Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz

Dato' Sri Ikmal Hisham bin Abdul Aziz (Jawi: إكمال هشام بن عبد العزيز) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanah Merah since May 2013. He served as the Deputy Minister of Defence for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Hishammuddin Hussein from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Ismail Sabri from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021. He is a Supreme Council Member and the Division Chief of Tanah Merah of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. After the defeat of BN to PH in 2018 general election, he resigned from UMNO in 2018 and joined BERSATU in 2019.

Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz
إكمال هشام عبد العزيز
Deputy Minister of Defence
In office
30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
MinisterHishammuddin Hussein
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byAdly Zahari
ConstituencyTanah Merah
In office
10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
Preceded byLiew Chin Tong
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyTanah Merah
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Tanah Merah
Assumed office
5 May 2013
Preceded byAmran Ab Ghani (PKR)
Majority4,227 (2013)
2,929 (2018)
44,485 (2022)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2013–2018Barisan Nasional
2018–2019Independent
2019–2020Pakatan Harapan
2020Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Ikmal Hisham bin Abdul Aziz

(1965-03-10) 10 March 1965 (age 59)[1]
Tanah Merah, Kelantan, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malay National Organisation (UMNO)
( until 2018)
Independent
(2018–2019)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
(since 2019)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(until 2018)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2019–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(since 2020)
SpouseNorihan Ayob (died 2023)
Children4 (incl. Ikmal Hazlan)
OccupationPolitician

Political career

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In May 2013, Ikmal first contested to become an MP in the 13th Malaysian general election and subsequently won the Tanah Merah seat with a majority of 4747.

He was successfully re-elected as MP for the same seat in the 14th Malaysian general election.

He resigned from UMNO to be an Independent politician in 2018.[2]

Presently he is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party or Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU), a component of Perikatan Nasional (PN) government.[3]

Controversy

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Alleged vaping in the Dewan Rakyat

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On 19 September 2023, PN MPs staged a walkout from the Dewan Rakyat chamber as a sign of protest against the decision of the Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, Johari Abdul in not demanding Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to apologise for his comments on the Putrajaya MP, Radzi Jidin. During the walkout, he was photographed by the photographer of Prime Minister Anwar allegedly vaping while still being in the chamber. He strongly denied the allegations and claiming he was holding a pen in his mouth.[4] He also filed a police report against the photographer for accusing him of vaping in Dewan Rakyat.[5]

Election results

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Parliament of Malaysia[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 P027 Tanah Merah, Kelantan Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz (UMNO) 26,505 54.10% Nik Mahmood Nik Hassan (PKR) 22,278 45.47% 50,009 4,227 85.87%
Ahmad Fizal Che Harun (IND) 213 0.43%
2018 Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz (UMNO) 28,152 48.44% Johari Mat (PAS) 25,223 43.40% 59,598 2,929 81.45%
Mohamad Fauzi Zakaria (PKR) 4,747 8.17%
2022 Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz (BERSATU) 54,226 77.87% Bakri @ Mohd Bakri Mustapha (UMNO) 9,781 14.04% 70,667 44,485 70.55%
Mohamad Supardi Md Noor (PKR) 5,357 7.69%

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Ikmal Hisham Bin Abdul Aziz". mymp.org.my.
  2. ^ Mazwin Nik Anis, Muguntan Vanar and Zakiah Koya (15 December 2018). "Six more MPs leave Umno". The Star. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  3. ^ Mazwin Nik Anis and Joseph Kaos Jr (12 February 2019). "Seven Umno MPs join Bersatu". The Star. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  4. ^ Muhammad, Anne (20 September 2023). "It's a pen, says MP accused of vaping in Dewan Rakyat". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  5. ^ Mokhtar, Nor Azizah (22 September 2023). "Ikmal Hisham's officer lodges police report over vaping in Parliament allegation". New Straits Times. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  7. ^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  8. ^ "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". www.myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  10. ^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE – 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  11. ^ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  12. ^ "Sultan of Selangor's birthday honours list 2002". The Star (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 16 July 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2024.