Aminuddin Harun

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Harun is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Aminuddin. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Yang Amat Berhormat Dato' Seri Utama Aminuddin Harun SUNS SSNS MP MLA
أمين الدين هارون‎
11th Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 May 2018
Monarch	Muhriz
Preceded by	Mohamad Hasan
Constituency	Sikamat
Vice President of the People's Justice Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 July 2022 Serving with Amirudin Shari & Chang Lih Kang & Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad & Awang Husaini Sahari & Nurul Izzah Anwar & Saraswathy Kandasami
President	Anwar Ibrahim
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Port Dickson
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Anwar Ibrahim (PH–PKR)
Majority	23,601 (2022)
Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly for Sikamat
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 March 2008
Preceded by	Md Yusop Harmain Shah (BN–UMNO)
Majority	499 (2008) 510 (2013) 3,413 (2018) 2,662 (2023)
State Chairman of the Pakatan Harapan of Negeri Sembilan
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 August 2017
National Chairman	Mahathir Mohamad (2017–2020) Anwar Ibrahim (since 2020)
Preceded by	Position established
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2022–	Pakatan Harapan
Faction represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
2008–2018	People's Justice Party
2018–	Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Born	Aminuddin bin Harun (1967-01-02) 2 January 1967 (age 58) Kampung Pachitan, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysia
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (until 1998) People's Justice Party (PKR) (since 1999)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 1998) Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015)
Spouse	Wan Hasni Wan Yusof
Children	5
Alma mater	MARA Institute of Technology
Occupation	Politician
Nickname	Tok Min[1]

Aminuddin bin Harun (Jawi: أمين الدين بن هارون; born 2 January 1967) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 11th Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan since May 2018, Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sikamat since March 2008 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Port Dickson since November 2022. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has also served as a Vice President of PKR since July 2022 and State Chairman of PH and PKR of Negeri Sembilan since August 2017.[2]

Early life

Aminuddin bin Harun was born on 2 January 1967 in Kampung Pachitan, near Chuah in Port Dickson . He received his secondary education at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tanah Merah, Port Dickson before furthering his studies at the MARA Institute of Technology (now UiTM) in the field of business.

Early career

From 1991, Aminuddin served a five-year tenure as an investigative officer in the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA, now MACC). In 1995, he joined Golden Hope Furniture Sdn. Bhd. as head of production management and later MCIS Safety Glass (M) Sdn Bhd as Senior Executive from 1996 to 2008 as head of the sales department, management committee, internal investigation panel and ISO/TS 16949:2002 auditor.

Political career

Prior to joining PKR in 1999, he was a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and has been its secretary for Kampung Pachitan division from 1995 to 1998. He was also the secretary for Umno Youth, Jimah division for two years, 1997 until 1998.[3]

Aminuddin submitted a letter of endorsement by PKR President Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to DYMM Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan as the next Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan after PH gained the majority of State Legislative Assembly in the 2018 general election to form the new state government. He was sworn in as YAB Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan on 12 May 2018 at Istana Besar in Seri Menanti, Kuala Pilah.[4]

Vice President of PKR

In the 2022 party election, he contested and successfully got elected as one of the Vice Presidents of PKR after securing 33,230 votes, thus making him the fourth ranked Vice President and sixth highest position in the party.

Election results

Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2008	N13 Sikamat		Aminuddin Harun (PKR)	6,036	51.02%		Md Yusop Harmain Shah (UMNO)	5,537	46.80%	11,830	499	76.37%
2013			Aminuddin Harun (PKR)	8,584	50.63%		Wan Salwati Abdullah (UMNO)	8,074	47.62%	16,954	510	86.30%
2018			Aminuddin Harun (PKR)	9,832	55.87%		Syamsul Amri Ismail (UMNO)	6,419	36.48%	17,858	3,413	85.90%
							Rahim Yusof (PAS)	1,331	7.56%
							Bujang Abu (IND)	15	0.10%
2023			Aminuddin Harun (PKR)	12,730	54.82%		Ahmad Raihan Muhamad Hilal (BERSATU)	10,068	43.36%	23,220	2,662	71.79%
							Mohammed Hafiz Baharudin (IND)	339	1.46%
							Bujang Abu (IND)	83	0.36%

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P132 Port Dickson		Aminuddin Harun (PKR)	42,013	52.40%		Kamalanathan Panchanathan (MIC)	18,412	22.96%	80,185	23,601	76.7%
							Rafei Mustapha (PAS)	18,235	22.74%
							Ahmad Idham Ahmad Nazri (PEJUANG)	1,084	1.35%
							Abdul Rani Kulup Abdullah (IND)	441	0.55%

Honours

•  Negeri Sembilan :
  • Principal Grand Knight of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (SUNS) – Dato' Seri Utama (2024)[13]
  • Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (SSNS) – Dato' Seri (2019)[14]

See also

• Sikamat (state constituency)

References

1. Badrul Hafizan Mat Isa (10 November 2022). "Tok Mat dan Tok Min, siapa bakal cipta sejarah?". Utusan Malaysia.
2. "Pakatan Harapan announces state chiefs". Freemalaysiatoday.com. 30 August 2017. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
3. "Aminuddin appointed as Negri eighth MB". Malaysiakini. 12 May 2018. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
4. "Aminuddin Harun proposed as next Negri MB – Nation | The Star Online". thestar.com.my. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
5. "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2010. Includes 2004 election results. Results from earlier elections not available.
6. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
7. "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
8. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.Results only available for the 2013 election.
9. "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.
10. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
11. "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.
12. "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
13. "MB heads Negri honours list". www.thestar.com.my. 14 January 2024.
14. "NS menteri besar heads list of state honours recipients". Bernama. Malaysiakini. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.

Political offices
Preceded by Mohamad Hasan	11th Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan 2018–present	Incumbent

External links

• Aminuddin Harun on Facebook