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| عزمين علي | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| StateLeader of the Opposition ofSelangor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 19 September 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch | Sharafuddin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Menteri Besar | Amirudin Shari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Rizam Ismail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Hulu Kelang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15th Menteri Besar of Selangor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 23 September 2014 – 19 June 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch | Sharafuddin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Khalid Ibrahim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Amirudin Shari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Bukit Antarabangsa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd Secretary-General ofPerikatan Nasional | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 9 December 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Takiyuddin Hassan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Muhyiddin Yassin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Hamzah Zainudin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th Secretary-General of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 28 November 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Muhyiddin Yassin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Hamzah Zainudin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th Deputy President of thePeople's Justice Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 28 November 2010 – 24 February 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | Syed Husin Ali | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Rafizi Ramli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1964-08-25)25 August 1964 (age 61) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Spouse | Shamshida Tahrin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Children | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence(s) | Ulu Kelang,Selangor, Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Minnesota (BSc,MEd) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Politician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mohamed Azmin bin Ali (Jawi: محمد عزمين بن علي; born 25 August 1964) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the StateLeader of the Opposition of Selangor and Member of theSelangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) forHulu Kelang since August 2023. Formerly a member of theMalaysian Parliament forGombak from 2008 to 2022, Azmin served in the cabinets ofMuhyiddin Yassin andIsmail Sabri Yaakob asSenior Minister of the Economic Cluster andMinister of International Trade and Industry from 2020 to 2022. A member ofMalaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), which is a component party ofPerikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He also served as MLA forBukit Antarabangsa from 2008 to 2023 and for Hulu Kelang from 1999 to 2004. He has also served as the 2nd Secretary-General of PN since December 2024 and 4th Secretary-General of BERSATU since November 2024. He served as the Information Chief of PN and Member of the Supreme Council of BERSATU. He is also widely regarded as a key figure in the2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis, playing an important role in the fall of the PH federal government in February 2020.
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Mohamed Azmin Ali was born on 25 August 1964 inSingapore (then a state of Malaysia) to Ali Omar and Che Tom Yahaya. His father worked for theBritish Army as a clerk. Shortly after the separation, his family later moved toKuala Lumpur. He began his education at Gurney Road Primary School, thenSetapak High School, and ended it at Jalan Cheras Technical Institute. He studied at theUniversity of Minnesota before earning a degree in economics and mathematics, and later continued his master's degree. During his study, he was actively involved in student politics.
He receivedBachelor of Science (BSc) inEconomics andMathematics from the University of Minnesota. He later completed hisMaster of Education's degree (MEd) 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 wasRazali Ibrahim, a former deputy minister, when they were inMRSM Terendak. He also attended an executive training programme at theUniversity of Oxford.[1]
In 1987, following advice from the Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad, Azmin started working forAnwar Ibrahim, who was then a Minister in Mahathir'sBarisan 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 thePeople's Justice Party or Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).[2]
Azmin's political career began after he won theHulu Kelang state assembly seat in the1999 election. Keadilan entered the1999 general elections amidst voter anger over Anwar's dismissal and subsequent imprisonment. Azmin was electedSelangor State Assemblyman forHulu Kelang. However, he was barred from participating in the2004 general elections due to his conviction for lying in court during the trial against Anwar. He was unable to defend the seat in the2004 election after being barred for allegedly lying in court during the trial against Anwar. TheHigh Court andCourt of Appeal have since acquitted him.[3]
Azmin returned to national politics in the2008 general elections, winning theGombak parliamentary seat andBukit 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] He was reelected as the party's deputy president in 2018 after a close election againstRafizi Ramli.[5]
In the2013 general elections and2018 general elections he managed to clinch both seats again.[6] He lost the Gombak seat in the2022 election. He did not contest the Bukit Antarabangsa state seat in the2023 Selangor state election and instead contest the Hulu Kelang state seat, which he won.
