Haji Jefridin bin Haji Atan (born 19 January 1968) is a

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politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

who has served as Member of the

Johor State Legislative Assembly The Johor State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Negeri Johor) is the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Johor. It is composed of 56 members who are elected from single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are hel ...

(MLA) for

Kukup Kukup ( Jawi: ; ) is a small fishing village in Pontian District, Johor, Malaysia. It is famous for its open-air seafood restaurants built on stilts over the water. Regularly scheduled ferries connect Kukup with Tanjung Balai in Indonesia. Kukup ...

since March 2022 and

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since September 2020. 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 ruling

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.

Politics

He was the former private secretary to the ex-

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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Tun Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi ( Jawi: عبد الله بن احمد بدوي; born 26 November 1939) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia from October 2003 to April 2009. He was also the sixth president of ...

since 2001. A member of the

(UMNO), the major component of the

(BN), he is also the incumbent party's Division Head of

Tanjung Piai Tanjung Piai ( Jawi: تنجوڠ ڤياي) is a cape in Pontian District, Johor, Malaysia. It is the southernmost point of Peninsular Malaysia and thus the most southern point of mainland Eurasia. The skyline of Singapore is visible across the ...

. During the

2019 Tanjung Piai by-election The 2019 Tanjung Piai by-election was a by-election held on 16 November 2019 for the Dewan Rakyat seat of Tanjung Piai. It was called following the death of incumbent, Md Farid Md Rafik on 21 September 2019. The late Md Farid, a member from ...

that was triggered following the death of

Mohamed Farid Md Rafik Datuk Wira Dr. Mohamed Farid bin Md Rafik ( Jawi: محمد فريد بن مد رفيق; ‎12 October 1976 – 21 September 2019) was a Malaysian politician who was Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of national un ...

, Jefridin was widely considered as the potential candidate of the BN coalition. This was despite of the stronghold of the former MP

Wee Jeck Seng Dato' Sri Dr. Wee Jeck Seng (; born 20 April 1964) is a Malaysian politician. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition which is aligned with the Perikatan Nasional ...

from the

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(MCA), another component of the BN, the majority voters of the constituency are

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s. However, the BN had finally chosen Wee Jeck Seng, who later defeated the then ruling

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(PH) candidate, Karmaine Sardini. On 13 September 2020, Jefridin was appointed the Senator by the

, after recommended by the

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 ...

Hasni Mohammad Malay styles and titles#State titles, Dato' Hajji, Haji Hasni bin Mohammad (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: حسني بن محمد; born 27 March 1959) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who has served as Dewan Rakyat, Member of Parliament (MP) fo ...

. He was officially inaugurated 2 days later. On 12 March 2022, he was elected to be the Member of

for

Election results

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UMNO 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 ...

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BERSATU 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 ...

) , 3,439 , 17.84% , rowspan="3" , 19,282 , rowspan="3" , 8,201 , rowspan="3" , 55.69% , - , , , Mohd Zaiful Bakri ( PKR) , 3,276 , 16.99% , - , bgcolor="{{Party of Homeland's Fighters/meta/shading" , , Zamzam Hashim ( PEJUANG) , 927 , 4.81%

References

External links

Jefridin Atan
on

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Living people 1968 births United Malays National Organisation politicians