Saarani Mohamad

Malaysian politician and teacher (born 1961) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Saarani bin Mohamad (born 13 March 1961) is a Malaysian politician and teacher who has served as 13th Menteri Besar of Perak since December 2020 and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kota Tampan since March 2004. He served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administrations under former Menteris Besar Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali and Zambry Abdul Kadir from March 2004 to the collapse of the BN state administration in March 2008 and from February 2009 to another collapse in May 2018 and again in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under former Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu briefly from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in December 2020, Leader of the Opposition of Perak from August 2018 to March 2020 as well as the MLA for Lenggong from November 1999 to March 2004. He is a member of the Supreme Council and Division Chief of Lenggong of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He is also the State Chairman of BN and UMNO of Perak.[1]

MonarchNazrin Shah
Preceded byAhmad Faizal Azumu
ConstituencyKota Tampan
MonarchNazrin Shah
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Saarani Mohamad
SPMP DPCM AMN AMP PJK MLA
ساراني محمد
13th Menteri Besar of Perak
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 December 2020
MonarchNazrin Shah
Preceded byAhmad Faizal Azumu
ConstituencyKota Tampan
State Leader of the Opposition of Perak
In office
1 August 2018 – 13 March 2020
MonarchNazrin Shah
Menteri BesarAhmad Faizal Azumu
Preceded byZambry Abdul Kadir
Succeeded byAbdul Aziz Bari
ConstituencyKota Tampan
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly
for Kota Tampan
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 March 2004
Preceded byPosition established
Majority2,677 (2004)
2,335 (2008)
1,844 (2013)
2,302 (2018)
1,237 (2022)
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly
for Lenggong
In office
29 November 1999 – 21 March 2004
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Majority2,411 (1999)
Exco roles (Perak)
2004–2006Chairman of the Rural Development
2006–2008Chairman of the Information, Rural Development, Plantation Industries and Commodities
2008–2013Chairman of the Rural Development, Poverty Eradication, Plantations and Welfare
2013–2016Chairman of the Rural Development, Plantations, Agriculture, Housing and Local Government
2016–2018Chairman of the Rural Development, Agriculture, Plantations, Information and Human Capital Development
2020Chairman of the Rural Development, Entrepreneur, Co-operatives and Consumer Affairs
Personal details
BornSaarani bin Mohamad
(1961-03-13) 13 March 1961 (age 65)
Lenggong, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
PartyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Alma materUniversity of Technology, Malaysia
Open University Malaysia
OccupationPolitician, teacher
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Election results

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Perak State Legislative Assembly[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1999 N16 Lenggong Saarani Mohamad (UMNO) 6,427 59.95% Azizan Mohd Desa (PAS) 3,986 37.18% 10,720 2,441 63.52%
2004 N04 Kota Tampan Saarani Mohamad (UMNO) 5,071 67.93% Hamzah Mohd Zain (PKR) 2,394 32.07% 7,608 2,677 69.31%
2008 Saarani Mohamad (UMNO) 4,963 65.38% Hamzah Mohd Zain (PKR) 2,628 34.62% 7,761 2,335 73.12%
2013 Saarani Mohamad (UMNO) 5,893 59.27% Zahrul Nizam Abdul Majid (PKR) 4,049 40.73% 16,588 1,844 87.00%
2018 Saarani Mohamad (UMNO) 5,183 52.36% Muhammad Rif'aat Razman (PAS) 2,881 29.11% 10,097 2,302 79.00%
Noor Hasnida Mohd Hashim (BERSATU) 1,834 18.53%
2022 Saarani Mohamad (UMNO) 5,468 48.24% Jamil Yahya (PAS) 4,231 37.32% 11,336 1,237 73.83%
Mohd Sabri Abdul Manaf (AMANAH) 1,637 14.44%
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