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Saravanan Murugan
Datuk Seri Saravanan Murugan ( ta, முருகன் சரவணன், Murukaṉ Caravaṇaṉ; born 4 February 1968) commonly referred to as M. Saravanan ( ta, மு. சரவணன், Mu. Caravaṇaṉ) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tapah since March 2008. He served as the Minister of Human Resources for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018, Deputy Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing from April 2009 to May 2013 and Deputy Minister of Federal Territories from March 2008 to Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malay Titles
The Malay language has a complex system of styles, titles and honorifics which are used extensively in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the southern Philippines. Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and several provinces in Indonesia regularly award honorary and life titles. What follows in this article is specific to the Malaysian system. References to Brunei and Indonesia are given when pertinent. In Malaysia, all non-hereditary titles can be granted to both men and women. Every title has a form which can be used by the wife of the title holder. This form is not used by the husband of a titled woman; such a woman will bear a title which is the same as a titled man. Former use Singapore, whose Malay royalty was abolished by the British colonial government in 1891, has adopted civic titles for its leaders. The Philippines historically used Malay titles during its pre-Hispanic period (especially under Bruneian influence), as evidenced by the titles of historical figur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Halim Of Kedah
Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, meaning "the"). It is the initial component of many compound names, names made of two words. For example, , ', usually spelled ''Abdel Hamid'', ''Abdelhamid'', ''Abd El Hamid'' or ''Abdul Hamid'', which means "servant of The Praised" (God). The most common use for ''Abdul'' by far, is as part of a male given name, written in English. When written in English, ''Abdul'' is subject to variable spacing, spelling, and hyphenation. The meaning of ''Abdul'' literally and normally means "Slave of the", but English translations also often translate it to "Servant of the". Spelling variations Variations in spelling are primarily because of the variation in pronunciation. Arabic speakers normally pronounce and transcribe their names of Arabic orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Malaysian General Election
General elections were held in Malaysia on Sunday, 5 May 2013 to elect the members of the 13th Parliament. Voting took place in all 222 parliamentary constituencies, each electing one MP to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. State elections also took place in 505 state constituencies in 12 of the 13 states (excluding Sarawak) on the same day. The elections were the first since Najib Razak became Prime Minister in 2009. The incumbent right-wing Barisan Nasional led by Najib won a second term against the opposition centre-left Pakatan Rakyat led by Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, after Barisan Nasional formed a majority government at a federal level. Barisan Nasional won 133 seats in the 222-seat Dewan Rakyat and 47.38% of the vote whereas the informal coalition, Pakatan Rakyat contesting under a different election symbol, saw a slight increase in both support and seats, winning 50.87% of the popular vote and 89 seats. This was the best performance shown by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Malaysian General Election
A general election was held on Saturday, 8 March 2008 for members of the 12th Parliament of Malaysia. Voting took place in all 222 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. State elections also took place in 505 state constituencies in 12 out of 13 states (excluding Sarawak) on the same day. The 11th Parliament was dissolved on 13 February 2008, and the following day, the Election Commission announced nominations would be held on 24 February, with general polling set for 8 March. State assemblies of all states except Sarawak (due to election in 2006) also dissolved and their elections took place at the same time. Political parties were reported to have begun preparations for the polls as early as January 2008. As in 2004, the incumbent National Front coalition, the ruling political alliance since independence, as well as opposition parties represented primarily by Democratic Actio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Seman Yusop
Abu Seman bin Haji Yusop (born 10 January 1944) was the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Masjid Tanah constituency in the state of Melaka from 2004 to 2013. A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party in the then-governing Barisan Nasional coalition, he served in the deputy ministry of successive governments during that period. Before entering politics, Abu Seman was a lawyer with his own firm. He is a former police inspector and prosecutor. Political career Abu Seman was elected to federal Parliament in the 2004 general election for the seat of Masjid Tanah. Includes results from the 2004 election (* denotes incumbent). He was subsequently appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary, and in 2009 was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs by the newly installed Prime Minister Najib Razak Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak ( ms, محمد نجيب بن عبد الرزاق, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zulhasnan Rafique
