Mashitah Ibrahim
Mashitah binti Ibrahim (Jawi: ماشطة ابراهيم) (born 9 October 1964) is a Malaysian politician. She is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party in Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. She served as the Senator as well as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Islamic affairs from 2008 to 2013 and Member of Parliament for Baling from 2004 to 2008. Election results Honours * : ** Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (2000) * : ** Knight Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah The Illustrious Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (Bahasa Melayu: ''Darjah Yang Mulia Setia di-Raja'') is an honorific order of the Sultanate of Kedah History It was founded by Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah on 21 September 1973. C ... (DSDK) – Dato' (2006) References 1964 births Living people Kedah politicians Malaysian people of Malay descent Malays ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Malay Titles
The Malay language has a complex system of styles, titles and honorifics which are used extensively in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the southern Philippines. Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and several provinces in Indonesia regularly award honorary and life titles. What follows in this article is specific to the Malaysian system. References to Brunei and Indonesia are given when pertinent. In Malaysia, all non-hereditary titles can be granted to both men and women. Every title has a form which can be used by the wife of the title holder. This form is not used by the husband of a titled woman; such a woman will bear a title which is the same as a titled man. Former use Singapore, whose Malay royalty was abolished by the British colonial government in 1891, has adopted civic titles for its leaders. The Philippines historically used Malay titles during its pre-Hispanic period (especially under Bruneian influence), as evidenced by the titles of historical figur ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Baling (federal Constituency)
Baling is a federal constituency in Baling District , Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (English: 'House of Representatives'; ) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament, the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The Dewan Ra ... since 1959. The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. Demographics History Polling districts According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Baling constituency is divided into 78 polling districts. Representation history State constituency Current state assembly members Local governments Election results ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heritage Party (Malaysia)
The Heritage Party ( ms, Parti Warisan or Warisan) is a multi-racial political party in Malaysia which was rebranded and renamed from the Sabah Heritage Party ( ms, Parti Warisan Sabah), a Sabah-based party led by Shafie Apdal formed earlier on 17 October 2016 after its expansion into national level politics at the end of 2021. History The party formed an electoral allies with Pakatan Harapan (PH) in the 2018 general election (GE14). Its President Shafie Apdal promised that the party would be represented within the federal cabinet if PH was elected to power. adding that through the electoral pact they will "only work together, not joining the PH pact as their party will only contest in Sabah". The party became part of the ruling bloc and federal government when PH won the 2018 general election but left the coalition in April 2021, 13 months after the Pakatan Harapan coalition was ousted from government. During the 2020 Sabah state election, the state ruling party was defeat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Homeland Fighter's Party
The Homeland Fighters' Party ( ms, Parti Pejuang Tanah Air, Jawi: ڤرتي ڤجواڠ تانه اير, PEJUANG) is a Malay-based political party of Malaysia, formed in August 2020 by the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad in opposition to the ruling Perikatan Nasional and Barisan Nasional government led by the then-Prime Minister and president of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The logo of PEJUANG party consists of a stylised Jawi letter, ڤ (P), which is the first letter in the word "Pejuang". History The party was formed by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who was also the former Chairman of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party. He resigned as Prime Minister on 24 February 2020, the same day BERSATU announced its departure from the then ruling Pakatan Harapan coalition. In March, Muhyiddin Yassin, the President and the acting Chairman of BERSATU was appointed the new Prime Minister. However, Mahathir a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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People's Justice Party
The People's Justice Party ( ms, Parti Keadilan Rakyat , often known simply as KEADILAN or PKR) is a reformist political party in Malaysia, formed in 2003 by a merger of the National Justice Party and the older Malaysian People's Party. The party was led by Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and increased its parliamentary representation from one seat to 31 seats in the 2008 general election, until the five-year political ban imposed on former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was lifted on 14 April 2008. The party is the second largest party after Democratic Action Party (DAP) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition that formed the government after defeating Barisan Nasional, which had ruled the country for 60 years since independence in the 2018 election. However, defections from partnering parties caused the PH coalition to lose power after 22 months before finishing its first term, culminating in the 2020 Malaysian political crisis. The PH coalition, which the PKR was part of, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Azman Ismail
Azman bin Ismail ( Jawi: عزمن بن إسماعيل) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuala Kedah since May 2013. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition. Before entering politics, Azman was a medical doctor. He entered Parliament after winning the Kuala Kedah federal seat in the 2013 general election, replacing the Ahmad Kassim as the party's candidate. At the election, Azman defeated the Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 se ... (BN) candidate and fellow medical doctor Zaki Zamani Abd Rashid by 4,947 votes. In the 2018 general election, he was re-elected as the MP for Kuala Kedah. Election results References 195 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Malaysian Islamic Party
