Adly bin Zahari ( Jawi: عدلي بن ظهري; born 15 February 1971) is a

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who has served as the Deputy Minister of Defence in the

Pakatan Harapan The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the ...

(PH) administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Mohamad Hasan since December 2022,

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for

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since November 2022 and Member of the

Malacca State Legislative Assembly The Malacca State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Undangan Negeri Melaka) is the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Malacca. It is composed of 28 members who are elected from single-member constituencies throughout the state. Ele ...

(MLA) for Bukit Katil since May 2018. He served as the 11th Chief Minister of Melaka from May 2018 to March 2020 and State Leader of the Opposition of

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from April 2020 to December 2022. He is a member of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of the

(PH) coalition. In AMANAH, he has served as its Vice-President since September 2021 and State Chairman of Malacca since August 2017.

Education and early career

Adly obtained his

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(BEng) in electrical engineering from

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(UTM). He became an engineer, served in the corporate sector and started his own business before joining the politics.

Political career

He was a member of the

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 ...

(PAS) prior to joining its new splinter party AMANAH in 2015. Adly contested and won the Malacca state seat of Bukit Katil in the

2018 Malacca state election The 14th Malacca election was held on 9 May 2018 to elect the State Assemblymen of the 14th Malacca State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Malaysian state of Malacca. The Malacca State Legislative Assembly dissolved on 7 April 2018 b ...

and

2021 Malacca state election The 2021 Malacca state election, formally the 15th Malacca state election, took place on 20 November 2021. This election was to elect 28 members of the 15th Malacca State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 4 October 202 ...

. He was sworn in as Chief Minister before

Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca The Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca or Malacca Governor is the ceremonial head of state of the Malaysian state of Malacca. The Yang di-Pertua Negeri is styled Tuan Yang Terutama (TYT) (''English: His Excellency''). The current office bearer, A ...

Mohd Khalil Yaakob Tun Datuk Seri Utama Mohd Khalil bin Yaakob ( Jawi: محمد خليل بن يعقوب; born 29 December 1937) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 6th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca from June 2004 to June 2020, 12th Menteri Besar of ...

at Dewan Seri Utama, Seri Negeri, in Ayer Keroh on 11 May 2018 after PH won a simple majority in the Malacca legislative assembly to form the new state government when it captured 15 of the 28 state seats in the general election on 9 May 2018.

Election results

References

1971 births Living people People from Malacca Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Malaysian engineers Malaysian businesspeople National Trust Party (Malaysia) politicians Former Malaysian Islamic Party politicians Members of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly Malacca state executive councillors Chief Ministers of Malacca Leaders of the Opposition in the Malacca State Legislative Assembly University of Technology Malaysia alumni 21st-century Malaysian politicians {{Malaysia-politician-stub