Saari bin Sungib 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 served as Member of the

Selangor State Legislative Assembly The Selangor State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Negeri Selangor) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Selangor. The State Assembly is composed of 56 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the sta ...

(MLA) for

Hulu Kelang Ulu Klang (alternately Hulu Klang, Hulu Kelang or Ulu Kelang, is a mukim and a Selangor State Legislative Assembly, state constituency in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is one of five state constituencies administered by Majlis Perbanda ...

from March 2008 to August 2023. He is a member, State Deputy Chairman of

Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

and Division Chief of

Gombak The Gombak District is an administrative district located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The district was created on February 1, 1974, the same day when Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Territory. Until 1997, Rawang was the district capi ...

of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of the

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 and was 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 former component party of

Pakatan Rakyat The People's Alliance ( ms, Pakatan Rakyat; abbrev: PR) was an informal Malaysian political coalition and successor to Barisan Alternatif (BA). The political coalition was formed by the People's Justice Party (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP ...

(PR) coalition as well as 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 former component party of the

Barisan Alternatif The Barisan Alternatif (BA, '' lit.'' Alternative Front) was a coalition of Malaysian opposition parties, formed as a counterweight to the ruling Barisan Nasional. Disbanded after the 2004 general elections, all 4 former component parties of ...

(BA) coalition. He is also the father of Anfaal Saari, the Member of the

Selangor State Executive Council The Selangor State Executive Council (''Malay: Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri Selangor'') is the executive authority of the Government of Selangor, Malaysia. The Council comprises the Menteri Besar, appointed by the Sultan on the basis that he i ...

(EXCO), Taman Templer MLA and Deputy Women Chief of AMANAH.

Political career

Candidate for the Member of Parliament (1999 & 2004)

In the 1999 general election, Saari made his electoral debut after being nominated by BA to contest for the

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federal seat. He lost to

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(BN) candidate

Shafie Salleh Tan Sri Dato' Seri Paduka Dr. Haji Shafie bin Haji Mohd Salleh ( ms, شافعي بن محمد صالح, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 29 September 1946 – 11 September 2019) was a Malaysian politician who served as Higher Educatio ...

by a minority of 8,020 votes. In the 2004 general election, Saari was renominated by BA to contest for the Paya Besar federal seat. He again lost to BN candidate

Siti Zaharah Sulaiman Siti Zaharah binti Sulaiman ( Jawi: سيتي زهرة بنت سليمان; born 24 April 1949) is a Malaysian politician. She also was the Minister of National Unity and Community Development, Malaysia. She was Chief of the Women's wing of the ...

by a minority of 12,518 votes.

Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (2008–2023)

In the 2008 Selangor state election, Saari was nominated by PR to contest for the Hulu Kelang state seat. He won the seat and was elected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the Hulu Kelang MLA for the first term after defeating defending MLA Ahmad Bujang of BN by a majority of 2,134 votes. In the 2013 Selangor state election, Saari was renominated by PR to defend the Hulu Kelang seat. He defended the seat and was reelected to the assembly as the Hulu Kelang MLA for the second term after defeating Abdul Rahim Pandak Kamarudin of BN by a majority of 2,881 votes. In the 2018 Selangor state election, Saari was nominated by PH to defend the Hulu Kelang seat. He again defended the seat and was reelected to the assembly as the Hulu Kelang MLA for the third term after defeating

Ismail Ahmad Dato' Ismail bin Ahmad is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun and Member of the Negeri Sembil ...

of BN and Kamalulhysham Mohd Suhut of

Gagasan Sejahtera The Gagasan Sejahtera (English: ''Ideas of Prosperity'', abbrev: GS) was a coalition of opposition Islamist political parties which promote the "ideas of peace" in Malaysia. The informal electoral pact was formed initially on 16 March 2016 by ...

(GS) by a majority of 12,518 votes. Saari decided against being nominated in the 2023 Selangor state election to defend the Hulu Kelang seat again or contest for other seats due to his poor health. It was reported that his daughter, Member of the

Ampang Jaya Municipal Council Ampang Jaya Municipal Council ( ms, Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya, Jawi: مجليس ڤربندرن امڤاڠ جاي) is a local authority which administers Ampang Jaya of Selangor, Malaysia. History This agency was founded on 1 July 1992, ...

(MPAJ), Deputy Women Chief of AMANAH and Division Women Chief of AMANAH of Gombak Anfaal was on the list of candidates being considered by the AMANAH party leadership to be nominated to contest for the Hulu Kelang seat in the elections to replace Saari. However, the Hulu Kelang seat was subsequently contested by the Juwairiya Zulkifli of the

(PKR), another component party of the PH coalition and won by

Azmin Ali Mohamed Azmin bin Ali ( Jawi: محمد عزمين بن علي; born 25 August 1964) is a Malaysian politician who served as Senior Minister of the Economic Cluster and as Minister of International Trade and Industry from 2020 to 2022. A memb ...

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). Anfaal contested and won the Taman Templer state seat instead.

Election results

References

Living people Malaysian people of Malay descent National Trust Party (Malaysia) politicians Former People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians Former Malaysian Islamic Party politicians 21st-century Malaysian politicians Members of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly 1957 births {{Malaysia-politician-stub