Adly bin Zahari ( Jawi: عدلي بن ظهري; born 15 February 1971) is a

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who has served as the Deputy Minister of Defence in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under Prime Minister

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and Minister Mohamad Hasan since December 2022,

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for Alor Gajah since November 2022 and Member of the

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(MLA) for Bukit Katil since May 2018. He served as the 11th

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from May 2018 to March 2020 and State

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of Melaka from April 2020 to December 2022. He is a member of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. In AMANAH, he has served as its Vice-President since September 2021 and State Chairman of

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since August 2017.

Education and early career

Adly obtained his Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in electrical engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He became an engineer, served in the corporate sector and started his own business before joining the politics.

Political career

He was a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) prior to joining its new splinter party AMANAH in 2015. Adly contested and won the Malacca state seat of Bukit Katil in the

2018 Malacca state election The 14th Malacca election was held on 9 May 2018 to elect the State Assemblymen of the 14th Malacca State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the States and federal territories of Malaysia, Malaysian state of Malacca. The Malacca State Legis ...

and 2021 Malacca state election. He was sworn in as Chief Minister before Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca Mohd Khalil Yaakob at Dewan Seri Utama, Seri Negeri, in Ayer Keroh on 11 May 2018 after PH won a simple majority in the Malacca legislative assembly to form the new state government when it captured 15 of the 28 state seats in the general election on 9 May 2018.

Election results

References

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