Amirudin Shari | |
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| أمير الدين شاعري | |
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| 16th Menteri Besar of Selangor | |
| Assumed office 19 June 2018 | |
| Monarch | Sharafuddin |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Azmin Ali |
| Constituency | Sungai Tua |
| Vice President of the People's Justice Party | |
| Assumed office 17 July 2022 Serving with
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| President | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Deputy President | Rafizi Ramli(2022–2025) Nurul Izzah Anwar(since 2025) |
| Preceded by | Zuraida Kamaruddin |
| State Chairman of the Pakatan Harapan ofSelangor | |
| Assumed office 6 March 2020 | |
| National Chairman | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Azmin Ali |
| State Chairman of the Pakatan Harapan ofPahang | |
| In office 6 September 2022 – 28 August 2024 | |
| National Chairman | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Preceded by | Fuziah Salleh |
| Succeeded by | Fuziah Salleh |
| Member of theMalaysian Parliament forGombak | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Azmin Ali (PH–PKR) |
| Majority | 12,729 (2022) |
| Member of theSelangor State Legislative Assembly forSungai Tua | |
| Assumed office 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Majority | 11,374 (2018) 5,185 (2023) |
| Member of theSelangor State Legislative Assembly forBatu Caves | |
| In office 8 March 2008 – 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Jagarasah Verasamy (BN–MIC) |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Majority | 3,639 (2008) 3,261 (2013) |
| Member of the Selangor State Executive Council | |
| 2014–2018 | Chairman of the Youth Generation Development, Sports, Culture and Entrepreneur Development |
| 2018 | Chairman of the Youth Generation Development, Sports, Entrepreneur Development, Rural Development and Tradition Villages |
| Faction represented inDewan Rakyat | |
| 2022− | Pakatan Harapan |
| Faction represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2008–2018 | People's Justice Party |
| 2018– | Pakatan Harapan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Amirudin bin Shari (1980-02-08)8 February 1980 (age 45) |
| Citizenship |  Malaysia |
| Political party |  People's Justice Party (PKR) |
| Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015)  Pakatan Harapan (PH)(since 2015) |
| Spouse | Masdiana Muhamad |
| Children | 6 |
| Alma mater | University of Putra Malaysia |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | www |
Amirudin bin Shari (Jawi:أمير الدين بن شاعري; born 8 February 1980) is aMalaysianpolitician who has served as the 16thMenteri Besar of Selangor since June 2018, Member of theSelangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) forSungai Tua since May 2018 andMember of Parliament (MP) forGombak since November 2022. He served as Member of theSelangor State Executive Council (EXCO) in thePakatan Rakyat (PR) andPakatan Harapan (PH) state administrations under former Menteri BesarMohamed Azmin Ali from September 2014 to his promotion to the Menteri Besarship in June 2018 as well as the MLA forBatu Caves from March 2008 to May 2018. He is a member of thePeople's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH and formerly PR coalitions.[1][2] He has also served as the Vice-President of PKR since July 2022[3] and State Chairman of PH ofSelangor since March 2020 as well as ofPahang from September 2022 to August 2024.
He was the manager of theSelangor F.C. football team, leading the team in two consecutiveMalaysia Cup finals, in 2015 and 2016.[4] The famous 33rd mission to winMalaysia Cup was accomplished in 2015 under his leadership.[5]Selangor was also the champion of 2016Sukma under Amirudin.[6]
During his early involvement in social activism and politics, Amirudin campaigned on democracy, cultural, and students matters. Frequent sessions of open discussion with Komuniti Seni Jalan Telawi (KSJT) were held, with the goal to promote the arts and culture.[4]
He grew up inPontian,Johor.[7] He received his secondary education at Sekolah Menengah Benut in Pontian and furthered his studies atUniversity of Putra Malaysia, graduated with a bachelor's degree inSocial Science.[8] He was actively involved in student activism during his campus days[8] and was known as a skilled debater.[9]
After leaving university, Amirudin worked as program coordinator at Institute for Policy Research (Institut Kajian Dasar), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) dedicated to the cause of cultural revivalism and the construction of civil society.
Throughout his career at the Institute for Policy Research, Amirudin carried out the drafting and supervision of social awareness programs including politics with series under his management such as Public Intellectual Forum, Tanwiri Islam Program and also Sekolah Politik, a program that enlightens politics for youngsters.
In addition, Amirudin acquired special training on electoral preparations titled 'How to Do a Campaign' underKonrad Adenauer Stiftung which was held inBerlin andMunich,Germany. These experiences are vital as Amirudin has always been given tasks on logistics, communications, and mobilisation in his early involvement inPKR.
In March 2005, Amirudin married Masdiana Muhamad. The couple have six children.
Due to his active involvement in People's Justice Party Youth's Wing since 2004, he had been chosen as the Vice Chief of the division. On 4 January 2014, Amirudin announced his candidacy for the Keadilan Youth Chief's post with a team up alongsideAfif Bahardin inAMK Baru line ups for the upcoming party polls before losing toNik Nazmi Nik Ahmad on the most excruciating campaign to date.
In the three-way competition, AMK Baru faction led by Amirudin obviously dominated the party polls with landslide victories in popular states for Keadilan such as Selangor and Sabah while receiving good number of polls in Penang, Kedah, Kelantan, and Perak. However, final results showed that Nik Nazmi won the post for Chief of Keadilan's Youth Wing in a black history after several branches objected into recounting the ballots resulting in Amirudin's victory into losses by previously won ballot boxes.
