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Shabudin Yahaya
Shabudin bin Yahaya (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: شهاب الدين بن يحيى; born 12 November 1965) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who has served as Chairman of the Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) since September 2021. He served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Parliament and Law in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Takiyuddin Hassan from July 2020 to August 2021, Secretary of the Government Backbenchers Club (BBC) from September 2021 to June 2022, Secretary of the PN Government Backbenchers Club (PNBBC) from January 2021 to collapse of the PN government in August 2021, Chairman of the FELCRA Berhad briefly from May 2020 to July 2020, Dewan Rakyat, Member of Parliament (MP) for Tasek Gelugor (federal constituency), Tasek Gelugor from May 2013 to November 2022 and Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malay Titles
The Malay language has a complex system of Style (manner of address), styles, titles and honorifics which are used extensively in Brunei, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia and Singapore. Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, few provinces in the Philippines 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 of address 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 usage Singapore, whose Malay royalty was abolished by the Singapore in the Straits Settlements, British colonial government in 1891, has adopted civic titles for its leaders. Much of the Philippines was History of the Philippines (900–1521), historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamani Hafez Musa
Yamani Hafez bin Musa ( Jawi: يماني حفيظ بن موسى; born 31 October 1977) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Finance II in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022, Member of Parliament (MP) for Sipitang from May 2018 to November 2022 and Chairman of FELCRA Berhad from July 2020 to September 2021. In 2019 until 2022, He was a former member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He is also the son of Musa Aman, the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah and former Chief Minister of Sabah. In 2023, He is an official member of the Sabah People's Ideas Party (GAGASAN Rakyat), a component of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition. Personal life Yamani is the son of Musa Aman, the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Permatang Berangan (state Constituency)
Permatang Berangan is a state constituency in Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly. The state constituency was first contested in 1995 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Penang State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. , the State Assemblywoman for Permatang Berangan is Nor Hafizah Othman from Barisan Nasional (BN). Definition Polling districts According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Permatang Berangan constituency is divided into 10 polling districts. Demographics History Election results See also * Constituencies of Penang This is a list of federal and state electoral districts within the States and federal territories of Malaysia, Malaysian state of Penang. The state sends 13 representatives to the Parliament of Malaysia, Malaysian federal Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysian United Indigenous Party
The Malaysian United Indigenous Party ( Malay: ''Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia''; abbrev: BERSATU or PPBM) is a nationalist political party in Malaysia. The party was preceded by the United Indigenous Association of Malaysia ( Malay: ) and founded by members of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) rebel group ''Gabungan Ketua Cawangan Malaysia.'' It is a major component of the Perikatan Nasional coalition. Full membership in the party is limited to only Bumiputeras (indigenous communities of Malaysia). Non-Bumiputeras can join the party as associate members, who are not eligible to vote and contest party elections. Following the 2022 Malaysian general election, BERSATU has lost heavily in 4 consecutive by-elections, Pulai, Kuala Kubu Baharu, Nenggiri and Mahkota, leading to deep doubts about its long-term viability as a party. History Formation On 10 August 2016, former UMNO deputy president Muhyiddin Yassin submitted an application for the party's r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wan Saiful Wan Jan
Wan Saifulruddin bin Wan Jan (; born 21 June 1976) better known as Wan Saiful Wan Jan, is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who has served as the Dewan Rakyat, Member of Parliament (MP) for Tasek Gelugor (federal constituency), Tasek Gelugor since November 2022. He served as Chairman of the Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN) from June 2018 to June 2022 and Special Advisor to the Minister of Education (Malaysia), Minister of Education Maszlee Malik from May to November 2018. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition and Pakatan Harapan (PH) before that and served as its 3rd Information Chief from August 2020 until February 2023. He was also member of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party of the United Kingdom and the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). Corporate career Before joining politics, Wan Saiful was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Institute for Democracy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Malays National Organisation
The United Malays National Organisation (Abbreviation, abbrev: UMNO; , PEKEMBAR) is a Conservatism, conservative, Nationalism, Malay nationalist political party in Malaysia. As the oldest national political party in the country (since its inception in 1946), UMNO has been known as Malaysia's "Grand Old Party". UMNO is a founding and the principal dominant member of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, which taken along with its predecessor Alliance Party (Malaysia), Alliance, had been the main governing party of Malaysia from the Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957, independence of Malaya in 1957 until its defeat in the 2018 Malaysian general election, 2018 general election. From 1957 to 2018, every Prime Minister of Malaysia was also the President of the United Malays National Organisation, President of UMNO. It has since returned to power twice as a result of the 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis, 2020-2022 Malaysian political crisis, firstly as a partner in a Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barisan Nasional