Zulhasnan bin Rafique ( Jawi: ذوالحسنان بن رفيق; born 20 September 1954) is a Malaysian politician and the former Minister of Federal Territories. He is a former Member of Parliament of Malaysia for Wangsa Maju and Setiawangsa constituencies in Kuala Lumpur and a supreme council member in the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO), the largest component party in the previously ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN). Life Zulhasnan joined the Royal Malaysian Air Force as a fighter pilot and retired in 1985 with the rank of Major (Squadron leader in other countries) before entering politics. Politics Zulhasnan debuted in the 1999 Malaysian general election and won the Wangsa Maju seat to be elected as a Member of Parliament. In the 2004 general election, he contested and won the Setiawangsa parliamentary seat. On 27 March 2004, following a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the Federal Territory and Klang Valley Planning and Developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Tun Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi ( Jawi: عبد الله بن احمد بدوي; born 26 November 1939) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia from October 2003 to April 2009. He was also the sixth president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the largest political party (that time) in Malaysia, and led the governing Barisan Nasional (BN) parliamentary coalition. He is informally known as Pak Lah, ''Pak'' meaning 'Uncle', while ''Lah'' is taken from his name 'Abdullah'. He was also a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kepala Batas for eight consecutive terms, that was from 1978 to 2013. Currently, he serves as the Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP). Background, early life and education Abdullah was born in Bayan Lepas, Penang to a prominent religious family. Badawi's paternal grandfather, Syeikh Abdullah Badawi Fahim, was of Hadrami descent. Syeikh Abdullah was a well-respected religious leader and nationalist, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mizan Zainal Abidin Of Terengganu
Al-Wathiqu Billah Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni Almarhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah ( Jawi: ; born 22 January 1962) is the 18th and current Sultan of Terengganu. He served as the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the constitutional monarch of Malaysia, from 2006 to 2011. He is Malay by ethnicity and an adherent of Sunni Islam. Early life and education Mizan Zainal Abidin was born at Istana Maziah in Kuala Terengganu, the eldest son of Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah by his second wife, Sharifa Nong Fatima Alsaggof. Sharifa's family is of Arab descent, from Sayidd Omar Aljunied (her maternal great-grandfather), one of the modern pioneers of Singapore. Mizan Zainal Abidin studied at Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Sulaiman and Sekolah Menengah Sultan Sulaiman, Kuala Terengganu. He went overseas to study at the Geelong Grammar School in Geelong, Australia. In 1988, he completed his undergraduate studies at US International University-Europe (now called Allian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halimah Mohamed Sadique
Datuk Halimah binti Mohamed Sadique ( Jawi: حليمة بنت محمد صادق; born 2 February 1962) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of National Unity for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and her first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to August 2021 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kota Tinggi from May 2018 to November 2022. She also served as Deputy Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan from May 2013 to July 2015. She is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN administration. Political career She served as the Deputy Minister of Urban Wellbeing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin
Datuk Seri Utama Raja Nong Chik bin Raja Zainal Abidin ( Jawi: ; born 14 February 1953) is a Malaysian politician, accountant and the former Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing. He was a Senator in the Dewan Negara, the upper house of the Parliament of Malaysia from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. Background Raja Nong Chik was born in the state of Perak in 1953 to a royal-linked family of civil servants. His grandfather, Mustafa Albakri was the first chairman of the Election Commission of Malaysia and also Keeper of the Rulers' Seal during the premiership of Tunku Abdul Rahman. His father, Raja Zainal Abidin Raja Tachik was secretary-general in the Ministry of Health under second prime minister Abdul Razak Hussein. He attended Methodist Boys' School, Kuala Lumpur and later Victoria Institution before studying at the Royal Military College. He obtained his Bachelor of Economics f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Territories (Malaysia)
The Ministry of Federal Territories ''( ms, Kementerian Wilayah Persekutuan)'', abbreviated KWP, was a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is in charge of overseeing the administration and development of all three Federal Territories in Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya. The current ministry is based in Putrajaya with Adnan Md Ikshan as the Secretary-General. Organisation *Prime Minister **Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia ***Director General ****Under the Authority of Director General *****Corporate Communication Unit *****Legal Advisor Office *****Key Performance Indicator Unit *****Integrity Unit *****Internal Audit Unit *****Federal Territory of Labuan Native Court ****Deputy Secretary-General (Planning and Development) *****Policy Planning Division *****Development Management Division *****Strategic Development Division *****Water Resources Planning and Development Division ****Deputy Secretary-General (Management and Socio-Economic) *****Fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gan Ping Sieu
Gan Ping Sieu (, born 18 April 1966) is a Malaysian politician. He was elected as the Johor State Legislative Assemblyman for Mengkibol for one term from 2004 to 2008. He is a member of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a major component party in Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. From 2010 to 2013, he served as a Senator and Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports. Background Kluang-born Gan Ping Sieu comes from a family with long tradition in serving the community in the town and its surrounding areas. One of his uncles had served as Kluang Member of Parliament, while another had served as Assemblyman for Paloh. Ping Sieu's late father was a pioneer MCA member and a well-respected figure within Kluang Chinese societies circles. Many of his relatives are still active in community work whether as local councillor, village committees or non-governmental organizations. Over the decades, Ping Sieu has carried on the family tradition of serving the Kluang community. Among others, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
