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Mansor bin Othman ( Jawi: منصور بن عثمان) is a

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politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water in the

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(BN) administration under Prime Minister

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and Minister Tuan Ibrahim from August 2021 to November 2022. He served as Deputy Minister of Higher Education in the

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(PN) administration under former Prime Minister

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and Minister

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from May 2013 to November 2022. He served as the Deputy Chief Minister I of Penang,

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lor and Member of the

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(MLA) for

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from June 2009 to May 2018 and Chair of the Defence and Home Affairs Select Committee from December 2018 to December 2019. He is a member of the

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

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(PKR), a component party of the

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(PH) opposition coalition.

Political career

He was also chairman of PKR Penang liaison committee. He served Anwar Ibrahim as political secretary after leaving his service as senior lecturer at

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. He was picked by PKR to contest the

seat of in the

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and won. In the 2013 Malaysian general election, he was nominated to contest the parliamentary seat of and won. He was re-elected in the 2018 Malaysian general election.

Health issue

On 21 October 2019, Othman collapsed while debating the 2020 Malaysian federal budget, later revealed to be the result of suffering from a

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. He was caught by

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and Ledang MP Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh before being attended to by Bandar Kuching MP

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, who is also a doctor, and later discharged from hospital after his condition stabilised.

Election results

Honours

* : **

MY-PEN Order of the Defender of State - Companion - DMPN

Companion of the

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(DMPN) – Dato' (2010)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mansor, Othman Living people 1951 births Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Members of the Dewan Rakyat Former People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians Malaysian United Indigenous Party politicians Members of the Penang State Legislative Assembly Penang state executive councillors 21st-century Malaysian politicians

Political career

Health issue

Election results

Honours

See also

References