Azmin became theMenteri Besar of Selangor on 23 September 2014, following the resignation of the PKR incumbentKhalid Ibrahim. His ascension to the post followed months of internal political wrangling within thePakatan Rakyat coalition that led the state. Khalid had been the Menteri Besar since the coalition of PKR, theDemocratic Action Party (DAP) and thePan-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 ofKajang in aby-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 wifeWan 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 theSultan 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.[7][8][9][10] On 22 September, the Sultan announced the appointment of Azmin. He was sworn into office the following morning.[11]
Azmin was the sole recipient of theOrder 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 SelangorSultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah on 11 December 2015.[12]
Azmin was once again reelected as the Menteri Besar of Selangor in the aftermath of2018 Malaysian general election after defending hisBukit Antarabangsa state seat. He was sworn into title on the evening of 11 May 2018 atIstana Alam Shah.[13]
Following the aftermath of the2018 General Election, Azmin was named as one of the ministers in the newly electedPrime MinisterMahathir Mohamad'scabinet on 18 May 2018.[14] He is to head the newly establishedMinistry of Economic Affairs. He was sworn in as the Minister of Economic Affairs on 21 May 2018 atIstana Negara.[15] His term ended on 24 February 2020 after the dissolution of cabinet following the resignation of Mahathir Mohamad as Malaysia's Prime Minister per article 43(5) of theConstitution of Malaysia, that allowed theYang di-Pertuan Agong to revoke the appointment of ministers.[16][17][18]
On the morning of 23 February 2020, Azmin held a meeting with severallawmakers fromParti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and twenty others at Sheraton Hotel,Petaling, amidst the rumour of a formation of a newcoalition at theparliament of Malaysia.[19] He and his faction in PKR, went to theIstana Negara on the evening to seek a meeting with theYang di-Pertuan Agong,Abdullah of Pahang. Leaders from other five political parties;Bersatu'sMuhyiddin Yassin,UMNO'sAhmad Zahid Hamidi,GPS'sAbang Johari Openg,Warisan'sShafie Apdal andPAS'sHadi Awang were also in attendance.[20] It was speculated that the leaders were there to brief the Agong about the recent political development; formation of a new coalition government and to declare their support for a new prime minister, effectively blocking PKR's presidentAnwar Ibrahim from the position.[21][22] After the meeting, several opposition party leaders, including UMNO'sIsmail Sabri Yaakob and PAS' Hadi Awang then joined Azmin's supporters at Sheraton Hotel.[23]
On the next day, 24 February, PKR's general secretary,Saifuddin Nasution Ismail announced in a press conference at the party's headquarters that Azmin andMinister of Housing and Local Government,Zuraida Kamaruddin who is also the vice president of PKR had been sacked from the party.[24] Saifuddin explained that they were expelled due to their actions on 23 October which was against the party's principle regarding the position of prime minister.[25] Azmin later announced that he will be forming an independent bloc at the parliament along with Zuraida and other nine MPs who had decided to exit the party following his expulsion.[26] However, on 28 February 2020, a representative from Bersatu confirmed that Azmin and his faction had joined the party.[27] Azmin said, 'immoral sexual practices' byAnwar caused him to lose faith in the PKR president.[28] Azmin said he doubted the full pardon status granted by theYang di-Pertuan Agong against Anwar. He added that he was still committed to fighting and eliminating corruption even though he had joined Bersatu. He also denied that he was responsible for thePakatan Harapan (PH) government's fall in February last year.[citation needed]
He was named as one of the four senior ministers alongsideIsmail Sabri Yaakob,Fadillah Yusof andMohd Radzi Md Jidin inMuhyiddin cabinet on 9 March 2020. The positions were established byMuhyiddin Yassin, the eighth prime minister as a substitute for thedeputy prime minister position.[29] Although the four ministers were of equal standings, Azmin was designated by the prime minister to preside over the cabinet's meeting in his absence.[30]
In late 2011, Israeli private detective Tamir Mori ordered the mercenary Indian hack-for-hire firmAppin to hack more than 40 targets, including Azmin.[31][32]
On 12 June 2019, it was reported that Azmin was filmed being intimate with another man, his own political aide Haziq Abdul Aziz, in a video circulating on social media. Azmin denied his involvement.[33] Muhammad Haziq Abdul Aziz later confirmed his involvement in the act with the minister and urged authorities to investigate him.[34] Until 16 July 2019, nine people had been arrested byRoyal Malaysia Police in the investigation regarding their involvement in making and distribution of the lewd video, including Haziq who had admitted he was the person in the video, andFarhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak who is PKR Perak state chairman and is alsoAnwar Ibrahim's political secretary.[35][36] On 18 July 2019, theInspector General of Police,Abdul Hamid Bador stated that although the video was authentic, the individual in the video is unidentifiable.[37] He also stated that the group of individuals who made the video were paid thousand of Ringgits, and the video circulation was masterminded by a leader of a political party, with the intention to degrade and defame someone's reputation.[38]
While serving as a Selangor State Assembly back-bencher, Azmin highlighted cases of corruption linked to land and forest matters.[39] During his own tenure as Selangor Menteri Besar, Azmin made several land-use decisions that have also been called into question. In particular, Azmin approved the issuance of quarry licences to his political aids.[40] These licences were inside the Bukit Lagong forest reserve, next to theForest Research Institute Malaysia.
