Muslimin Yahaya
Muslimin bin Yahaya (Jawi مسلمين بن يحي; born 13 July 1967) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Education I in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Minister Mohd Radzi Md Jidin since March 2020 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sungai Besar since May 2018. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition and former component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. After the defeat of BN to PH in 2018 general election, he resigned from UMNO in 2018 and joined BERSATU in 2019.
Muslimin Yahaya | |
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مسلمين بن يحي | |
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| Deputy Minister of Education I | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2020 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Minister | Mohd Radzi Md Jidin |
| Preceded by | Teo Nie Ching |
| Constituency | Sungai Besar |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Sungai Besar | |
| Assumed office 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Budiman Mohd Zohdi (BN-UMNO) |
| Majority | 714 (2018) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Muslimin bin Yahaya 13 July 1967 Parit 8 Gambut Sungai Panjang, Sungai Besar, Selangor |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | UMNO (until 2018) BERSATU (2018-Present) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (Until 2018) Pakatan Harapan (2018-2020) Perikatan Nasional (since 2020) Muafakat Nasional (since 2020) |
| Spouse(s) | Hanisah Paiman |
| Occupation | Politician |
Personal life
He was born in Parit 8 Gambut, Sungai Panjang, Sungai Besar, Selangor on July 13, 1967 and married his partner, Hanisah Paiman.
Career
He was previously appointed Senior Secretariat to Tan Sri Noriah Kasnon in Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities in 2014.[1]
Election Results
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
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| 2018 | P093 Sungai Besar, Selangor | Muslimin Yahaya (PPBM) | 17,350 | 42.11% | Budiman Mohd Zohdi (UMNO) | 16,636 | 40.37% | 41,878 | 714 | 85.92% | ||
| Mohamed Salleh M Husin (PAS) | 7,220 | 17.52% | ||||||||||
References
- Tindakan Muslimin sertai PPBM bermotifkan peribadi, kecewa tidak dicalonkan - Jamal
- "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.