For the record, the Deputy Chief AMK post, 3 Vice Chiefs AMK, and 16 out of 20 Central AMK Committee Members are won by representatives from AMK Baru.
Amirudin won his first attempt in the electoral campaign in2008 General Election as a young candidate. He helped thePakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition, which consisted ofPeople's Justice Party (PKR),Democratic Action Party (DAP), andMalaysian Islamic Party (PAS) defeat theBarisan Nasional coalition for the first time inSelangor electoral history. Amirudin toppled the favourite candidate,Mohan Thangarasu fromMalaysian Indian Congress (MIC) with a majority of 3,639.
He successfully retained his position after the2013 General Election with a win over his contender, Rawisandran Narayanan in a high voter turnout at 85.7% and Amirudin still manages to keep 55.03% popular votes with a majority of 3,261.
In September 2014, with the appointment of the newMenteri Besar of Selangor,Azmin Ali, Amirudin was appointed the State Executive Councillor in charge of Youth Development, Sports, Cultural and Entrepreneurship Development which was preceded by Ahmad Yunus Bin Hairi. Even before being appointed the Selangor State Executive Councillor, Amirudin was involved with policy making and state programmes for youths and sports. He was unofficially named Vice President of the Selangor State Executive Council along withAhmad Yunus Hairi andJenice Lee. They founded together the Penggerak Belia Tempatan (PeBT) (English:Local Youth Movement) initiative together, which engineered many of the youth programmes in Selangor. Amirudin was also appointed the Vice Chairman of the Selangor Sports Council duringAbdul Khalid Ibrahim's tenure as Menteri Besar of Selangor, holding the position from 2008 until 2010.[4]
Youth Development
As the appointed youth to represent Generasi Muda, Amirudin continues the efforts to fortify Generasi Muda by launching Ten Fundamentals of Selangor Youth which contains the guidelines and direction of the youth development completely and focusing on major fields. Amirudin also continues Youth Marriage Incentives which give handful of incentive towards Selangor's newly-wed couples.
The existence of Youth Development Department under the wing of Selangor Sport Council also embarks on organized Generasi Muda programs. Penggerak Belia Tempatan (PeBT) has been updated and recent programs are fresher than ever and involving bigger communities. On the other hand, the programs embarked by Amirudin are becoming trend setters as Selangor International Cybergames being claimed one of the best in this region.E-Sport is one agenda that he lays his eyes upon for building new generation of youth in the interactive world.
Amirudin also launched Selangor Plus Campaign in effort to promote a healthy lifestyle for the youth. As for early initiative, Selangor Plus started from 2015 and persisted until today to fork out the best talent from the youth infutsal,basketball,sepak takraw, andnetball.
Amirudin was appointed the MB of Selangor following Azmin's appointment as a federal minister. Amirudin's term as MB was marked by several controversies. These included questions raised over a plan to demolish and rebuild theShah Alam Stadium,[10] the excision and development of theShah Alam Community Forest, and plans to quarry part of the Bukit Lagong forest reserve.[11] Another issue raised was in Amirudin's own constituency, where land parcels were given out from theBatu Caves reserve.[12]
In 2022, Amirudin was elected to the federal seat of Gombak defeating his former mentorAzmin Ali.
In the2022 party election, he contested and successfully got elected as one of the Vice Presidents of PKR after securing 46,075 votes, thus making him the highest ranked Vice President and third highest position in the party.
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2008 | N16Batu Caves | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 11,015 | 57.47% | Mohan Thangarasu (MIC) | 7,376 | 38.49% | 19,165 | 3,639 | 74.51% | ||
| Azmi Hussain (IND) | 379 | 1.98% | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 14,552 | 55.03% | Rawisandran Narayanan (MIC) | 11,291 | 42.70% | 26,443 | 3,261 | 85.70% | |||
| Suman Gopal (IND) | 182 | 0.69% | ||||||||||
| 2018 | N16Sungai Tua | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 17,446 | 61.61% | Rawisandran Narayanan (MIC) | 6,072 | 21.44% | 28,721 | 11,374 | 84.00% | ||
| Mohammad Ibrahim (PAS) | 4,530 | 16.00% | ||||||||||
| Badrul Hisham Md Zin (IND) | 268 | 0.95% | ||||||||||
| 2023 | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 19,678 | 56.87% | Muhammad Hanif Jamaludin (PAS) | 14,493 | 41.89% | 34,791 | 5,185 | 70.92% | |||
| Suman Gopal (IND) | 430 | 1.24% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2022 | P098Gombak | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 72,267 | 43.69% | Mohamed Azmin Ali (BERSATU) | 59,538 | 35.99% | 206,757 | 12,729 | 80.01% | ||
| Megat Zulkarnain Omardin (UMNO) | 30,723 | 18.57% | ||||||||||
| Aziz Jamaludin Mohd Tahir (PEJUANG) | 2,223 | 1.34% | ||||||||||
| Zulkifli Ahmad (IND) | 675 | 0.41% | ||||||||||
Malaysia
Recipient of the17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024)
Selangor
Knight Grand Commander of theOrder of the Crown of Selangor (SPMS) –Dato' Seri (2019)[22]
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| Preceded by | Menteri Besar of Selangor 2018 - present | Incumbent |