Dato' Wira Othman bin Abdul (born 7 July 1963) is a Malaysian corporate and political figure. He was the Member of the

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for the constituency of

Pendang The Pendang District is a town, a district and a parliamentary constituency in Kedah, Malaysia. The district is primarily covered with paddy fields with agriculture being its main economic activity. Pendang town is about 20 km from state ca ...

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. He held the seat for three times; from 1986 to 1999, from 2002 to 2004, and again from 2013 to 2018. He is a member of the

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(UMNO) in Malaysia's previous governing

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 ...

(BN) coalition. Othman was appointed as an Independent non-executive director for the KSK Group Berhad (previously known as Kurnia Asia Bhd) on 13 April 2004. He is also the Chairman of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee and he is also appointed as one of the members of the Audit Committee.

Education

Othman Abdul was a former student from the

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. He studied science, majoring in sociology. After graduating in 1978, he worked as an officer in the Family Planning Board and the Kedah State Development Corporation. From 1980 to 1983, he was the Assistant District Officer of Pendang.

Political career

Othman was elected to Parliament in the 1986 election, for the seat of

, defeating Phahrolrazi Zawawi of the

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; ms, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; ms, ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. As the party focused on Islamic fundamentalism, PAS's ...

(PAS) by 900 votes. He held the seat for three terms, before losing it at the 1999 election to PAS's leader

Fadzil Noor Dato' Ustaz Haji Fadzil bin Muhammad Noor ( ms, فاضل بن محمد نور, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 13 March 1937 – 23 June 2002) was a Malaysian politician and religious teacher. He was the president of Pan-Malaysian Is ...

. At the time of the 1999 election Othman was serving as a parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. When Fadzil Noor died in 2002, Othman stood as the Barisan Nasional candidate in the high-profile and closely fought by-election that followed. He won his seat back, defeating PAS's

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by 283 votes. However, he was replaced as the Barisan Nasional candidate for the 2004 general election, and the coalition lost the seat to PAS. Othman returned as the Barisan Nasional candidate for Pendang at the 2013 election. PAS had held the seat since 2004, but had decided to replace its incumbent member with the party's high-profile deputy president,

Mohamad Sabu Mohamad bin Sabu ( Jawi: محمد بن سابو), commonly known as Mat Sabu, is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibr ...

. Amid a swing to the Barisan Nasional across the state of

, Othman won the seat by 2,638 votes, returning to Parliament for his third non-consecutive period in office. Othman failed to retain the Pendang seat in a 4-corners fight in the 2018 election losing to the PAS candidate.

Koperasi Islah Malaysia Berhad

Othman was also the KIMB (Koperasi Islah Malaysia Berhad) Chairman for four consecutive years. He also acted as the institution Audit Committee for KIMB up to June 2008. He is now replaced with Dr Haji Ahmad Zainuddin Bin Abdullah.

Election results

Honours

* : **

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Knight Companion of the

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(DSSA) (1996) * : ** Knight Commander of the Glorious Order of the Crown of Kedah (DGMK) – Dato' Wira (2007)

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