Mohamed Azmin Ali

Yang Berhormat Dato' Seri
Mohamed Azmin Ali
SPMS MP MLA
محمد عزمين بن علي
Minister of Economic Affairs
Assumed office
21 May 2018
Monarch Muhammad V
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
Deputy Dr. Mohd. Radzi Md. Jidin
Preceded by Position established
Constituency Gombak
Deputy President of Parti Keadilan Rakyat
Assumed office
28 November 2010
Preceded by Syed Husin Ali
Menteri Besar of Selangor
In office
23 September 2014 – 19 June 2018
Monarch Sharafuddin Idris Shah
Preceded by Abdul Khalid Ibrahim
Succeeded by Amirudin Shari
Constituency N.19 Bukit Antarabangsa
Vice-President of Parti Keadilan Rakyat
In office
9 November 2001 – 28 November 2010
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Gombak
Assumed office
8 March 2008
Preceded by Rahman Ismail (UMNO-BN)
Majority 6,867 (2008)
4,734 (2013)
48,721 (2018)
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
for Bukit Antarabangsa
Assumed office
8 March 2008
Preceded by Azman Wahid (UMNO-BN)
Majority 1,381 (2008)
4,044 (2013)
25,512 (2018)
Personal details
Born Mohamed Azmin bin Ali
(1964-08-25) 25 August 1964
State of Singapore, Malaysia
Citizenship Malaysian
Political party PKR
Spouse(s) Shamshida Taharin
Relations Azwan Ali (brother)
Ummi Hafilda Ali (sister)
Children 3 daughters, 3 sons
Residence Ulu Kelang, Selangor, Malaysia
Alma mater University of Minnesota
Occupation Politician
Website www.azminali.com

Dato' Seri Mohamed Azmin bin Ali (Jawi: محمد عزمين بن علي; born 25 August 1964) is a Malaysian politician and Minister of Economic Affairs. He is also the former Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Selangor. He is also a Member of Parliament for Gombak, as well as the assemblyman for Bukit Antarabangsa in the Selangor State Assembly. He is the deputy president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) in the ruling Pakatan Harapan coalition in the federal level. He is also the former president of the Football Association of Selangor (FAS).[1]

Early years and education

Azmin Ali was born in Singapore (then a state of Malaysia) to Ali and Che Tom Yahaya. Born in Singapore, he migrated and grew up in Malaysia. He was educated in his hometown and began his education at Gurney Road Primary School, Setapak High School and ended it Jalan Cheras Technical Institute. His father worked for the British Army as a clerk.

He received his BSc in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Minnesota. He later completed his master's degree in Education from the same institute where he met Shamsidar Taharin, his future wife. While studying, Azmin taught modern and additional mathematics. One of his notable students was Razali Ibrahim, a former deputy minister, when they were in MRSM Terendak. He also attended an executive training programme at the University of Oxford.

Personal life

He is married to Shamshida Taharin, a finance graduate also from the University of Minnesota. The couple have three sons and three daughters. He lives in Ampang.

In addition to an elder brother, Azman Ali, among his younger brothers are controversial television host and celebrity Azwan Ali and motivator Arpah Ali while his younger sister is Ummi Hafilda Ali, the prosecution witness in the sodomy trial of jailed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.

Political career

Early career

In 1987, following advice from the Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Azmin started working for Anwar Ibrahim, who was then a Minister in Mahathir's Barisan Nasional government. Azmin served as Anwar's personal secretary through Anwar's appointment as Deputy Prime Minister in 1993 and until Mahathir sacked Anwar in 1998. Azmin remained close to Anwar following the dismissal and they both became founders of the opposition Parti Keadilan Nasional (KeADILan), which later became the People's Justice Party or Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).[2]

State assemblyman and parliamentarian

Keadilan entered the 1999 general elections amidst voter anger over Anwar's dismissal and subsequent imprisonment. Azmin was elected Selangor State Assemblyman for Hulu Kelang. However, he was barred from participating in the 2004 general elections due to his conviction for lying in court during the trial against Anwar. The High Court and Court of Appeal have since acquitted him.[3]

Azmin returned to national politics in the 2008 general elections, winning the Gombak parliamentary seat and Bukit Antarabangsa state seat in Selangor. Meanwhile, in 2010, he won an internal PKR election for the party's deputy presidency. He replaced Syed Husin, who did not seek re-election.[4]

In the 2013 general elections and 2018 general elections he managed to clinch both seats again.[5]

Menteri Besar of Selangor

Azmin became the Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Selangor on 23 September 2014, following the resignation of the PKR incumbent Khalid Ibrahim. His ascension to the post followed months of internal political wrangling within the Pakatan Rakyat coalition that led the state. Khalid had been the Menteri Besar since the coalition of PKR, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) won a majority in the Selangor State Assembly in the 2008 election. In early 2014, PKR's national leader, Anwar Ibrahim, then a federal parliamentarian sought to contest the Selangor State Assembly seat of Kajang in a by-election. The so-called "Kajang Move" would have allowed Anwar to oust Khalid as Menteri Besar with PKR's support. However, after Anwar's conviction for sodomy weeks before the by-election, his wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail assumed PKR's nomination for the by-election in his place and won the seat. Khalid resigned as Menteri Besar after PKR withdrew its support for his leadership later in the year. PKR, with the DAP's support, nominated Wan Azizah to replace him, but both the Sultan of Selangor (who appoints the Menteri Besar) and the third coalition party, PAS, sought other options. The Sultan requested that each coalition party submit three names for his consideration. PKR and the DAP submitted only Wan Azizah's name, while PAS submitted others.[6][7][8][9] On 22 September, the Sultan announced the appointment of Azmin. He was sworn into office the following morning.[10]

