Badruddin bin Amiruldin (born 20 May 1951) is a

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. He is currently the Permanent Chairman of the

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(UMNO), the largest Malay

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in the country and the leader of the

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(BN) coalition. Badruddin was also, until his defeat in the March 2008 General Elections, the Member of

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for the constituency of Jerai,

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in the lower house of Parliament, the

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Early political life

Badruddin was not a very well known politician in the early 1990s and started as a backbencher in Parliament, when he made his electoral debut in the 1992 Jerai by-election and get elected the first time as the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Jerai before it was abolished in 1995. Badruddin then contested and won the constituency of Yan, Kedah in the 1995 general election but he was defeated in the 1999 general election to Nasharudin bin Mat Isa from (PAS), losing by 182 votes.

Rise to prominence

In the 2004 general election, Badruddin ran for the new re-created Jerai constituency and managed to elected to represent the seat again for second time under the UMNO ticket. He defeated his opponent, Che Din bin Arshad from PAS, with a majority of 10,405. Later that same year, he was elected as the Deputy Permanent Chairman of UMNO with 1,510 delegates voting for him.

Electoral defeat in 2008

In the 12th general election on 8 March 2008, Badruddin failed to retain his Jerai seat and lost to a newcomer from PAS, Mohd Firdaus Jaafar by a majority of 2,299 votes.

Election results

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

* : **

Commander of the

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(PSM) – Tan Sri (2012) * : ** Knight Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (DSDK) – Dato' (1996) ** Knight Commander of the

Order of Loyalty to Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah The Illustrious Order of Loyalty to Sultan 'Abdu'l Halim Mu'azzam Shah (Bahasa Melayu: ''Darjah Yang Mulia Sri Setia Sultan 'Abdu'l Halim Mu'azzam Shah'') is an honorific order of the Kedah Sultanate, Sultanate of Kedah. History It was founded ...

(DHMS) – Dato' Paduka (2004) ** Justice of the Peace (JP) (2010)

References

"Badruddin should not use term 'keling'"
Retrieved 18 November 2005. * Beh, Lih Yi (11 July 2005)
"Drama in the Dewan Rakyat"
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''. * Beh, Lih Yi (17 October 2005)
"Badruddin calls Kit Siang an 'Ah Pek'"
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"Choice to wear Tudung left to individual: Nazri"
(30 October 2005). ''Daily Express''.
"Don't Forget Your Roots, Malay Corporate Citizens Told"
(24 September 2004). ''

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"Don’t like the term Islamic state? Take a hike, says BN MP"
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"Election 1999 results - state Kedah"
(1999). ''BERNAMA''.

(2004). ''BERNAMA''. * Fernandez, Terence (9 November 2005)
"YB, Parliament is not a 'Kedai runcit'"
''The Sun''. * Gatsiounis, Ioannis (2 October 2004)

''Asia Times''.
"Keputusan Penuh Pemilihan"
(2004). ''

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''. * Lim, Kit Siang (2004)
"UMNO - don't create new 'seditious' issues"
Retrieved 9 November 2004. * Ram, B. Suresh (1 April 2005)
"Cili Padi hot over sexist remark"
''The Sun''. * Reme Ahmad (22 March 2006)

''Straits Times''.
"Third report lodged against Badruddin"
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901175656/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/10/31/nation/12474529&sec=nation , date=1 September 2012 . (31 October 2005). ''The Star''. * Vasudevan, V. (27 October)
"Across the Floor: Bid to discipline MP shot down"
''Malay Mail''. * Wong, Chun Wai (18 April 2005)

''The Star''.
Badruddin says sorry to Karpal
''The Star'' 30 October 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2007 ;Specific 1951 births People from Kedah Living people United Malays National Organisation politicians Malaysian politicians of Malay descent Speakers of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly Commanders of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia Malaysian MPs 1990–1995 Malaysian MPs 1995–1999 Malaysian MPs 2004–2008