Aminuddin Harun
Malaysian politician
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Aminuddin bin Harun (Jawi: أمين الدين بن هارون; born 2 January 1967) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 11th Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan since May 2018, Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sikamat since March 2008 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Port Dickson since November 2022. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has also served as a Vice President of PKR and Division Chief of PKR of Port Dickson since July 2022, State Chairman of PH of Negeri Sembilan since August 2017 as well as State Chairman of PKR of Negeri Sembilan since 2014. He served as the Division Chief of PKR of Tampin from November 2018 to July 2022.[2]
Aminuddin Harun | |
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| أمين الدين هارون | |
Aminuddin Harun in 2025 | |
| 11th Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan | |
| Assumed office 12 May 2018 | |
| Monarch | Muhriz |
| Preceded by | Mohamad Hasan |
| Constituency | Sikamat |
| Vice President of the People's Justice Party | |
| Assumed office 17 July 2022 Serving with
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| President | Anwar Ibrahim |
| State Chairman of the Pakatan Harapan of Negeri Sembilan | |
| Assumed office 30 August 2017 | |
| President | Wan Azizah Wan Ismail |
| National Chairman | Mahathir Mohamad (2017–2020) Anwar Ibrahim (since 2020) |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| State Chairman of the People's Justice Party of Negeri Sembilan | |
| Assumed office 2014 | |
| President | Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (2014–2018) Anwar Ibrahim (since 2018) |
| Deputy | Ravi Munusamy |
| Preceded by | Kamarul Baharin Abbas |
| Division Chief of the People's Justice Party of Port Dickson | |
| Assumed office 17 July 2022 | |
| President | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Preceded by | Ravi Munusamy |
| Division Chief of the People's Justice Party of Tampin | |
| In office 17 November 2018 – 17 July 2022 | |
| President | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Preceded by | Zulkapli Kassim |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Shukor Ab Aziz |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Port Dickson | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Anwar Ibrahim (PH–PKR) |
| Majority | 23,601 (2022) |
| Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly for Sikamat | |
| Assumed office 8 March 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Md Yusop Harmain Shah (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 499 (2008) 510 (2013) 3,413 (2018) 2,662 (2023) |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2022– | Pakatan Harapan |
| Faction represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2008–2018 | People's Justice Party |
| 2018– | Pakatan Harapan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aminuddin bin Harun 2 January 1967 Kampung Pachitan, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | |
| Party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (–1998) (since 1999) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (–1998) Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) (since 2015) |
| Spouse | Wan Hasni Wan Yusof |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | MARA Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Nickname | Tok Min[1] |
Early life and education
Aminuddin bin Harun was born on 2 January 1967 in Kampung Pachitan, near Chuah in Port Dickson . He received his secondary education at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tanah Merah, Port Dickson before furthering his studies at the MARA Institute of Technology (now UiTM) in the field of business.
Early career
From 1991, Aminuddin served a five-year tenure as an investigative officer in the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA, now MACC). In 1995, he joined Golden Hope Furniture Sdn. Bhd. as head of production management and later MCIS Safety Glass (M) Sdn Bhd as Senior Executive from 1996 to 2008 as head of the sales department, management committee, internal investigation panel and ISO/TS 16949:2002 auditor.
Political career
Prior to joining keADILan in 1999, he was a member of UMNO and was its Division Secretary of Kampung Pachitan from 1995 to 1998 and the Division Youth Secretary of Jimah from 1997 to 1998.[3]
After the 2018 Negeri Sembilan state election, Aminuddin submitted a letter by PKR President Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, endorsing him as the next Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan for the first term and to form a new Negeri Sembilan state government after PH won the election by gaining the simple majority in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly. Three days after the election, Aminuddin was appointed and sworn in as the Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan at Istana Besar in Seri Menanti, Kuala Pilah.[4]
In the 2022 general election, Aminuddin was elected for the MP for Port Dickson.
In the 2023 Negeri Sembilan state election, Aminuddin was reappointed and sworn in again as the Menteri Besar for the second term by winning the election again by securing the supermajority in the State Legislative Assembly with BN. He formed a coalition state government with BN by appointing State Chairman of BN of Negeri Sembilan Jalaluddin Alias as the Senior EXCO Member, a position equal to a Deputy Menteri Besar, effectively making him the second most powerful person in the state government as well as three other BN MLAs as EXCO Members.
Vice President of PKR
In the 2022 PKR party election, he was elected as a Vice President of PKR with 33,230 votes, the fourth-highest number of votes among the vice presidential candidates.
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | N13 Sikamat | Aminuddin Harun (PKR) | 6,036 | 51.02% | Md Yusop Harmain Shah (UMNO) | 5,537 | 46.80% | 11,830 | 499 | 76.37% | ||
| 2013 | Aminuddin Harun (PKR) | 8,584 | 50.63% | Wan Salwati Abdullah (UMNO) | 8,074 | 47.62% | 16,954 | 510 | 86.30% | |||
| 2018 | Aminuddin Harun (PKR) | 9,832 | 55.87% | Syamsul Amri Ismail (UMNO) | 6,419 | 36.48% | 17,858 | 3,413 | 85.90% | |||
| Rahim Yusof (PAS) | 1,331 | 7.56% | ||||||||||
| Bujang Abu (IND) | 15 | 0.10% | ||||||||||
| 2023 | Aminuddin Harun (PKR) | 12,730 | 54.82% | Ahmad Raihan Muhamad Hilal (BERSATU) | 10,068 | 43.36% | 23,220 | 2,662 | 71.79% | |||
| Mohammed Hafiz Baharudin (IND) | 339 | 1.46% | ||||||||||
| Bujang Abu (IND) | 83 | 0.36% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | P132 Port Dickson | Aminuddin Harun (PKR) | 42,013 | 52.40% | Kamalanathan Panchanathan (MIC) | 18,412 | 22.96% | 80,185 | 23,601 | 76.7% | ||
| Rafei Mustapha (PAS) | 18,235 | 22.74% | ||||||||||
| Ahmad Idham Ahmad Nazri (PEJUANG) | 1,084 | 1.35% | ||||||||||
| Abdul Rani Kulup Abdullah (IND) | 441 | 0.55% | ||||||||||
Honours
Honours of Malaysia
Malaysia
Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024)
Negeri Sembilan
Principal Grand Knight of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (SUNS) – Dato' Seri Utama (2024)[13]
Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (SSNS) – Dato' Seri (2019)[14]