Mansor bin Othman ( Jawi: منصور بن عثمان) is a Malaysian

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who served as the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water in the

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(BN) administration under former Prime Minister

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and former Minister Tuan Ibrahim from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022, Deputy Minister of Higher Education in the

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(PN) administration under former Prime Minister

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and former Minister

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from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021, Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from May 2013 to November 2022, Deputy Chief Minister I of Penang, Member of the

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(EXCO), Member of the

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(MLA) for Penanti from June 2009 to May 2018 as well as Chairman of the Defence and Home Affairs Select Committee from December 2018 to December 2019. He is a member of the

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(BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition and was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the

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(PH) coalition.

Political career

He was also chairman of PKR Penang liaison committee. He served

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as political secretary after leaving his service as senior lecturer at University of Science Malaysia. He was picked by PKR to contest the

seat of Penanti in the 2009 by-election and won. In the

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, he was nominated to contest the parliamentary seat of and won. He was re-elected in the

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Health issue

On 21 October 2019, Othman collapsed while debating the 2020 Malaysian federal budget, later revealed to be the result of a

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. He was caught by Subang MP Wong Chen and Ledang MP Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh before being attended to by Bandar Kuching MP

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, who is also a doctor, and later discharged from hospital after his condition stabilised.

Election results

Honours

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MY-PEN Order of the Defender of State - Companion - DMPN

Companion of the

Order of the Defender of State The Order of the Defender of State () is the sole order of chivalry of the state of Penang which was constituted in 1967 by then Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Dato' Seri Utama Raja Uda Raja Muhammad to recognize eminent contributions of individuals t ...

(DMPN) – Dato' (2010)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mansor Othman Living people 1951 births Place of birth missing (living people) Malaysian politicians of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Former People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians Malaysian United Indigenous Party politicians Members of the Penang State Legislative Assembly Penang state executive councillors Malaysian MPs 2013–2018 Malaysian MPs 2018–2022

Political career

Health issue

Election results

Honours

See also

References