Noor Effandi bin Ahmad is a

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who served as Member of the

Melaka State Legislative Assembly The Malacca State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Undangan Negeri Melaka) is the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Malacca. It is composed of 28 members who are elected from single-member constituencies throughout the state. Ele ...

(MLA) for

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from May 2018 to November 2021 and Member of the

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(EXCO) from May 2018 to March 2020 for the first time and again from March 2020 to his resignation in October 2021. He is an

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and was a member of the

Malaysian United Indigenous Party The Malaysian United Indigenous Party ( ms, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia), abbreviated BERSATU or PPBM, is a nationalist political party in Malaysia. The party was preceded by the United Indigenous Association of Malaysia (). It is a major c ...

(BERSATU), a component party of the

Perikatan Nasional The National Alliance ( ms, Perikatan Nasional; abbrev: PN) is a political coalition composed of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) and Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN). This coalition was pr ...

(PN) coalition and previously

Pakatan Harapan The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the r ...

(PH) coalition. The 2020 Malaysian political crisis dubbed 'Sheraton Move', which overthrew the PH state administration, which he had followed suit. During his only MLA tenure, he served two times as member of EXCO, from May 2018 to March 2020 for the first time under PH and again from March 2020 to October 2021 for the second time under BN-PN administrations. On 5 October 2021, BERSATU membership of Noor Effandi was automatically dropped for blatantly stating his loss of support for the BN state government under Chief Minister

Sulaiman Md Ali Datuk Seri Utama Haji Sulaiman bin Md Ali ( ms, سليمان بن مد علي, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; born 20 December 1965) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 12th Chief Minister of Malacca since March 2020 and M ...

. He and three other MLAs also withdrew support for the Malacca state government, triggering the state assembly dissolution and subsequent snap

2021 Malacca state election The 2021 Malacca state election, formally the 15th Malacca state election, took place on 20 November 2021. This election was to elect 28 members of the 15th Malacca State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 4 October 2021 ...

. His attempt to return to PH and contest in the state election under its banner was rejected by the coalition, he decided not to defend the seat and remain as an Independent after his twice defections. On 19 May 2022, he join Amanah.

Election results

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

* Malacca: ** MY-MAL Exalted Order of Malacca

Companion Class I of the Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2019)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Noor Effandi Ahmad Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Johor Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Independent politicians in Malaysia Former Malaysian United Indigenous Party politicians National Trust Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly Malacca state executive councillors 21st-century Malaysian politicians