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Sulaiman bin Md Ali ( ms, سليمان بن مد علي, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; born 20 December 1965) is a

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politician who has served as the 12th Chief Minister of Malacca since March 2020 and Member of the

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(MLA) for

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since May 2013. He served as the Deputy Member of the

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(EXCO) in the

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(BN) state administration under former Chief Minister and former Member

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from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN state administration in May 2018. He is a member of the

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(UMNO), a component party of the federal and state ruling BN coalition which is aligned with another federal and state ruling

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(PN) coalition at both the federal and state levels. On 4 October 2021, former Chief Minister of Melaka and Sungai Udang MLA

and three other MLAs declared loss of confidence and support for him as Chief Minister and claimed that the state govermment has collapsed. However, the state government will only collapse when the chief minister resigns or loses the vote of a motion of confidence in the state legislative assembly. Following this, the Melaka State Legislative Assembly was dissolved the same day following his loss of majority support in the assembly and his state government stayed in power in caretaker capacity before the next government was formed after the

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on 20 November 2021. In the election,

(BN) won 21 out of 28 state seats and therefore a two-thirds majority in the assembly, he remained as chief minister in the new government. The next day, Sulaiman was sworn in as chief minister.

Personal life

He is married to Munira M Yusop and has 3 children.

Election results

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

* : ** Medal of the

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(PPN) (2002) ** Kesatria Mangku Negara

Officer of the

(KMN) (2012) * : ** MY-MAL Exalted Order of Malacca

Companion Class I of the

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(DMSM) – Datuk (2015) ** MY-MAL Exalted Order of Malacca

Knight Grand Commander of the

(DUNM) – Datuk Seri Utama (2020)

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sulaiman, Md Ali 1965 births Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims United Malays National Organisation politicians Chief Ministers of Malacca Malacca state executive councillors 21st-century Malaysian politicians Medallists of the Order of the Defender of the Realm Officers of the Order of the Defender of the Realm