Razali Saad (born 31 August 1965) is a

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and

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who has served as Member of the

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(EXCO) in 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) state administration under Menteri Besar

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as well as Member of the

Perlis State Legislative Assembly The Perlis State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Undangan Negeri Perlis) is the state legislature of the Malaysian state of Perlis. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 15 lawmakers representing single-member constituenc ...

(MLA) for Simpang Empat since November 2022. He is a member of the

Malaysian Islamic Party The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; ms, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; ms, ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. As the party focused on Islamic fundamentalism, PAS's ...

(PAS), a component party of the PN coalition. He is the State Committee Member of PN of

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and Division Treasurer of PAS of

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Personal life

Razali was born in

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on 31 August 1965. He is also married and has three children with her wife.

Political career

Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (since 2022)

In the 2022 Perlis state election, the ruling

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(BN) suffered from huge defeat and wipeout in the assembly as none of its candidates won a state seat in the elections after losing all the 10 seats it previously held to PN. The elections ended 63-year rule of BN in the state, saw the first ever transition of power in the history of the state and replaced BN with PN as the ruling coalition and dominant political force in the state as PN won 14 out of 15 state seats and therefore two-thirds

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of the assembly. Therefore, State Chairman of PN of Perlis, State Commissioner of PAS of Perlis and

Sanglang Sanglang is a small town located in Perlis, Malaysia. Economy The majority of the people in Sanglang work as farmers or fishermen. There is also growing number of "birds nests farmers". Sanglang actually situated at the border between the states ...

MLA Mohd Shukri replaced

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as the new and 10th Menteri Besar of Perlis and formed a new PN state administration on 22 November 2022. On 25 November 2022, Razali was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in charge of Agriculture, Agro-based Industries, Rural Development, Poverty Eradication, Plantation Industries and Commodities by Menteri Besar Mohd Shukri.

Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (since 2022)

2022 Perlis state election

In the 2022 state election, Razali made his electoral debut after being nominated by PN to contest for the Simpang Empat state seat. He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Simpang Empat MLA after defeating defending MLA Nurulhisham Yaakob of BN, Amran Darus of

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(PH),

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candidate Ammar Hassan, Izhar Sudin of the Homeland Fighters Party (PEJUANG) and Hakim Saad of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) by the majority of 4,008 votes.

Other careers

Besides his political positions, Razali is also the Simpang Empat E1 unit chief farmer and a

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entrepreneur. In addition, he holds the positions of Director of the Action Committee of Simpang Empat, Chairman of the Sungai Baru Al Hasanah Islamic Nursery Centre (PASTI), Member of the ''Assabiqun'' Committee of Perlis, Chairman of the

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Management Committee of Simpang Empat, Chairman of the Simpang Ampat Caring Community Organisation (PriSA)

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(NGO) and Chairman of the Kampung Baru Feast Alliance.

Election results

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Razali Saad Living people 1965 births People from Perlis Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Islamic Party politicians Members of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly 21st-century Malaysian politicians