 He was Kota Bharu Member of Parliament for five terms before losing in the 1990 General Election to the Semangat 46 candidate.Tan Sri Rithauddeen is a royal lineage of Kelatan Royal Family and grandson of the late Sultan of Pattani, Sultan Abdul Kadir Kamarudin Syah.After the throne was crowned by the Siamese, the Pattani Sultan was deported to Kelantan and married Tengku Kembang Petri Binti Sultan Muhammad IV.