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Anuar bin Abdul Manap is a

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n politician. He is a member of the

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(UMNO) in Malaysia's

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(BN) coalition. Anuar was also the

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(MP) for Sekijang in

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Early days

He was born in Kampung Layang-layang, Kluang, Johor on 30 December 1976. His family later moved to Felda Pemanis, Segamat, Johor and he was raised there.

Education

Anuar started studying at Felda Pemanis LKTP Primary School in 1982. He then went to secondary school at Sekolah Menengah Arab Khairiah Gubah Segamat in 1988. In 1991, he continued to study form 4 at Sekolah Menengah Buloh Kasap Segamat. In 1993, he entered the Sal Group Of Colleague for a Diploma in Information Technology course and subsequently to Charles Sturt University Australia in 1995 for Bachelor of Information Technology.

Politics

In the 2013 general election (GE13), he defeated

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(PKR) candidate Julailey Jemadi with a majority of 3,007 votes to win the Sekijang parliamentary seat. In the 2018 general election (GE14), he was chosen by UMNO as BN candidate to contest the

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seat of Kemelah which he had lost. In the 2022 Johor state election, he won the Pemanis seat with a majority of 4,187.

Private life

He is married to Zaleha bt Yahya and Siti Nurasmah bt Osman, and raised 4 children.

Election results

References

Living people 1976 births People from Johor Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims United Malays National Organisation politicians Members of the Dewan Rakyat 21st-century Malaysian politicians {{Malaysia-politician-stub