Izizam Ibrahim is a
Malaysian
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* Malaysian Malay, a dialect of Malay language spoken mainly in Malaysia
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politician
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who has served as Member of the
Perlis State Executive Council The Perlis State Executive Council is the executive authority of the Government of Perlis, Malaysia. The Council comprises the Menteri Besar, appointed by the Raja on the basis that he is able to command a majority in the Perlis State Legislative As ...
(EXCO) in the
Perikatan Nasional
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(PN) state administration under Menteri Besar
Mohd Shukri Ramli as well as Member of the
Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for
Titi Tinggi
Titi Tinggi is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly.
The state constituency was first contested in 1974 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State L ...
since November 2022. He is the first
Titi Tinggi
Titi Tinggi is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly.
The state constituency was first contested in 1974 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State L ...
MLA of
Malay
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ethnicity. He is a member of the
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN and formerly
Pakatan Harapan
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(PH) coalition. He is the State Treasurer of PN of
Perlis, State Deputy Chairman of BERSATU of Perlis and Division Chief of BERSATU of
Padang Besar. He was a member of the
United Malays National Organisation
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(UMNO), a component party of the
Barisan Nasional
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(BN) coalition. He was the Branch Deputy Head of Public Housing (RPA) of UMNO of Padang Besar, Branch Youth Head of RPA of UMNO Padang Besar, Division Member of the Information Committee of UMNO of Padang Besar. He is also presently one of the three BERSATU Perlis EXCO Members along with
Megat Hashirat Hassan
Megat Hashirat Hassan is a Malaysian politician and teacher who has served as Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri Besar Mohd Shukri Ramli as well as Member of t ...
and
Wan Zikri Afthar Ishak.
Political career
Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (since 2022)
In the
2022 Perlis state election
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, the ruling BN suffered from huge defeat and
wipeout in the assembly as none of its candidates won a state seat in the elections after losing all the 10 seats it previously held to PN. The elections ended 63-year rule of BN in the state, saw the first ever
transition of power
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in the history of the state and replaced BN with PN as the ruling coalition and dominant political force in the state as PN won 14 out of 15 state seats and therefore two-thirds
supermajority
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of the assembly. Therefore, State Chairman of PN of Perlis, State Commissioner of PAS of Perlis and
Sanglang MLA Mohd Shukri replaced
Azlan Man
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as the new and 10th Menteri Besar of Perlis and formed a new PN state administration on 22 November 2022. On 25 November 2022, Izizam was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in charge of Facilities, Infrastructure, Transport, Border Relations and Cooperation, Integrated Coordination and Public Complaints.
Candidate for the Member of Parliament (2018)
2018 general election
In the
2018 general election, Izizam made his electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest for the Padang Besar federal seat. He was not elected as the Padang Besar MP after losing to defending MP
Zahidi Zainul Abidin of BN by a minority of 1,438 votes.
Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (since 2022)
2022 Perlis state election
In the 2022 state election, Izizam was nominated by PN to contest for the Titi Tinggi state seat. He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Titi Tinggi MLA after defeating EXCO Member and defending MLA
Teh Chai Aan
Teh Chai Aan () is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteri Besar Azlan Man from May 2018 to the collapse of the BN sta ...
of BN, Teh Seng Chuan of PH,
independent
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candidate Zahidi, Mohd Shahril Md Sarif of the
Homeland Fighters Party
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(PEJUANG) and Khaw Hock Kong of the
Heritage Party (WARISAN) by the majority of 3,785 votes.
In
2022 general election
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, he won the seat for
Titi Tinggi
Titi Tinggi is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly.
The state constituency was first contested in 1974 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State L ...
and become the first Malay MLA that represent the constituency ever.
Election results
References
External links
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Malaysian people of Malay descent
Malaysian United Indigenous Party politicians
Members of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly
21st-century Malaysian politicians