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Ir.

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Nawawi bin Ahmad (3 May 1961 – 28 November 2022) was a Malaysian politician and engineer who served as the

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(MP) for

Langkawi Langkawi, officially known by its sobriquet Langkawi, the Jewel of Kedah ( ms, Langkawi Permata Kedah ), is a duty-free island and an archipelago of 99 islands (plus five small islands visible only at low tide in the Strait of Malacca) locate ...

from May 2013 to May 2018, 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

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(BN) state administration under former Menteris Besar

Syed Razak Syed Zain Barakbah Syed Razak bin Syed Zain Barakhbah (22 August 1944–8 March 2023) is a Malaysian politician. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party in Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was the Menteri Besar of Ked ...

and

Mahdzir Khalid Mahdzir bin Khalid ( Jawi: محاضر بن خالد; born 15 December 1960) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Rural Development in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob f ...

from March 2004 to March 2008 as well as Member of the

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(MLA) for

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from March 2004 to May 2013. A member of the

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(UMNO), he was the Division Chief of UMNO of Langkawi.

Controversy

In 2014, Nawawi apologised to the family of

Karpal Singh Dato' Seri Utama Karpal Singh s/o Ram Singh Deo ( pa, ਕਰਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ, Karpāl Siṅgh; 28 June 1940 – 17 April 2014) was an Indian Malaysian politician and lawyer. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bu ...

, a leading opposition politician who had died in a car accident, for posting photos of Karpal's corpse on Facebook.

Death

Nawawi died in

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, Germany at about 3 am on 28 November 2022 on a working visit in his capacity as the

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(TNB) board member. He was accompanied by his wife and buried in Frankfurt, Germany as well.

Election results

Honours

* : ** Knight Companion of the

Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah The Illustrious Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (Bahasa Melayu: ''Darjah Yang Mulia Setia di-Raja'') is an honorific order of the Sultanate of Kedah History It was founded by Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah on 21 September 1973. Cl ...

(DSDK) – Dato’ (2006)

References

1961 births 2022 deaths People from Kedah United Malays National Organisation politicians Members of the Dewan Rakyat Members of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly Kedah state executive councillors Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Malaysian electrical engineers 21st-century Malaysian politicians {{Malaysia-politician-stub

Controversy

Death

Election results

Honours

See also

References