Dato' Seri 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 regul ...

Azlan bin Man (born 2 September 1958) is a

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and

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who served as the 9th

Menteri Besar of Perlis The Menteri Besar of Perlis or First Minister of Perlis is the head of government in the Malaysian state of Perlis. According to convention, the Menteri Besar is the leader of the majority party or largest coalition party of the Perlis State Legis ...

from May 2013 and Member of the

Perlis State Legislative Assembly The Perlis State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Undangan Negeri Perlis) is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Perlis. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 15 lawmakers representing single-member constituenc ...

(MLA) for Bintong from May 2018 to November 2022. He also served as the MLA for Pauh from May 2013 to May 2018. He is a member of the

United Malays National Organisation The United Malays National Organisation (Malay: ; Jawi: ; abbreviated UMNO () or less commonly PEKEMBAR), is a nationalist right-wing political party in Malaysia. As the oldest continuous national political party within Malaysia (since its in ...

(UMNO), a component party of 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) coalition. He has also served as the State Chairman of BN and UMNO of Perlis since April 2021.

Career

Azlan graduated from the

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with a degree in international economics, before joining Malaysia's diplomatic corps. His diplomatic posts included an appointment in 1999 as Malaysia's Permanent Mission Counsellor to the

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. In 2011 he was appointed the Deputy Director of the Public Complaints Bureau.We
"Public Complaints Bureau Staff Directory"
Putrajaya. Retrieved on 9 May 2013. He left Malaysia's public service in 2013 to return to his home state of

Perlis Perlis, ( Northern Malay: ''Peghelih''), also known by its honorific title Perlis Indera Kayangan, is the smallest state in Malaysia by area and population. Located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, it borders the Thai provinces o ...

and contest the

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seat of Pauh. He won the election and was immediately appointed as the state's

Menteri Besar In Malaysia, the Menteri Besar ( Jawi:منتري بسر; literally ''First Minister''), colloquially referred to as MB, is the head of government of each of nine states in Malaysia with hereditary rulers. For four states without a monarch, the t ...

(Chief Minister), replacing

Md Isa Sabu Md Isa Sabu (born 24 August 1946) was the seventh Chief Minister of the Malaysian state of Perlis, in office from 2008 to 2013. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). He held the state assembly seat of Bintong, in the ...

, who had not recontested his assembly seat. He was sworn in by King Sirajuddin on 7 May 2013.

Election results

Honours

* : **

MY-PERL Order of the Crown of Perlis - Knight Grand Commander - SPMP

Knight Grand Commander of the

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(SPMP) – Dato' Seri (2014)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Azlan, Man Living people 1958 births People from Perlis Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Independent politicians in Malaysia United Malays National Organisation politicians Chief Ministers of Perlis Members of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly Perlis state executive councillors University of Denver alumni 21st-century Malaysian politicians