Mohamad Nizar bin Mohamad Najib (born 11 May 1978) is a

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who has served as Member of the

Pahang State Executive Council The Pahang State Executive Council is the executive authority of the Government of Pahang, Malaysia. The Council is composed of the Menteri Besar, appointed by the Sultan on the basis that he is able to command a majority in the Pahang State Legisla ...

(EXCO) in 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) state administration under Menteri Besar

Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail Wan Rosdy bin Wan Ismail (born 1 October 1958) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 14th Menteri Besar of Pahang since May 2018 and Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly for Jelai (MLA) since March 2004. He served as Membe ...

since December 2022 and Member of the

Pahang State Legislative Assembly The Pahang State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Undangan Negeri Pahang) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Pahang. It is composed of 42 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. The Asse ...

(MLA) for Peramu Jaya since November 2022. He is a member of the

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(UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He is also the son of

Najib Razak Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak ( ms, محمد نجيب بن عبد الرزاق, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, ; born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 6th prime minister of Malaysi ...

, the 6th and former

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Political career

He was UMNO Youth Chief of Jalan Daud Branch, Kampung Baru zone in Titiwangsa. Nizar is the UMNO Youth Chief of Pekan since 2018. He has been coined as a potential

candidate of the

2020 Chini by-election A by-election was held on 4 July 2020 for the seat of Chini in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly. The seat became vacant following the death of the incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from United Malays National Organisation ...

, before the party decided to nominate

Mohd Sharim Md Zain Mohd Sharim bin Md Zain is a Malaysian politician and currently serves as member of State Assembly for Chini. Political career He joined UMNO and served as officer to his predecessor, Abu Bakar Harun who was Chini assemblyman. He currently ...

. In the

2022 Malaysian general election The 2022 Malaysian general election, formally the 15th Malaysian general election (GE15; Malay: ''Pilihan raya umum ke-15''), was held on Saturday, 19 November 2022 to elect the 222 members of the Dewan Rakyat in the 15th Parliament of Malaysia ...

, after speculation that Nizar might be contesting his first election in

Pekan Pekan Town is a town in Pekan District, Pahang, Malaysia. It is also the royal capital of the state. Its name comes from a flower, the '' Bunga Pekan''. Pekan is also the name of the district the town is situated in, and a parliamentary const ...

in place of his father, who has recently sentenced to jail, he instead were selected by his party to contest the state seat of Peramu Jaya in the 2022 Pahang state election. He won the seat, defeating 3 other candidates with a majority of 7,823 votes. In the Pahang coalition government between BN and

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after the 2022 election, Nizar was appointed state EXCO member under portfolio of investment, industries, science, technology and innovation.

Personal life

Nizar is the son of the sixth

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, Datuk Seri

Najib Tun Razak Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak ( ms, محمد نجيب بن عبد الرزاق, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, ; born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 6th prime minister of Malaysi ...

with his first wife, Tengku Puteri Zainah Tengku Eskandar. He is the eldest of five siblings, including the two children of Najib's second wife

Rosmah Mansor Rosmah binti Mansor ( Jawi: روسمه بنت منصور; born 10 December 1951) is the second wife of former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak. Like her husband, she became implicated in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal. On 1 S ...

. His younger brother Nazifuddin Najib is a businessman and secretary-general of

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(OCM) since 2018. He has worked as a consultant and accountant, residing in Jalan Maktab,

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. He is married to Nur Sharmila Shaheen, the daughter of Wanita UMNO exco member Maznah Hamid in 2004, with five children. On 18 November 2020, Nizar was ordered to pay RM13.16 million in unpaid taxes from 2011 to the Malaysia Inland Revenue Board by the Shah Alam High Court.

Election results

Honours

* : **

MY-PAH Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang - Knight Companion - DSAP

Knight Companion of the

Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang The Most Illustrious Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (Malay: ''Darjah Kebesaran Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang Yang Amat Di Mulia'') is a knighthood order of the Sultanate of Pahang. History The order was founded by Sultan Ahmad Shah on 24 Oc ...

(DSAP) – Dato' (2016)Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran dan Pingat Negeri Pahang
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{{Authority control 1978 births Members of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Children of prime ministers of Malaysia