Izizam Ibrahim | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (Facilities, Infrastructure, Transport, Border Relations and Cooperation, Integrated Coordination and Public Complaints) | |
| Assumed office 25 November 2022 | |
| Monarch | Sirajuddin |
| Menteri Besar | Mohd Shukri Ramli |
| Preceded by | Hamizan Hassan (Facilities, Infrastructure and Transport) Rozaini Rais (Border Relations and Cooperation) Nurulhisham Yaakob (Integrated Coordination and Public Complaints) |
| Constituency | Titi Tinggi |
| Member of thePerlis State Legislative Assembly forTiti Tinggi | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Teh Chai Aan (BN–MCA) |
| Majority | 3,785 (2022) |
| Faction represented inPerlis State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2022– | Perikatan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Izizam bin Ibrahim 1971 (age 53–54) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (–2016) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (since 2016) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2016) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2017–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020) |
| Alma mater | Open University Malaysia (OUM) (Bachelor ofBusiness Administration (Hons)) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Yang BerhormatTuanIzizam Ibrahim is aMalaysianpolitician who has served as Member of thePerlis State Executive Council (EXCO) in thePerikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri BesarMohd Shukri Ramli as well as Member of thePerlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) forTiti Tinggi since November 2022. He is the firstTiti Tinggi MLA ofMalay ethnicity. He is a member of theMalaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN and formerlyPakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He is the State Treasurer of PN ofPerlis, State Deputy Chairman of BERSATU of Perlis and Division Chief of BERSATU ofPadang Besar. He was a member of theUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of theBarisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was the Branch Deputy Head of Public Housing (RPA) of UMNO of Padang Besar, Branch Youth Head of RPA of UMNO Padang Besar, Division Member of the Information Committee of UMNO of Padang Besar. He is also presently one of the three BERSATU Perlis EXCO Members along withMegat Hashirat Hassan andWan Zikri Afthar Ishak.[1]
In the2022 Perlis state election, the ruling BN suffered from huge defeat andwipeout in the assembly as none of its candidates won a state seat in the elections after losing all the 10 seats it previously held to PN. The elections ended 63-year rule of BN in the state, saw the first evertransition of power in the history of the state and replaced BN with PN as the ruling coalition and dominant political force in the state as PN won 14 out of 15 state seats and therefore two-thirdssupermajority of the assembly. Therefore, State Chairman of PN of Perlis, State Commissioner of PAS of Perlis andSanglang MLA Mohd Shukri replacedAzlan Man as the new and 10th Menteri Besar of Perlis and formed a new PN state administration on 22 November 2022. On 25 November 2022, Izizam was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in charge of Facilities, Infrastructure, Transport, Border Relations and Cooperation, Integrated Coordination and Public Complaints.[2]
In the2018 general election, Izizam made his electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest for the Padang Besar federal seat. He was not elected as the Padang Besar MP after losing to defending MPZahidi Zainul Abidin of BN by a minority of 1,438 votes.[citation needed]
In the 2022 state election, Izizam was nominated by PN to contest for the Titi Tinggi state seat. He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Titi Tinggi MLA after defeating EXCO Member and defending MLATeh Chai Aan of BN, Teh Seng Chuan of PH,independent candidate Zahidi, Mohd Shahril Md Sarif of theHomeland Fighters Party (PEJUANG) and Khaw Hock Kong of theHeritage Party (WARISAN) by the majority of 3,785 votes.[3] In2022 general election, he won the seat forTiti Tinggi and become the first Malay MLA that represent the constituency ever.
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | P001Padang Besar | Izizam Ibrahim (BERSATU) | 13,594 | 37,24% | Zahidi Zainul Abidin (UMNO) | 15,032 | 41.18% | 37,432 | 1,438 | 81.20% | ||
| Mokhtar Senik (PAS) | 7,874 | 21.57% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | N01Titi Tinggi | Izizam Ibrahim (BERSATU) | 5,601 | 58.42% | Teh Chai Aan (MCA) | 1,816 | 18.94% | 9,748 | 3,785 | 72.70% | ||
| Teh Seng Chuan (DAP) | 1,512 | 15.77% | ||||||||||
| Zahidi Zainul Abidin (Independent) | 425 | 4.43% | ||||||||||
| Mohd Shahril Md Sarif (PEJUANG) | 152 | 1.59% | ||||||||||
| Khaw Hock Kong (WARISAN) | 81 | 0.84% | ||||||||||