Datuk Datuk (or its variant Dato or Datu) is a Malay title commonly used in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia, as well as a traditional title by Minangkabau people in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The title of the wife of Datuk is Datin. Origin The oldest ...

Md Sirat bin Abu (born 11 April 1959) is a Malaysian politician and a former Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the

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constituency in the state of Melaka. 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) party in the governing

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coalition. Md Sirat was elected to federal Parliament in the

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, having been nominated by UMNO to contest the seat ahead of its incumbent member Ruddin Ab Ghani. Percentage figures are calculated based on total turnout. He had earlier served as President of the Melaka Municipal Council and political secretary to the Chief Minister of Melaka,

Mohd Ali Rustam Tun Seri Setia Dr. Haji Mohd. Ali bin Mohd. Rustam ( ms, محمد علي بن محمد رستم, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; born 24 August 1949) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 7th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca ...

. He was dropped from UMNO's list of candidates for the

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in favour of Mohd Ali, who was seeking to move to the federal parliament. Mohd Ali's move failed when the seat fell to the People's Justice Party's Shamsul Iskandar Md. Akin.

Election results

Honours

* : **

Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (2006) * : ** MY-MAL_Exalted_Order_of_Malacca

Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2002)

References

Living people 1959 births People from Malacca Members of the Dewan Rakyat United Malays National Organisation politicians Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Officers of the Order of the Defender of the Realm {{Malaysia-politician-stub