Johari bin Harun (20 January 1970 – 17 August 2023) was a Malaysian politician and businessman who served as Member of the Pahang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the

Barisan Nasional Barisan Nasional (BN; ) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1974 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties to succeed the Alliance Party. It is the third largest political coalition with 30 seats in ...

(BN) state administration under Menteri Besar

Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail Wan Rosdy bin Wan Ismail (; born 1 October 1958) is a Malaysians, Malaysian politician who has served as the 14th Menteri Besar of Pahang since May 2018 and Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Jelai since March 2004. He serv ...

from December 2022 and Member of the

Pahang State Legislative Assembly The Pahang State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Pahang. It is composed of 42 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. The Assembly convenes at the Wisma Seri P ...

(MLA) for Pelangai from November 2022 to his death in a

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in August 2023 respectively. He was a member and Division Chief of

Bentong Bentong, the seat of Bentong District, is a town located in western Pahang, Malaysia, at the border with the state of Selangor in the west and the state of Negeri Sembilan in the south. Government Bentong Municipal Council () is the local au ...

of the

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(UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He was also the group CEO of Gading Group.

Death

On 17 August 2023, Johari and nine others died when their airplane crashed in the middle of a road in Bandar Elmina,

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in a Subang-bound flight from

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Election results

Honours

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Knight Companion of the

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(DIMP) – Dato' (2014) ** MY-PAH Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang - Grand Knight - SSAP

Grand Knight of the

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(SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2017)

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1970 births 2023 deaths Malaysian politicians of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims United Malays National Organisation politicians Members of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly Pahang state executive councillors 21st-century Malaysian politicians Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Malaysia Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 2023 {{Malaysia-politician-stub