Iskandar Dzulkarnain bin Abdul Khalid is a Malaysian

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who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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since November 2022 and had served as a

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from 2021 until 2022. He was a member of the

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 ...

(BERSATU), a component party of the

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(PN) coalition. Currently, he is an

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since his BERSATU membership ended on 12 June 2024.

Political career

He was elected as

to represent

Perak State Legislative Assembly The Perak State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Perak. It is composed of 59 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years a ...

for the 2021 to 2024 parliamentary tenure, but he resigned to contest in the 2022 Malaysian general election. He was also the Political Secretary of former

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, He also became a member of the BERSATU Supreme Leadership Council on 23 August 2020 following the annual general election for the 2019 to 2022 tenure. On 12 October 2023 Iskandar Dzulkarnain declared his support on current government led by

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. However, he is still loyal to his own party, BERSATU. He stated that the move is to ease the burden faced by his constituents over the rising

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Election results

Honours

* : **

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Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal * : ** MY-PAH Order of the Crown of Pahang - Knight Companion - DIMP

Knight Companion of the

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(DIMP) – Dato' (2014) * : ** MY-FED Darjah Mahkota Wilayah - Knight Commander - PMW

Commander of the

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(PMW) – Datuk (2022)

References

Members of the Dewan Negara Living people Malaysian United Indigenous Party politicians 1976 births Malaysian MPs 2022– {{Malaysia-MP-stub