Ahmad Yahaya
Malaysian politician
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Ahmad bin Saad @ Yahaya[1][2] or commonly known as Ahmad Yahaya is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pokok Sena since November 2022. He had served as Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Alor Mengkudu from May 2013 to May 2018. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has served as the Head of the Dewan Ulamak of PAS since 2021 and State Commissioner of PAS of Kedah since 2019.
Preceded byMahfuz Omar
(PH–AMANAH)
(PH–AMANAH)
Majority31,751 (2022)
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
(2020–2021)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(2021–2022)
(2020–2021)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(2021–2022)
Ahmad Saad Yahaya | |
|---|---|
| أحمد سعاد يحيى | |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Pokok Sena | |
| Assumed office 19 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Mahfuz Omar (PH–AMANAH) |
| Majority | 31,751 (2022) |
| Senator Elected by the Kedah State Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2 September 2020 – 5 November 2022 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin (2020–2021) Ismail Sabri Yaakob (2021–2022) |
| Preceded by | Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah & Ananthan Somasundaram |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Nasir Idris & Musoddak Ahmad |
| Head of Dewan Ulamak of the Malaysian Islamic Party | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
| President | Abdul Hadi Awang |
| Deputy | Zulkifli Ismail |
| Preceded by | Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh |
| State Commissioner of the Malaysian Islamic Party of Kedah | |
| Assumed office 8 July 2019 | |
| President | Abdul Hadi Awang |
| Deputy | Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor (Deputy Commissioner I) Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhrurazi (Deputy Commissioner II) Muhammad Suffian Yusoff (Deputy Commissioner III) |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Fakhruddin Fakhrurazi |
| Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly for Alor Mengkudu | |
| In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Ismail Salleh (PR–PAS) |
| Succeeded by | Phahrolrazi Mohd Zawawi (PH–AMANAH) |
| Majority | 1,865 (2013) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ahmad bin Saad @ Yahaya (1975) |
| Party |  Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) |
Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) (2016–2020)  Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020) |
| Alma mater | Universitas Islam Riau |
| Occupation | Politician |
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | N14 Alor Mengkudu | Ahmad Saad Yahaya (PAS) | 11,453 | 53.60% | Sharifah Maznah Syed Kassim Barakbah (UMNO) | 9,588 | 44.88% | 21,366 | 1,865 | 85.34% | ||
| Fadzil Hanafi (IND) | 325 | 1.52% | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Ahmad Saad Yahaya (PAS) | 6,964 | 31.32% | Phahrolrazi Mohd Zawawi (AMANAH) | 8,840 | 39.75% | 22,238 | 1,876 | 81.96% | |||
| Abdul Malik Saat (UMNO) | 6,434 | 28.93% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | P008 Pokok Sena | Ahmad Saad Yahaya (PAS) | 52,275 | 59.44% | Mahfuz Omar (AMANAH) | 20,524 | 23.34% | 88,976 | 31,751 | 76.58% | ||
| Noran Zamini Jamaluddin (UMNO) | 14,523 | 16.51% | ||||||||||
| Noraini Md Salleh (WARISAN) | 622 | 0.71% | ||||||||||
Honours
Honours of Malaysia
Malaysia
Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024)
Kedah
Knight Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (DSDK) – Dato' (2021)[9]
Recipient of the Public Service Star (BKM) (2009)[10]
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