Aminuddin Harun

Aminuddin Harun
أمين الدين هارون
11th Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Assumed office
12 May 2018
MonarchMuhriz
Preceded byMohamad Hasan
ConstituencySikamat
Vice President of the People's Justice Party
Assumed office
17 July 2022
PresidentAnwar Ibrahim
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Port Dickson
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byAnwar Ibrahim
(PHPKR)
Majority23,601 (2022)
Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
for Sikamat
Assumed office
8 March 2008
Preceded byMd Yusop Harmain Shah
(BNUMNO)
Majority499 (2008)
510 (2013)
3,413 (2018)
2,662 (2023)
State Chairman of the
Pakatan Harapan of Negeri Sembilan
Assumed office
30 August 2017
National ChairmanMahathir Mohamad
(2017–2020)
Anwar Ibrahim
(since 2020)
Preceded byPosition established
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2022–Pakatan Harapan
Faction represented in Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
2008–2018People's Justice Party
2018–Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Born
Aminuddin bin Harun

(1967-01-02) 2 January 1967 (age 57)
Kampung Pachitan, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(–1998)
People's Justice Party (PKR)
(since 1999)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–1998)
Barisan Alternatif (BA)
(1999–2004)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
SpouseWan Hasni Wan Yusof
Children5
Alma materInstitut Teknologi Mara
OccupationPolitician
NicknameTok 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 Vice President of PKR since July 2022 and State Chairman of PH and PKR of Negeri Sembilan since August 2017. He was also a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[2]

Early life

Aminuddin bin Harun was born on 2 January 1967 in Kampung Pachitan, near Chuah in Port Dickson District. 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) 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 has submitted a letter endorsed by PKR chief Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to DYMM the Yamtuan Besar 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 the Istana Besar in Seri Menanti, Kuala Pilah.[4]

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% P. Kamalanathan (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

See also

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 11th Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan
2018–present
Incumbent