Noor Azmi bin Ghazali (born 27 November 1960) is a

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and

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who has served as Deputy Minister of Health I for the second term in the

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(BN) administration under Prime Minister

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and Minister

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since August 2021. He served his first term in the

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(PN) administration under former Prime Minister

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from March 2020 to August 2021 and former Minister

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and Chairman of the

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(LLM) from October 2016 to October 2018 and the

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(MP) for

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from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the

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

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(UMNO), a component party of the

(BN) coalition which is aligned with the PN coalition. After the defeat of BN to PH in the 2018 general election, he resigned from UMNO in 2018 and joined BERSATU in 2019.

Political career

In May 2013, Azmi first contested to become an MP in the 13th Malaysian general election and subsequently won the Bagan Serai seat with a 1,140 majority. He was successfully re-elected as MP for the same seat in the 14th Malaysian general election, albeit with a razor-thin majority. Azmi served as the Chairman of the

(LLM) between October 2016 and October 2018, replacing Jasin MP

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. On 24 June 2018, following

's spectacular fall from power in the aftermath of the

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, Noor Azmi announced his resignation from

(UMNO) and became an

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. Following months of speculation, it was announced on 28 November 2018 that he has joined PPBM, one of component parties of the ruling

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(PH) coalition together with four

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s. On 9 March 2020, he was appointed by Prime Minister

to serve his cabinet as Deputy Minister of Health with

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. He was involved in controversy event like violating MCO by having lunch together with around 30 people include Perak EXCO member

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, later both of them had apologized for their acts.

Election results

Honours

* : **

MY-PERA Order of the Perak State Crown - lower classes

Knight Commander of the

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(DPMP) – Dato' (2016)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Noor Azmi Ghazali Living people 1960 births People from Perak Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Malaysian general practitioners Malaysian United Indigenous Party politicians Former United Malays National Organisation politicians Members of the Dewan Rakyat 21st-century Malaysian politicians

Political career

Election results

Honours

See also

References