Mohd Zaidi Aziz (born 24 September 1977) is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the

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 ...

(MLA) for Slim from August 2020 to November 2022. He is a member of the

United Malays National Organisation The United Malays National Organisation (Abbreviation, abbrev: UMNO; , PEKEMBAR) is a Conservatism, conservative, Nationalism, Malay nationalist political party in Malaysia. As the oldest national political party in the country (since its ince ...

(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.

Political career

Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (2020–2022)

2020 Slim by-election

Following the death of former Slim MLA Mohd Khusairi Abdul Talib, Zaidi was nominated by BN to contest for Slim in the

2020 Slim by-election A by-election was held on 29 August 2020 for the seat of Slim (state constituency), Slim in the Perak State Legislative Assembly. The seat fell vacant following the sudden death of the incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Unite ...

. He won the seat and was elected to the Perak Assembly as the Slim MLA after defeating

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candidate Amir Khusyairi Mohd Tanusi of the

Homeland Fighters Party The Homeland Fighter's Party (, PEJUANG) is a Right-wing politics, right-wing, nationalist political party of Malaysia, formed in August 2020 by former Prime Minister of Malaysia, prime minister Mahathir Mohamad in opposition to then ruling P ...

(PEJUANG) and another independent candidate Santharasekaran Subramaniam by the majority of 10,945 votes.

2022 Perak state election

In the

2022 Perak state election The 2022 Perak state election, formally the 15th Perak state election, took place on 19 November 2022. This election was to elect 59 members of the 15th Perak State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 17 October 2022. ...

, Mohd Zaidy was renominated by BN to defend the Slim seat. He was not reelected to the Perak Assembly as the Slim MLA for the second term after narrowly losing the seat to Muhammad Zulfadli Zainal of

Perikatan Nasional Perikatan Nasional (PN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Right-wing politics, right-wing and Far-right politics, far-right political parties. It is the second largest political coalition in Dewan Rakyat w ...

(PN) by a minority of only 416 votes.

Personal life

He was educated at the

International Islamic University Malaysia The International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) is a public university in Malaysia. Headquartered in Gombak, Selangor, IIUM has six other campuses all over Malaysia: two medical-centric campuses and a Centre for Foundation Studies in Gam ...

(IIUM), married to Juliana Sarip and has 4 children with her.

Election results

References

1977 births Living people 21st-century Malaysian politicians United Malays National Organisation politicians International Islamic University Malaysia alumni {{Malaysia-politician-stub