Azmin was the sole recipient of the Order of the Crown of Selangor in Knight Grand Commander class (S.P.M.S) in 2015, which carries the title ‘Dato' Seri’ in conjunction with the 70th birthday of the Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah on 11 December 2015.[11]

Azmin was once again reelected as the Mentri Besar of Selangor in the aftermath of 2018 Malaysian general election after defending his Bukit Antarabangsa state seat. He was sworn into title on the evening of 11 May 2018 at Istana Alam Shah.[12]

Minister of Economic Affairs

Following the aftermath of the 2018 General Election, Azmin was named as one of the ministers in the newly elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's cabinet on 18 May 2018.[13] He is to head the newly established Ministry of Economic Affairs. He was sworn in as the Minister of Economic Affairs on 21 May 2018 at Istana Negara.[14]

Election results

Selangor State Legislative Assembly[15][16][17][18][19][20]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1999 N18 Hulu Kelang, P91 Gombak. Mohamed Azmin Ali (KeADILan) 9,185 53.32% Fuad Hassan (UMNO) 8,039 46.67% 17,395 1,146 76.65%
2008 N19 Bukit Antarabangsa, P99 Ampang. Mohamed Azmin Ali (PKR) 11,731 52.91% Haslinda Mohd Zerain (UMNO) 10,350 46.68% 22,397 1,381 72.99%
2013 Mohamed Azmin Ali (PKR) 16,502 56.81% Mohamad Nadzim Ibrahim (UMNO) 12,458 42.89% 29,352 4,044 85.16%
2018 Mohamed Azmin Ali (PKR) 30,892 79.64% Salwa Yunus (UMNO) 5,380 13.87% 39,057 25,512 84.44%
Syarifah Haslizah Syed Ariffin (PAS) 2,311 5.96%
Ahmad Kamarudin (PRM) 116 0.30%
Mohamed Azwan Ali (IND) 90 0.23%
Parliament of Malaysia[15][16][17][18][19][20]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2008 P98 Gombak, Selangor. Mohamed Azmin Ali (PKR) 40,334 53.92% Said Anuar Said Ahmad (UMNO) 33,467 44.74% 75,619 6,867 76.26%
2013 Mohamed Azmin Ali (PKR) 54,827 51.82% Rahman Ismail (UMNO) 50,093 47.34% 107,162 4,734 86.92%
Said Nazar Abu Baker (IND) 474 0.45%
2018 Mohamed Azmin Ali (PKR) 75,113 63.10% Abdul Rahim Pandak Kamaruddin (UMNO) 26,392 22.17% 119,975 48,721 85.43%
Khairil Nizam Khirudin (PAS) 17,537 14.73%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
  2. ↑ "From critic to Selangor MB, Azmin Ali's climb to the topf". Bernama. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  3. ↑ No case against Azmin The Star. 8 January 2009
  4. ↑ "Azmin Ali is PKR deputy president, Nurul Izzah is veep". Bernama. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Pemimpin utama pakatan menang". Nazura Ngah; Fairul Asmaini Mohd Pilus; Nur Lela Zulkipli & Seri Nor Nadiah Koris (in Malay). Berita Harian. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Chong Pooi Koon (23 September 2014). "Anwar's Wife Pipped in Tussle to Run Malaysia's Selangor". Bloomberg. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  7. ↑ Mohd Farwan Darwis (9 March 2014). "Wan Azizah to contest Kajang seat, replaces Anwar". The Malaysian Insider. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  8. ↑ Ng, Eileen (23 September 2014). "With Azmin as MB, the failure of PKR's Kajang Move, say analysts". The Malaysian Insider. Archived from the original on 25 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  9. ↑ Habibu, Sira; Muthiah, Wani (21 September 2014). "Selangor MB crisis: Puzzling if name other than Wan Azizah chosen, says Tian Chua". The Star. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "PKR's Azmin Ali is new Selangor MB: Sultan's secretary". Channel NewsAsia. 22 September 2014. Archived from the original on 26 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  11. ↑ http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/12/11/its-dato-seri-azmin-ali-now/
  12. ↑ Khairul Azwan Hussin; Ruwaida Md Zain (11 May 2018). "Mohamed Azmin angkat sumpah MB Selangor". Berita Harian (in Bahasa Melayu). Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "PM umum senarai menteri Kabinet". Sinar Harian (in Bahasa Melayu). 18 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "Wan Azizah ketuai angkat sumpah menteri kabinet". Berita Harian (in Bahasa Melayu). 21 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  15. 1 2 "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  16. 1 2 "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  17. 1 2 "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen 13" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  18. 1 2 "14th General Election Result - Selangor". pru14result.bernama.com. BERNAMA. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  19. 1 2 "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  20. 1 2 "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  21. ↑ "Azmin Ali is now a Datuk Seri". Bernama. New Straits Times. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
Political offices
New office Minister of Economic Affairs
2018 – present		 Incumbent
Preceded by
Khalid Ibrahim		 Menteri Besar of Selangor
2014 – 2018		 Succeeded by
Amirudin Shari
Party political offices
Preceded by
Syed Husin Ali		 Deputy President of PKR
2010 –		 Incumbent
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