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Kamarul Baharin bin Abbas (born 12 June 1947) is a

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politician and the Member of the

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for the Telok Kemang constituency in the state of Negeri Sembilan for two terms from 2008 to 2018. He is a member of the

People's Justice Party The People's Justice Party ( ms, Parti Keadilan Rakyat , often known simply as KEADILAN or PKR) is a reformist political party in Malaysia, formed in 2003 by a merger of the National Justice Party and the older Malaysian People's Party. The ...

(PKR), a component party in the

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(PH) coalition. Kamarul was first elected to Parliament in the 2008 general election winning the seat of Telok Kemang. In doing so he unseated the incumbent member Sothinathan Sinna Gounder from the then still governing

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 ...

(BN) coalition. He was re-elected in 2013 general election. Kamarul was state chief of PKR for both the 2008 and 2013 elections. He did not contest in the 2018 general election when the Telok Kemang constituency was abolished and renamed as

Port Dickson Port Dickson (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Podeksen'', Jawi: ) is a beach resort in Port Dickson District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is the second largest urban area in Negeri Sembilan after Seremban, its state capital. The town's admin ...

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MY-SEL Order of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah - Knight Companion - DSSA

Knight Companion of the

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(DSSA) – Dato' (1996)

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Living people 1947 births People from Perak Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Former People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Dewan Rakyat 21st-century Malaysian politicians {{Malaysia-politician-stub

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