Noor Azmi bin Ghazali (born 27 November 1960) is a Malaysian

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and

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who served as Deputy Minister of Health I for the second term in the

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(BN) administration under former Prime Minister

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and former Minister

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from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the

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and former Minister

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from March 2020 to the collapse of the BN administration in August 2021, Chairman of the

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(LLM) from October 2016 to October 2018 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the

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(BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition and was a member of the

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(UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. After the defeat of BN to

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(PH) in the 2018 general election, he resigned from UMNO in 2018 and joined BERSATU in 2019.

Political career

In May 2013, Azmi first contested to become an MP in the 13th Malaysian general election and subsequently won the Bagan Serai seat with a 1,140 majority. He was successfully re-elected as MP for the same seat in the

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, albeit with a razor-thin majority. Azmi served as the Chairman of the

(LLM) between October 2016 and October 2018, replacing Jasin MP

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. On 24 June 2018, following

's spectacular fall from power in the aftermath of the

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, Noor Azmi announced his resignation from

(UMNO) and became an

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. Following months of speculation, it was announced on 28 November 2018 that he has joined PPBM, one of component parties of the ruling

(PH) coalition together with four

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s. On 9 March 2020, he was appointed by Prime Minister

to serve his cabinet as Deputy Minister of Health with

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. He was involved in controversy event like violating MCO by having lunch together with around 30 people include Perak EXCO member Razman Zakaria, later both of them had apologized for their acts.

Election results

Honours

* : **

MY-PERA Order of the Perak State Crown - lower classes

Knight Commander of the

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(DPMP) – Dato' (2016)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Noor Azmi Ghazali Living people 1960 births People from Perak Malaysian politicians of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Malaysian general practitioners Malaysian United Indigenous Party politicians Former United Malays National Organisation politicians Malaysian MPs 2018–2022 Malaysian MPs 2013–2018

Political career

Election results

Honours

See also

References