Idris Ahmad (politician)

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Ahmad is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Idris.

Yang Berhormat Datuk Idris Ahmad PMW MP
إدريس أحمد‎
Idris in 2022
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs)
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Deputy	Ahmad Marzuk Shaary
Preceded by	Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri
Succeeded by	Mohd Na'im Mokhtar
Constituency	Senator
Senator Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
In office 16 June 2020 – 5 November 2022
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin (2020–2021) Ismail Sabri Yaakob (2021–2022)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bagan Serai
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Noor Azmi Ghazali (BN–UMNO)
Majority	18,551 (2022)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bukit Gantang
In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin (PR–PAS)
Succeeded by	Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz (BN–UMNO)
Majority	986 (2013)
Vice President of the Malaysian Islamic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2015 Serving with Mohd Amar Abdullah & Iskandar Abdul Samad (2015–2019) & Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar (since 2019)
President	Abdul Hadi Awang
Preceded by	Salahuddin Ayub
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2013–2018	Malaysian Islamic Party
2022–	Perikatan Nasional
Faction represented in Dewan Negara
2020	Malaysian Islamic Party
2020–2022	Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Idris bin Ahmad (1963-10-19) 19 October 1963 (age 61) Changkat Jering, Taiping, Perak, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysia
Political party	Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) (2016–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020)
Spouse	Kamariah Mat Ali
Relations	Hassan Ahmad (Elder brother)
Education	Sultan Alam Shah Islamic College
Alma mater	National University of Malaysia
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lecturer

Idris bin Ahmad (Jawi: إدريس بن أحمد; born 19 October 1963) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bagan Serai since November 2022. He served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Religious Affairs in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022, Senator from June 2020 to his resignation in November 2022 and the MP for Bukit Gantang from May 2013 to May 2018. He is a member and one of the Vice Presidents of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly Gagasan Sejahtera (GS), Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Barisan Alternatif (BA) coalitions.^[1]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	P005 Jerlun		Idris Ahmad (PAS)	16,981	47.03%		Abdul Rahman Ariffin (UMNO)	19,123	52.97%	36,822	2,142	83.41%
2008			Idris Ahmad (PAS)	17,219	46.99%		Mukhriz Mahathir (UMNO)	19,424	53.01%	37,242	2,205	81.95%
2013	P059 Bukit Gantang		Idris Ahmad (PAS)	30,563	50.82%		Ismail Saffian (UMNO)	29,577	49.18%	61,018	986	85.63%
2018			Idris Ahmad (PAS)	16,052	28.23%		Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz Syed Abdul Fasal (UMNO)	22,450	39.48%	57,867	4,089	82.82%
							Khadri Khalid (BERSATU)	18,361	32.29%
2022	P058 Bagan Serai		Idris Ahmad (PAS)	33,753	53.98%		Zul Helmi Ghazali (UMNO)	15,202	24.31%	62,533	18,551	77.88%
							Siti Aishah Shaik Ismail (PKR)	13,195	21.10%
							Ahmad Luqman Ahmad Yahya (PEJUANG)	383	0.61%

Honour

•  Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
  • Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (PMW) – Datuk (2022)^[6]

See also

• Members of the Dewan Negara, 14th Malaysian Parliament
• List of people who have served in both Houses of the Malaysian Parliament

References

1. "Rais Yatim among five sworn senators". NST. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
2. "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.
3. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
4. "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.
5. "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
6. "Johor's Hasni Mohammad leads list of 2022 Federal Territory Day award recipients". The Star. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.