Following the political infighting within Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional Government,Bersatu PresidentMuhyiddin Yassin together withPAS PresidentAbdul Hadi Awang andPKR's defected members led by Azmin Ali formed thePerikatan Nasional and worked alongsideUMNO leaderIsmail Sabri Yaakob to fill thepower vacuum after the resignation of then-Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad. The alliance produced a simple majority in the Malaysian Government, resulting in political instability that led to the Malaysian political crisis.
Ten registered voters in theGombak parliamentary constituency have filed a suit against their parliament member, Mohamed Azmin Ali. Theplaintiffs claim that Mohamed Azmin's representations were false and that he only wanted their votes. The ten also claimed that they had relied on those representations to vote for the defendant's2018 General Election. They seek damages, including aggravated or exemplary damages, interests, costs and other orders deemed fit by the court. "By breaching these representations, the defendant had violated constitutional rights, especially the principles of parliamentary democracy and representative democracy," they said in a statement of claim. The plaintiffs are applying for a declaration that the defendant has breached hisfiduciary duties and the duties owed and deceived them.[41]
Azmin is married to Shamshida Tahrin, a finance graduate also from the University of Minnesota. The couple have three sons and three daughters.[42] He lives in Ampang.
In addition to an elder brother, Azman Ali,[43] among his younger brothers are television host and celebrityAzwan Ali,[44] and motivator Arpah Ali, while his younger sister isUmmi Hafilda Ali, a prosecution witness in thesodomy trial of jailed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.[45][46]
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 1999 | N18Hulu Kelang | Mohamed Azmin Ali (KeADILan) | 9,185 | 53.32% | Fuad Hassan (UMNO) | 8,039 | 46.67% | 17,395 | 1,146 | 76.65% | ||
| 2008 | N19Bukit Antarabangsa | 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% | ||||||||||
| 2023 | N18Hulu Kelang | Mohamed Azmin Ali (BERSATU) | 25,597 | 51.63% | Juwairiya Zulkifli (PKR) | 23,980 | 48.37% | 49,844 | 1,617 | 69.52% | ||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2008 | P098Gombak | 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% | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Mohamed Azmin Ali (BERSATU) | 59,538 | 35.99% | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 72,267 | 43.69% | 165,426 | 12,729 | 80.01% | |||
| Megat Zulkarnain Omardin (UMNO) | 30,723 | 18.57% | ||||||||||
| Aziz Jamaludin Mohd Tahir (PUTRA) | 2,223 | 1.34% | ||||||||||
| Zulkifli Ahmad (IND) | 675 | 0.41% | ||||||||||
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Knight Grand Commander of theOrder of the Crown of Selangor (SPMS) –Dato' Seri (2015)[53]
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| Preceded by | Member of theSelangor State Legislative Assembly forHulu Kelang 1999–2004 | Succeeded by Ahmad Bujang |
| Preceded by Azman Wahid | Member of theSelangor State Legislative Assembly forBukit Antarabangsa 2008–2023 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of theSelangor State Legislative Assembly forHulu Kelang 2023–present | Incumbent |
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| Preceded by | Member of theDewan Rakyat forGombak 2008–2022 | Succeeded by |
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| New office | Vice President of thePeople's Justice Party 2001–2010 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Deputy President of thePeople's Justice Party 2010–2020 | Succeeded by |
| New office | Information Chief ofPerikatan Nasional 2020–present | Incumbent |
| Chairman of the International Bureau of theMalaysian United Indigenous Party 2020–present | ||
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| Preceded by | Menteri Besar of Selangor 2014–2018 | Succeeded by |
| New ministerial post | Minister of Economic Affairs 2018–2020 | Vacant Title next held by Rafizi RamliasMinister of Economy |
| Senior Minister for the Economic Cluster 2020–2022 | Position abolished | |
| Preceded by | Minister of International Trade and Industry 2020–2022 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Leader of the Opposition ofSelangor 2023–present | Incumbent |
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