Mohd Isam Mohd Isa
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Mohd Isam bin Mohd Isa (, ; born 3 January 1969) is a Malaysian
politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...
who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for
Tampin Tampin is a town in Tampin District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, which borders Pulau Sebang town in Alor Gajah District, Malacca. It is situated at the southern tip of the longest mountain range in Malaysia, the Titiwangsa Mountains. Tampin ...
since November 2022. He served as Member of the
Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly The Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly () is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. It consists of 36 members who represent single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five ...
(MLA) for
Gemencheh Gemencheh (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Moncheh'') is a mukim in Tampin District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.http://apps.water.gov.my/jpskomuniti/dokumen/TAMPIN_PROFIL_JANUARI_2011.pdf The Gemencheh Bridge is famous for being ground for the Batt ...
from May 2018 to August 2023. He is a member and Division Chief of Tampin of the
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(UMNO), a component party of 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) coalition.


Early life and education

Mohd Isam was born in Gemencheh, Negeri Sembilan and grew up in the state for most of his life. He holds various certificate in civil engineering such as a diploma from Politeknik Port Dickson and a certificate from Politeknik Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah. He eventually continued his studies at the
University of Technology Malaysia University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) () is a Malaysian public research-intensive university ranked 188th in the world by QS University rankings. Its medium of instruction is English. Campuses UTM has three campuses – the main campus is in ...
where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering.


Political career


Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly (2018–2023)

In the
2018 Negeri Sembilan state election The 14th Negeri Sembilan State election was held on 9 May 2018, to elect the State Assemblymen of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. The previous state election was held o ...
, Mohd Isam was nominated by BN to contest for the Gemencheh state seat in his electoral debut. He won the seat and was elected to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly as the Gemencheh MLA. In the
2023 Negeri Sembilan state election The 15th Negeri Sembilan state election was held on 12 August 2023 to elect the State Assembly members of the 15th Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. Negeri Sembilan is one of t ...
, Mohd Isam was not renominated to contest and defend the Gemencheh seat.


Member of Parliament (since 2022)

In the
2022 general election The following elections were scheduled to occur in 2022. The National Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of elections around the world. * 2022 United Nations Security Council election * 2022 national electoral calendar * 2022 loca ...
, Mohd Isam was nominated by BN to contest for the Tampin federal seat. He defeated other candidates and was elected as the Tampin MP. Following his victory, the seat was regained by BN after the coalition lost it to
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(PH) in the 2018 general election.


Election results


Honours

* : ** Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024) * : ** Knight Commander of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (DPNS) – Dato' (2017) ** Companion of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (DNS) (2015) ** Member of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (ANS) (2010) ** Recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal (PJK) (2004)


References

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