Saarani Mohamad
Malaysian politician and teacher
Saarani Mohamad
Assumed office 10 December 2020Monarch Nazrin Shah Preceded by Ahmad Faizal Azumu Constituency Kota Tampan In office 1 August 2018 – 13 March 2020Monarch Nazrin Shah Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu Preceded by Zambry Abdul Kadir Succeeded by Abdul Aziz Bari Constituency Kota Tampan Assumed office 21 March 2004Preceded by Position established Majority 2,677 (2004) 2,335 (2008) 1,844 (2013) 2,302 (2018 ) 1,237 (2022 ) In office 29 November 1999 – 21 March 2004Succeeded by Position abolished Majority 2,411 (1999) 2004–2006 Chairman of the Rural Development 2006–2008 Chairman of the Information, Rural Development, Plantation Industries and Commodities 2008–2013 Chairman of the Rural Development, Poverty Eradication, Plantations and Welfare 2013–2016 Chairman of the Rural Development, Plantations, Agriculture, Housing and Local Government 2016–2018 Chairman of the Rural Development, Agriculture, Plantations, Information and Human Capital Development 2020 Chairman of the Rural Development, Entrepreneur, Co-operatives and Consumer Affairs
Born Saarani bin Mohamad
(1962-03-13 ) 13 March 1962 (age 62) Lenggong , Perak , Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia )Citizenship Malaysian Political party United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)Other political affiliations Barisan Nasional (BN)Alma mater University of Technology, Malaysia Open University Malaysia Occupation Politician, teacher
Saarani bin Mohamad (born 14 March 1962) is a Malaysian politician and teacher who has served as 14th 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]
Election results
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 (keADILan )
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%
Honours
Honours of Malaysia
References
Menteris Besar Chief Ministers Premiers