The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; ms, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; ms, ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. As the party focused on Islamic fundamentalism, PAS's electoral base are largely in Peninsular Malaysia's rural and conservative northern and eastern coasts, particularly in the states of Kelantan, Kedah, Perlis, Terengganu, Pahang and also in some of the rural parts in Selangor & Perak. The party was a component party of the then governing Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition which came to power as a result of the 2020–21 Malaysian political crisis. The party governs either solely or as coalition partners in the states of Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah & Perlis. In the past, it was a coalition partner in the state governments of Penang and Selangor as part of the federal opposition between 2008 and 2018. Since the 2022 Malaysian general election, the party holds 43 of the 222 seats in the f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhrurazi
Dr. Ahmad Fakhruddin bin (Sheikh) Fakhrurazi (born 27 April 1971) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuala Kedah since November 2022. He is a member and State Deputy Commissioner II of Kedah of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He served as the State Commissioner of PAS of Kedah prior to July 2019. Election results Honours * : ** Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (SDK) (2021) See also * Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 15th Malaysian Parliament This is a list of the members of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) of the 15th Parliament of Malaysia. Compositions Outcomes of the 15th general election Last election pendulum The 15th General Election witnessed 148 governme ... References Living people Members of the 15th Malaysian Parliament 21st-century Malaysian politicians Malaysian Islamic Party politicians 1951 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kuala Kedah (federal Constituency)
Kuala Kedah is a federal constituency in Kota Setar District , Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (English: 'House of Representatives'; ) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament, the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The Dewan Ra ... since 1959. The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. Demographics History Polling districts According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Kuala Kedah constituency is divided into 52 polling districts. Representation history State constituency Current state assembly members Local governments Election results ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2022 Malaysian General Election
The 2022 Malaysian general election, formally the 15th Malaysian general election (GE15; Malay: ''Pilihan raya umum ke-15''), was held on Saturday, 19 November 2022 to elect the 222 members of the Dewan Rakyat in the 15th Parliament of Malaysia. The prospect of a snap election was high due to the 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis. Political instability caused by coalition or party switching among members of Parliament, combined with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia, contributed to the resignation of two prime ministers and the collapse of each of their respective coalition governments since the 2018 Malaysian general election. The 14th Parliament of Malaysia was due to expire on 16 July 2023, five years after the first meeting of the first session of the 14th Parliament on 16 July 2018. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia), Abdullah of Pahang, dissolved the legislature at the request of the incumbent prime minister, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, on 10 Octo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party
The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; ms, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; ms, ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا, label=Jawi alphabet, Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. As the party focused on Islamic fundamentalism, PAS's electoral base are largely in Peninsular Malaysia's rural and conservative northern and eastern coasts, particularly in the states of Kelantan, Kedah, Perlis, Terengganu, Pahang and also in some of the rural parts in Selangor & Perak. The party was a component party of the then governing Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition which came to power as a result of the 2020–21 Malaysian political crisis. The party governs either solely or as coalition partners in the states of Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah & Perlis. In the past, it was a coalition partner in the state governments of Penang and Selangor as part of the federal opposition between 2008 and 2018. Since the 2022 Malaysian general election, the party holds 43 of the 222 sea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Taib Azamudden Md Taib
Dato' Haji Taib Azamudden Md Taib (born 19 October 1951) is a Malaysian politician of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). Taib was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Baling constituency in Kedah for two separate terms; from 1999 to 2004 and from 2008 to 2013. He sat in Parliament as a member of the opposition PAS. Prior to joining PAS in politic, Taib was the imam of the National Mosque of Malaysia from 1993 to 1999. Taib entered Parliament in the 1999 general election, winning the Baling constituency in Kedah. In the 2004 general election, he was one of many PAS parliamentarians to lost their seat, being defeated by Mashitah Ibrahim of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition. He regained the Baling seat in the 2008 general election, defeating the Barisan Nasional's Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim. Taib suffered a stroke in 2013 and did not re-contest his seat in the general election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most member ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |