Suhaizan bin Kayat is a

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politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

who has served as the Political Secretary to the Minister of Domestic Trade and Living Costs

Salahuddin Ayub Malay titles#Datuk Seri, Datuk Seri Salahuddin bin Ayub (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: صلاح الدين بن أيوب; born 1 December 1961) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Domestic Trade and Living Cos ...

since January 2023. He served as Speaker of the Johor State Legislative Assembly from June 2018 to January 2022. He is a member of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of the

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(PH) coalition.

Education

He received his early education at Sekolah Kebangsaan Parit Nawi, Muar and Sekolah Agama Seri Menanti, Muar (Special Degree). Then he continued his secondary schooling at Sekolah Menengah Seri Menanti, Muar and finally at Sekolah Agama Parit Nawi. After graduating from high school, he continued his studies at the university and was awarded a bachelor's degree and Master of Computer Science from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai. He is active in the student association at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Among the positions he holds, include as Exco and Vice President of the UTM Student Association.

Community activities

He is also active in community activities. He has been appointed as the Development Secretary of Taman Universiti Skudai Mosque, Secretary of the Movement to Abolish PPSMI (GMP), Secretary of the People's Land Coalition (TANAH), Advisor of the Kempas People's Action Action Committee and Simpang Renggam People's Action Committee Advisor.

Politics

He started venturing into politics by joining PAS. Among his important positions in PAS, include as Johor PAS Youth Council Chief, Central PAS Youth Council Information Chief, Gelang Patah PAS Youth Council Chief, Pulai PAS Committee Member and Pos Malaysia Voting Committee Chairman. He was appointed as the Speaker of the Johor State Legislative Assembly by former Menteri Besar

Osman Sapian Dato' Haji Osman bin Sapian ( ms, عثمان بن سفيان, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 25 December 1951 – 21 December 2021) was a Malaysian politician who served as the 16th Menteri Besar of Johor from May 2018 to his resignati ...

from

(PH) on 28 June 2018 after

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(BN) state administration was overthrown in 2018 state election and has been retained as Speaker by Menteri Besar

Hasni Mohammad Malay styles and titles#State titles, Dato' Hajji, Haji Hasni bin Mohammad (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: حسني بن محمد; born 27 March 1959) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who has served as Dewan Rakyat, Member of Parliament (MP) fo ...

from BN even the PH state administration was overthrown by BN in February 2020. Hence, this became one of a few cases which the speaker is from the opposition instead of either being independent or from the government. He was the only speaker from the opposition in Malaysia. After BN returned to the state government following its victory in the

2022 Johor state election The 2022 Johor state election, formally the 15th Johor general election, took place on 12 March 2022. The election was to elect 56 members of the 15th Johor State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 22 January 2022. T ...

, he and

Gan Peck Cheng Gan Peck Cheng (, born 21 November 1966) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Penggaram since May 2013. She served as Deputy Speaker of the Johor State Legislative Assembly from ...

were not reappointed as speaker and deputy speaker of the assembly.

Election results

References

{{Reflist 1973 births Living people

Johor Johor (; ), also spelled as Johore, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan ...

Malaysian people of Malay descent National Trust Party (Malaysia) politicians Former Malaysian Islamic Party politicians Speakers of the Johor State Legislative Assembly 21st-century Malaysian politicians