Political analyst Kamarul Zaman Yusoff, who became an internet sensation after receiving a "death stare" from Dr Mahathir Mohamad prior to becoming prime minister, has resigned as the director of Universiti Utara Malaysia's (UUM) Institute for Malaysian Political Analysis (Mapan).

"I cannot deny that wherever I go, unknown people who recognise me as the 'academic who (supposedly) wet himself in front of Mahathir during a Sinar Harian forum on March 22' will tick me off," he said in a Facebook posting today.

Kamarul said his name has also been associated with many critical writings against Harapan, which ended BN's 61-year rule in the May 9 general election.

"(In light of this), to facilitate all quarters, I hereby voluntarily resign my position as the Mapan director of UUM, effective May 14, which is the first working day after the 14th general election," he said.

Following the general election, Kamarul said he had received many queries about his position for being critical of Mahathir.

He added that other people in UUM had also begun to question him.

"I would like to apologise openly to everyone at UUM who were not comfortable because they think my critical actions against Mahathir and Harapan had affected the university's reputation," he said.

Kamarul stressed that the opinions he had expressed were his personal views.

He also denied being partisan to Najib, pointing out that he had on occasions also criticised the previous BN government.

Kamarul further denied that he failed to conduct any research during his tenure at Mapan.

Kamarul had in a forum in March railed against Mahathir in a forum, claiming that he was unfit to become prime minister.

However, Kamarul received a shocked when Mahathir turned up at the forum, sat in the front row, and stared him down.

Subsequently, Kamarul appeared to shift uncomfortably throughout the forum and tone down his attacks against Mahathir.