Razali Saad | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Perlis State Executive Council | |
| Assumed office 25 November 2022 (Agriculture, Agro-based Industries, Rural Development, Poverty Eradication, Plantation Industries and Commodities) | |
| Monarch | Sirajuddin |
| Menteri Besar | Mohd Shukri Ramli |
| Preceded by | Nurulhisham Yaakob (Agriculture, Agro-based Industries, Plantation Industries and Commodities) Asmaiza Ahmad (Rural Development and Poverty Eradication) |
| Constituency | Simpang Empat |
| Member of thePerlis State Legislative Assembly forSimpang Empat | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Nurulhisham Yaakob (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 4,008 (2022) |
| Faction represented inPerlis State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2022– | Perikatan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Razali bin Saad (1965-08-31)31 August 1965 (age 60) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) |
| Other political affiliations | Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Al Madrasah Al Alawiyah Ad Diniah Religious Secondary School,Arau,Perlis |
| Alma mater | Cultural College,Kota Bharu,Kelantan |
| Occupation | Politician,businessman,farmer andentrepreneur |
Yang BerhormatTuanRazali Saad (born 31 August 1965) is aMalaysianpolitician,businessman,farmer andentrepreneur[1] 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) forSimpang Empat since November 2022. He is a member of theMalaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the PN coalition. He is the State Committee Member of PN ofPerlis and Division Treasurer of PAS ofArau.
Razali was born inPerlis,Malaysia on 31 August 1965. He is also married and has three children with her wife.
In the2022 Perlis state election, the rulingBarisan Nasional (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, Razali was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in charge of Agriculture, Agro-based Industries, Rural Development, Poverty Eradication, Plantation Industries and Commodities by Menteri Besar Mohd Shukri.[2]
In the 2022 state election, Razali made his electoral debut after being nominated by PN to contest for the Simpang Empat state seat. He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Simpang Empat MLA after defeating defending MLANurulhisham Yaakob of BN, Amran Darus ofPakatan Harapan (PH),independent candidate Ammar Hassan, Izhar Sudin of theHomeland Fighters Party (PEJUANG) and Hakim Saad of theHeritage Party (WARISAN) by the majority of 4,008 votes.[3]
Besides his political positions, Razali is also the Simpang Empat E1 unit chief farmer and aliquefied petroleum gas entrepreneur. In addition, he holds the positions of Director of theAction Committee of Simpang Empat, Chairman of the Sungai Baru Al HasanahIslamic Nursery Centre (PASTI), Member of theAssabiqun Committee of Perlis, Chairman of theFuneral Management Committee of Simpang Empat, Chairman of the Simpang Ampat Caring Community Organisation (PriSA)non-governmental organisation (NGO) and Chairman of the Kampung Baru Feast Alliance.
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | N14Simpang Empat | Razali Saad (PAS) | 5,388 | 66.40% | Nurulhisham Yaakob (UMNO) | 1,380 | 17.01% | 8,115 | 4,008 | 75.86% | ||
| Amran Darus (PKR) | 1,111 | 13.69% | ||||||||||
| Ammar Hassan (Independent) | 128 | 1.58% | ||||||||||
| Izhar Sudin (PEJUANG) | 73 | 0.90% | ||||||||||
| Hakim Saad (WARISAN) | 35 | 0.43% | ||||||||||