Saarani bin Mohamad (born 13 March 1961) is a Malaysian

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and

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who has served as 13th Menteri Besar of Perak since December 2020 and 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 Kota Tampan since March 2004. He served as Member of the

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(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 administrations under former Menteris Besar Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali and Zambry Abdul Kadir from March 2004 to the collapse of the BN state administration in March 2008 and from February 2009 to another collapse in May 2018 and again in the

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) state administration under former Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu briefly from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in December 2020,

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from August 2018 to March 2020 as well as the MLA for Lenggong from November 1999 to March 2004. He is a member of the Supreme Council and Division Chief of Lenggong of the

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(UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He is also the State Chairman of BN and UMNO of

Election results

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

* : ** Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (2002) * : ** MY-PERA Order of the Perak State Crown - Kn Grd Commander - SPMP

Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (SPMP) – Dato' Seri (2021) ** MY-PERA Order of Cura Si Manja Kini - lower classes

Knight Commander of the Order of Cura Si Manja Kini (DPCM) – Dato' (2004) ** Member of the Order of the Perak State Crown (AMP) (2000) ** MY-PERA Pingat Jasa Kebaktian ribbon

Recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal (PJK) (1989) ** MY-PERA Sultan Nazrin Shah Installation Medal 2015

Recipient of the Sultan Nazrin Shah Installation Medal (2015)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saarani Mohammad 1962 births Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims United Malays National Organisation politicians University of Technology Malaysia alumni Members of the Perak State Legislative Assembly Perak state executive councillors Leaders of the opposition in the Perak State Legislative Assembly 21st-century Malaysian politicians Members of the Order of the Defender of the Realm