Aminuddin Harun | |
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| أمين الدين هارون | |
Aminuddin Harun in 2025 | |
| 11th Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan | |
| Assumed office 12 May 2018 | |
| Monarch | Muhriz |
| Preceded by | Mohamad Hasan |
| Constituency | Sikamat |
| Vice President of the People's Justice Party | |
| Assumed office 17 July 2022 Serving with
| |
| President | Anwar Ibrahim |
| State Chairman of the Pakatan Harapan ofNegeri Sembilan | |
| Assumed office 30 August 2017 | |
| President | Wan Azizah Wan Ismail |
| National Chairman | Mahathir Mohamad (2017–2020) Anwar Ibrahim (since 2020) |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| State Chairman of the People's Justice Party of Negeri Sembilan | |
| Assumed office 2014 | |
| President | Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (2014–2018) Anwar Ibrahim (since 2018) |
| Deputy | Ravi Munusamy |
| Preceded by | Kamarul Baharin Abbas |
| Division Chief of the People's Justice Party ofPort Dickson | |
| Assumed office 17 July 2022 | |
| President | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Preceded by | Ravi Munusamy |
| Division Chief of the People's Justice Party ofTampin | |
| In office 17 November 2018 – 17 July 2022 | |
| President | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Preceded by | Zulkapli Kassim |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Shukor Ab Aziz |
| Member of theMalaysian Parliament forPort Dickson | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Anwar Ibrahim (PH–PKR) |
| Majority | 23,601 (2022) |
| Member of theNegeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly forSikamat | |
| Assumed office 8 March 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Md Yusop Harmain Shah (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 499 (2008) 510 (2013) 3,413 (2018) 2,662 (2023) |
| Faction represented inDewan Rakyat | |
| 2022– | Pakatan Harapan |
| Faction represented in theNegeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2008–2018 | People's Justice Party |
| 2018– | Pakatan Harapan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aminuddin bin Harun (1967-01-02)2 January 1967 (age 59) Kampung Pachitan,Port Dickson,Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | |
| Nationality | Malaysia |
| Party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (–1998) (since 1999) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (–1998) Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) (since 2015) |
| Spouse | Wan Hasni Wan Yusof |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | MARA Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Nickname | Tok Min[1] |
Aminuddin bin Harun (Jawi: أمين الدين بن هارون; born 2 January 1967) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 11thMenteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan since May 2018, Member of theNegeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) forSikamat since March 2008 andMember of Parliament (MP) forPort Dickson since November 2022. He is a member of thePeople's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of thePakatan Harapan (PH) and formerlyPakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has also served as a Vice President of PKR and Division Chief of PKR of Port Dickson since July 2022, State Chairman of PH ofNegeri Sembilan since August 2017 as well as State Chairman of PKR of Negeri Sembilan since 2014. He served as the Division Chief of PKR ofTampin from November 2018 to July 2022.[2]
Aminuddin bin Harun was born on 2 January 1967 in Kampung Pachitan, near Chuah inPort Dickson . He received his secondary education at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tanah Merah, Port Dickson before furthering his studies at theMARA Institute of Technology (now UiTM) in the field of business.
From 1991, Aminuddin served a five-year tenure as an investigative officer in theAnti-Corruption Agency (ACA, now MACC). In 1995, he joined Golden Hope Furniture Sdn. Bhd. as head of production management and later MCIS Safety Glass (M) Sdn Bhd as Senior Executive from 1996 to 2008 as head of the sales department, management committee, internal investigation panel and ISO/TS 16949:2002 auditor.
Prior to joining keADILan in 1999, he was a member of UMNO and was its Division Secretary of Kampung Pachitan from 1995 to 1998 and the DivisionYouth Secretary of Jimah from 1997 to 1998.[3]
After the2018 Negeri Sembilan state election, Aminuddin submitted a letter by PKR PresidentWan Azizah Wan Ismail to theYang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, endorsing him as the next Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan for the first term and to form a new Negeri Sembilan state government after PH won the election by gaining thesimple majority in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly. Three days after the election, Aminuddin was appointed and sworn in as the Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan atIstana Besar inSeri Menanti,Kuala Pilah.[4]
In the2022 general election, Aminuddin was elected for the MP for Port Dickson.
In the2023 Negeri Sembilan state election, Aminuddin was reappointed and sworn in again as the Menteri Besar for the second term by winning the election again by securing thesupermajority in the State Legislative Assembly with BN. He formed acoalition state government with BN by appointing State Chairman of BN of Negeri SembilanJalaluddin Alias as the Senior EXCO Member, a position equal to a Deputy Menteri Besar, effectively making him the second most powerful person in the state government as well as three other BN MLAs as EXCO Members.
In the2022 PKR party election, he was elected as a Vice President of PKR with 33,230 votes, the fourth-highest number of votes among the vice presidential candidates.
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | N13Sikamat | Aminuddin Harun (PKR) | 6,036 | 51.02% | Md Yusop Harmain Shah (UMNO) | 5,537 | 46.80% | 11,830 | 499 | 76.37% | ||
| 2013 | Aminuddin Harun (PKR) | 8,584 | 50.63% | Wan Salwati Abdullah (UMNO) | 8,074 | 47.62% | 16,954 | 510 | 86.30% | |||
| 2018 | Aminuddin Harun (PKR) | 9,832 | 55.87% | Syamsul Amri Ismail (UMNO) | 6,419 | 36.48% | 17,858 | 3,413 | 85.90% | |||
| Rahim Yusof (PAS) | 1,331 | 7.56% | ||||||||||
| Bujang Abu (IND) | 15 | 0.10% | ||||||||||
| 2023 | Aminuddin Harun (PKR) | 12,730 | 54.82% | Ahmad Raihan Muhamad Hilal (BERSATU) | 10,068 | 43.36% | 23,220 | 2,662 | 71.79% | |||
| Mohammed Hafiz Baharudin (IND) | 339 | 1.46% | ||||||||||
| Bujang Abu (IND) | 83 | 0.36% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | P132Port Dickson | Aminuddin Harun (PKR) | 42,013 | 52.40% | Kamalanathan Panchanathan (MIC) | 18,412 | 22.96% | 80,185 | 23,601 | 76.7% | ||
| Rafei Mustapha (PAS) | 18,235 | 22.74% | ||||||||||
| Ahmad Idham Ahmad Nazri (PEJUANG) | 1,084 | 1.35% | ||||||||||
| Abdul Rani Kulup Abdullah (IND) | 441 | 0.55% | ||||||||||
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| Preceded by | 11th Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan 2018–present | Incumbent |