Nurulhisham bin Yaakob 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 served as Member of the Perlis 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 former Menteri Besar

Azlan Man Dato' Seri Azlan bin Man (born 2 September 1958) is a Malaysian politician and diplomat who served as the 9th Menteri Besar of Perlis from May 2013 and Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bintong from May 2018 to Novem ...

from May 2017 to May 2018 for the first term and from June 2018 to the collapse of the BN state administration in November 2022 for the second term, as well as Member of the

Perlis State Legislative Assembly The Perlis State Legislative Assembly () is the Dewan Undangan Negeri, state legislature of the States and federal territories of Malaysia, Malaysian state of Perlis. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 15 lawmakers repre ...

(MLA) for Simpang Empat from May 2013 to November 2022. He is a member of the

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

Political career

Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (2017–2022)

On 12 May 2017, Nurulhisham was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member for the first term in charge of Public Facilities, Infrastructure, Rural Development, Poverty Eradication and Health by Menteri Besar Azlan to replace Jafperi Othman. On 13 June 2018, Nurulhisham was reappointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member for the second term in charge of Agriculture, Agro-based Industry, Plantation Industries, Commodities, Integrated Enforcement Coordination and Public Complaints by Menteri Besar Azlan. On 22 November 2022, Nurulhisham lost his position after the BN state administration collapsed following the huge defeat of BN in the

2022 Perlis state election The 2022 Perlis state election, formally the 15th Perlis state election, took place on 19 November 2022. This election was to elect 15 members of the 15th Perlis State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 14 October 2022. ...

that wiped BN out of the assembly.

Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (2013–2022)

2013 Perlis state election

In the 2013 Perlis state election, Nurulhisham made his electoral debut after being nominated by BN to contest for the Simpang Empat state seat. He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Simpang Empat MLA for the first term after narrowly defeating Rus'sele Eizan of

Pakatan Rakyat Pakatan Rakyat (PR; ) was an informal Malaysian political coalition and successor to Barisan Alternatif (BA). The political coalition was formed by the People's Justice Party (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP), and Pan-Malaysian Islamic Par ...

(PR) by a majority of only 85 votes.

2018 Perlis state election

In the

2018 Perlis state election The 14th Perlis State election was held on 9 May 2018. The previous state election was held on 5 May 2013. The state assemblymen is elected to 5 years term each. The Perlis State Legislative Assembly would automatically dissolve on 28 June 2018, ...

, Nurulhisham was renominated by BN to defend the Simpang Empat seat. He defended the seat and was reelected as the Simpang Empat MLA for the second term after again narrowly defeating Rus'sele of

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(GS) and Wan Noralhakim Shaghir Saad of

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(PH) by a majority of only 82 votes.

2022 Perlis state election

In the 2022 Perlis state election, Nurulhisham was renominated by BN to defend the Simpang Empat seat. He lost the seat and was not reelected as the Simpang Empat MLA after losing to Razali Saad of

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(PN) by a majority of 4,008 votes.

Election results

References

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