Shahruddin Md Salleh
Datuk Shahruddin bin Md Salleh (Jawi: شهرالدين بن مد صالح) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Works in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Minister Fadillah Yusof from March 2020 to his resignation in June 2020 and Deputy Minister of Federal Territories in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Khalid Abdul Samad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020.[1] [2] He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sri Gading since May 2018. He also served as Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Jorak from March 2008 to May 2018 and political secretary to Muhyiddin Yassin. He is a member of the Homeland Fighters' Party (PEJUANG) and was a member and Secretary-General of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the ruling PN coalition and former component party of the PH opposition coalition and member of the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[3]
Shahruddin Md Salleh | |
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شهرالدين بن مد صالح | |
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| Deputy Minister of Works | |
| In office 10 March 2020 – 4 June 2020 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Minister | Fadillah Yusof |
| Preceded by | Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir |
| Succeeded by | Eddin Syazlee Shith |
| Constituency | Sri Gading |
| Deputy Minister of Federal Territories | |
| In office 2 July 2018 – 24 February 2020 | |
| Monarch | Muhammad V (2018-2019) Abdullah (2019-2020) |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Minister | Khalid Abdul Samad |
| Preceded by | Loga Bala Mohan Jaganathan |
| Succeeded by | Edmund Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu |
| Constituency | Sri Gading |
| 1st Secretary-General of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party | |
| In office 2 November 2016 – 27 September 2018 | |
| President | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Marzuki Yahya |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Sri Gading | |
| Assumed office 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Aziz Kaprawi (UMNO—BN) |
| Majority | 3,288 (2018) |
| Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Jorak | |
| In office 8 March 2008 – 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Samat Aripin (UMNO—BN) |
| Succeeded by | Najib Lep (PAS) |
| Majority | 4,604 (2008) 3,726 (2013) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shahruddin bin Md Salleh 15 May 1956 Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | UMNO (–2016) BERSATU (2016–2020) PEJUANG (since 2020) |
| Other political affiliations | BN (–2016) PH (2017–2020) PN (until 2020) IND (2020) |
| Spouse(s) | Sharifah Junaidah Sheikh Al Junid |
| Occupation | Politician |
On 2 June 2020, only three months after PN swept into power in March, he expressed his readiness to resign as the Deputy Minister of Works to "save" his party, BERSATU which was split into two factions led by former party Chairman and former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad as well as party President and Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin respectively who were embroiled in a political tussle.
On 4 June 2020, he officially resigned from his position as the Deputy Minister of Works. However, a picture of a letter sent to Muhyiddin stating that he would remain a supporter of the government as a backbench MP was leaked online. Despite this, he later met with Mahathir who is allied with the opposition coalition PH. It was unclear whether Shahruddin supports the PN or PH coalition, with Shahruddin stating that he would address the matter via social media in the future.[4] On 19 July 2020, his BERSATU membership was terminated after he had issued a notice to change the position of his seat in the Dewan Rakyat from the government bloc to the opposition bloc.[5]
Election Results
| Year | Government | Votes | Pct | Opposition | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Shahruddin Md Salleh (UMNO) | 10,097 | 63.21% | Othman Hashim (PAS) | 5,493 | 34.39% | 15,974 | 4,604 | 75.48% | ||
| 2013 | Shahruddin Md Salleh (UMNO) | 12,663 | 57.43% | Nor Hayati Bachok (PAS) | 8,937 | 40.53% | 22,049 | 3,726 | 87.10% | ||
| Year | Government | Votes | Pct | Opposition | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Shahruddin Md Salleh (PPBM) | 21,511 | 48.58% | Ab Aziz Kaprawi (UMNO) | 18,223 | 41.15% | 45,193 | 3,288 | 86.71% | ||
| M. Ash'ari Sidon (PAS) | 4,548 | 10.27% | |||||||||
Honours
Honours of Malaysia
Malaysia :
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Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (2014)
Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
Knight Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (PMW) - Datuk (2010)
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