&pg=PA222|year=2003|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|isbn=981-230-161-5|page=222}}</ref> His presidency was interrupted by his arrest under the [[Internal Security Act (Malaysia)|Internal Security Act]] in 1965 and subsequent imprisonment for one year on charges of plotting to overthrow the Malaysian government and install an [[Indonesia]]n-friendly replacement.<ref name="Leifer"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hVMRAAAAIBAJ&pg=6858,29259&dq=burhanuddin+al-helmy&hl=en|title=Opposition Plan for Rebellion|date=1 March 1965|work=[[The Age]]|publisher=[[Fairfax Media]]|access-date=22 June 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

==Legacy==
===Awards===
* {{Flag|Perak}}:
**[[File:MY-PERA Order of Cura Si Manja Kini - Grand Knight - SPCM (new).svg|50px]] Grand Knight of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Perak|Order of Cura Si Manja Kini]] (SPCM) – '''Dato' Seri''' (2015)

===Places named after him===
Several places were named after him, including:
* Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi in [[Taman Tun Dr Ismail]], [[Kuala Lumpur]]
* Persiaran Burhanuddin Helmi in [[Taman Tun Dr Ismail]], Kuala Lumpur
* Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Doktor Burhanuddin in Taiping, Perak
* Sekolah Rendah Islam Burhanuddin Al-Helmy in Alor Setar, Kedah
* Kolej Burhanuddin Helmi, one of the residential college in [[National University of Malaysia]], Bangi, Selangor

==References==
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| title = President of the [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]]
| years = 1956 - 1969
| after = [[Asri Muda]]
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