Azman bin Nasrudin (born 11 April 1972) is a

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who has served as the

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(MP) for

Padang Serai Padang Serai or lemongrass field, a little town in Kulim District, Kedah, Malaysia. The sleepy hollow, surrounded by oil palm plantations and the nearby Kulim High-tech Industrial Zone has 56 percent Malay, 23 percent Indians and 12 percent Chi ...

since December 2022, Member of the

Kedah State Executive Council The Kedah State Executive Council is the executive branch of the State Government of Kedah, Malaysia. The Council is composed of the List of Menteris Besar of Kedah, Menteri Besar, the Leader of the council, appointed by the Sultan of Kedah, Sultan ...

(EXCO) in the

Perikatan Nasional The National Alliance ( ms, Perikatan Nasional; abbrev: PN) is a political coalition composed of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) and Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN). This coalition was pr ...

(PN) state administration under Menteri Besar

Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor Dato' Seri Haji Muhammad Sanusi bin Md Nor ( ms, محمد سنوسي بن مد نور, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; born 4 August 1974) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 14th Menteri Besar of Kedah since May 2020 and M ...

since May 2020 and 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 r ...

(PH) state administration under former Menteri Besar

Mukhriz Mahathir Dato' Seri Utama Mukhriz bin Tun Dr. Mahathir ( Jawi: مخرج بن محاضر; born 25 November 1964) is a Malaysian politician who twice served as the 11th and 13th Menteri Besar of Kedah from May 2013 to February 2016 and again from May 2 ...

from 2018 to 2020 and Member of the

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(MLA) for Lunas since May 2013. He is a member of the

Malaysian United Indigenous Party The Malaysian United Indigenous Party ( ms, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia), abbreviated BERSATU or PPBM, is a nationalist political party in Malaysia. The party was preceded by the United Indigenous Association of Malaysia (). It is a major c ...

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

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 ...

(PKR), a component party of the PH coalition.

Political career

2020 defection and collapse of the Kedah PH state administration

On 12 May 2020, Azman and

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MLA

Robert Ling Kui Ee Robert Ling Kui Ee (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Lìn Kwui-i̍t'') is a Malaysian politician and currently serves as Kedah State Executive Council The Kedah State Executive Council is the executive branch of the State Government of Kedah, Malaysia. The ...

of PH defected from PKR and became

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MLAs in support of PN, leading to the resignation of Mukhriz Mahathir as Menteri Besar and collapse of the PH state administration led by Mukhriz as PH had lost the majority support in the assembly required to form the government after both of them withdrew support for PH who had only a slim majority in the assembly. Following that, PH returned to the opposition while PN and PN became the government with the appointment of Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor of PN as the new Menteri Besar on 17 May 2020. Sanusi then reappointed him as EXCO member.

Election results

Honours

* : ** Setia Sultan Sallehuddin Kedah (SSS) (2019) ** Dato' Setia Sultan Sallehuddin Kedah (DSSS) – Dato' (2022)Raja Muda Kedah ketuai senarai penerima darjah kebesaran Kedah
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References

Living people People from Kedah Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Former People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians 21st-century Malaysian politicians Members of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly Kedah state executive councillors 1972 births {{Malaysia-politician-stub