Che Abdullah bin Mat Nawi ( Jawi: ) is a Malaysian politician who served as Chairman of the Farmers' Organisation Authority (FOA) from September 2021 to November 2022, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries II in the

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(PN) administration under former Prime Minister

Muhyiddin Yassin Mahiaddin bin Md Yasin (born 15 May 1947), commonly known as Muhyiddin bin Mohd Yassin (; ), is a Malaysian politician who served as the eighth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2020 to 2021. Appointed as prime minister amid a 2020–2022 Malay ...

and former Minister

Ronald Kiandee Ronald Kiandee (born 10 January 1961) is a Malaysian politician. A member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) and its Vice President since August 2020 and 2nd State Chairman of Sabah since December 2022, he has served as the Me ...

from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021, Member of Parliament (MP) for Tumpat from May 2018 to November 2022, Member of the

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(EXCO) in the

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(PR) and

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(GS) state administrations under Menteris Besar

Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat Nik Abdul Aziz bin Nik Mat ( Jawi: ; 10 January 1931 – 12 February 2015) was a Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric. He was the Menteri Besar of Kelantan from 1990 to 2013 and the ''Mursyidul Am'' or Spiritual Leader of the Pan-Malaysia ...

and

Ahmad Yakob Ahmad bin Yakob (born 1 February 1950) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician and teacher who has served as Member of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pasir Pekan (state constituency), Pasir Pekan since April 1995. He serv ...

as well as Member of the

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(MLA) for

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from March 2008 to May 2018. He is a member of the

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(UMNO), a component party of the

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(BN) coalition and was a member as well as State Secretary of

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of the

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(PAS), a component party of the PN and formerly GS and PR coalitions.

Political career

Che Abdullah contested Wakaf Bharu assembly state in Wakaf Bharu in 2008 and re-elected in 2013 general election. He contested Tumpat parliamentary seat in 2018 and won that seat. At the party level, he was the Secretary of the Kelantan PAS Liaison Agency. He was also the Chairman of the Agriculture, Agro-based Industry, Biotechnology and Green Technology of the State Government of Kelantan. On 9 March 2020,

announced that Che Abdullah will be appointed as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries and to be served along with

Ahmad Hamzah Ahmad bin Hamzah ( Jawi: أحمد بن حمزة; born 27 September 1948) is a Malaysian politician who served as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries I for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under forme ...

from

Election results

Honours

* : **

My-KEL Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan 2006

Knight Commander of the

Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * H ...

(DJMK) – Dato' (2012)

Notes

References

{{reflist Living people People from Kelantan Malaysian politicians of Malay descent United Malays National Organisation politicians Former Malaysian Islamic Party politicians 1960 births Malaysian MPs 2018–2022