Barisan Nasional (BN; ) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1974 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties to succeed the Alliance Party. It is the third largest political coalition with 30 seats in the Dewan Rakyat after Pakatan Harapan (PH) with 82 seats and Perikatan Nasional (PN) with 74 seats. The coalition consists of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), and United Sabah People's Party (PBRS). The Barisan Nasional coalition employs the same inter-communal governing model of its predecessor the Alliance Party but on a wider scale, with up to 14 communal political parties involved in the coalition at one point. It dominated Malaysian politics for over thirty years after it was founded. Taken together with its predecessor Alliance, it had a combined period of rule of almost 61 years from 1957 to 2018, and was considered the longest ruling coalition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Nor Mohamed bin Yakcop ( Jawi: نور محمد بن يعقوب; born 24 August 1947) is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, in charge of Economic Planning Unit from 2009 to 2013. He had previously served as Minister of Finance II from 2004 to 2009. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Advisory Council. Career He served with Bank Negara, the Malaysian central bank from 1968 to 2000. During his time in Bank Negara he was responsible for the implementation of a number of major projects, including * the implementation of Islamic banking in Malaysia * the setting-up of the bilateral payments mechanism between Bank Negara Malaysia and Central Banks of South-South countries * the setting-up of the Rating Agency Malaysia Berhad. He was also involved in a currency speculation scandal in the early 1990s, where Bank Negara lost up to RM30 billion. No action was taken as he moved on to hold important governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Malaysian General Election
General elections were held in Malaysia on Wednesday, 9 May 2018. At stake were all 222 seats in the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of parliament. The 13th Parliament was dissolved by Prime Minister Najib Razak on 7 April 2018. It would have been automatically dissolved on 24 June 2018, five years after the first meeting of the first session of the 13th Parliament of Malaysia on 24 June 2013. In an unprecedented victory, the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, which had been the country's federal opposition prior to the elections, won a majority in the Dewan Rakyat together with the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN), with PH and WARISAN together winning 121 seats. The elections marked the first time in Malaysia's history that the ruling party was voted out of power. The Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition had previously enjoyed an uninterrupted reign over the country since Malaya's independence in 1957, but this came to an end following the elections. PH's leader, Mahathir Mohamad, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Malaysian General Election
General elections were held in Malaysia on Sunday, 5 May 2013. 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 unofficial opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition led by Anwar Ibrahim received a majority of the vote, with its three member parties collectively receiving 50.9% of the vote. However, they won only 89 of the 222 seats. The incumbent governing alliance, Barisan Nasional, received 47.4% of the vote and won 133 seats, giving Najib a second term in office. This was at the time the best performance by the opposition against the Barisan Nasional and the first time Barisan Nasional had not received the most votes in a general election. Because Barisan Nasional won a majority despite receiving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahidan Kassim
Shahidan bin Kassim ( Jawi: شهيدان بن قاسم; born 17 June 1951) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arau from August 1986 to April 1995 and again since May 2013. He served as the Minister of Federal Territories 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, President of the Kuala Lumpur City F.C. from August 2022 to June 2023, Chairman of the Perbadanan Perumahan Rakyat 1Malaysia (PR1MA) from March to November 2021, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak from May 2013 to May 2018, 7th Menteri Besar of Perlis from May 1995 to March 2008 and Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tambun Tulang from April 1995 to May 2013. He is a Member of Central Working Committee of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perikatan Nasional
Perikatan Nasional (PN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Right-wing politics, right-wing and Far-right politics, far-right political parties. It is the second largest political coalition in Dewan Rakyat with 74 seats after Pakatan Harapan (PH) with 81 seats. Previously known as the Persatuan Perikatan Parti Malaysia (PPPM; ). The coalition consists of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN) and Malaysian Indian People's Party (MIPP). Perikatan Nasional was formed early in the 2020–22 Malaysian political crisis#29 February, 2020 Malaysian political crisis with the intention to replace the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government. The 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Abdullah of Pahang, appointed Muhyiddin Yassin, then the de facto leader of PN, as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia, bringing the informal political coalition into government. The coalition was in a coalitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
